
Fly Fishing Chile vs Argentina: How the Two Sides of Patagonia Compare
A fair comparison of fly fishing in Chile and Argentina: the regions, the fish, the seasons, the licenses, and the kind of trip each side gives you.
Fly fishing reports, river conditions and life at the lodge on the Carrileufu, Cholila, Patagonia.

A fair comparison of fly fishing in Chile and Argentina: the regions, the fish, the seasons, the licenses, and the kind of trip each side gives you.

What Cholila is, the four valleys around it, what to do, where to eat, the national asado festival, and how the seasons run, from a lodge in the valley.

What riding in Patagonia is actually like: the horses, the country and the seasons, and our three-day ride at the north entrance of Los Alerces National Park.

A region by region guide to the trout rivers of Argentine Patagonia, from Neuquén to Tierra del Fuego. The four waters we fish in the Cholila valley are described from the bank.

The history of the outlaws' Patagonia ranch, what is left of the cabin today, and how to visit it from Cholila.

Where the fishing around Esquel actually is: a water-by-water guide to the Cholila valley from the lodge that sits on the Carrileufú.

A lodge's packing list for Patagonia: the rods and lines that get used, the flies that work on this water, the one felt-sole rule, and what to leave at home.

Los Alerces National Park from someone who lives at its north entrance: the lakes, the roads, the ancient alerce forest, riding it on horseback, and when to come.

The fish of one Patagonian river, on the record: wild browns, rainbows, brook trout and landlocked salmon on the Carrileufú, where they sit and what they eat.