The crew from Chime Lodge, some guests and local fly anglers came together at the famous Ruca Hueney restaurant in Junin, Argentina in the state of Neuquen. Known for decades to local, national and international fly fishers as the best place to eat and drink fine wines after a day on the Chimehuen River. We had an entire lamb - carna asado style - and other delectable treats from the 12 foot wood fired grill. Junin is well known for other things, like supermodel Yesica Toscanini , wooly mammoth fossils, heavyweight contender Luis Angel Firpo - the Wild Bull of the Pampas - who sent Jack Dempsey through the ropes in 1923, Tour de France rider Juan Antonio Flecha, Maria Eva Duarte who is better known as Evita Peron, a former first lady of Argentina and Junin was the site of a world championship gliding competition. And, some world class fly fishing.
Team Catch Magazine (Brian and Todd), make the most out of a trip to Argentina in November. The videos from Patagonia and in NW Argentina will show great scenery, nice trout and the hard fighting, high jumping golden dorado. The above photo is from our guide Agustin Garcia Baston who shot some great photos as Todd and Brian fished and filmed.
All weather conditions were encountered and some will make for entertaining video. The guides at Chime Lodge kept us moving around so we could fish clear water and at times "never been fished before" water. Argentina is a beautiful place with fantastic scenery, cities, food, wine and of course, fly fishing.
The above photo is from Salta, Argentina. A beautiful city, especially at night. Salta is close to several rivers with golden dorado to 40 pounds. Brian hooked one monster while Todd filmed the long distance release!! As payback, Todd grabbed a rod and landed a few nice fish himself.
Todd and Brian traveled 40 hours from Orgeon (cold, windy and blowing snow) to LA, then Dallas, then Buenos Aries, then Bariloche and then a 2 hour drive to the banks of the Chimehuim River (cold, windy and blowing snow). Todd is shooting some great extreme weather fly fishing video. I have the cold hands to prove it. We have found several nice browns that have hit streamers in the fast, cold but clear water. Stay tuned.
Dale Caulfield clicked on our FREE SUBSCRIPTION button at just the right time. We had a flurry of over 20,000 new subscribers in October alone and soon we can talk about our 100,000th subscriber. For years Dale has spent half the year in Hoonah, Alaska (great salmon fishing in the salt) and other S.E. Alaska commercial fishing areas. Winters are spent in Winthrop, Washington, USA working as a heli-ski guide. He will receive a custom made fly selection from Idylwilde Flies for Alaska and North Central Washington lakes, trout streams and steelhead rivers.
