All about the fishing

The Rivadavia is considered to be one of the most beautiful rivers in the world and possibly the crown jewel of Argentine fishing. It flows from Rivadavia Lake five miles until it reaches Green Lake. The fishing is challenging but very rewarding as the fish average over 18 inches and pull like freight trains! Every angler is excited about their trip to the Rivadavia because of the beauty and the numbers of fish they can see and sight fish to. The water is gin clear and the banks are lined with beech trees and fallen logs, which often times make the casting challenging. Wading and sight fishing with small nymphs is a good way to hook up as well as fishing large dries over the logs or chucking streamers under the tree lined banks to entice the large browns. There is also a fishable spring creek that flows into the Rivadavia and offers some exciting sight fishing. This river is the favorite choice for most experienced anglers because of the challenge, beauty, and the fishing. The Rivadavia contains rainbows, browns, brook trout, and landlocked salmon.

The Arrayanes River connects Lago Verde to Futalaufquen Lake. The slow and deep river stretches about four miles and offers some exciting fishing mostly in the early season (Nov-Jan). The river is named for the strange trees with orange bark and snarled branches (resembling manzanitas). The most exciting way to fish is to sight cast dry flies to cruising rainbows suspended just under the surface or pull streamers on sink tip lines to find the large browns. You won’t believe the distance a fish will move for a dry fly and how slow they eat your fly! It is a good choice when the conditions are right.

The Carrileufu originates just outside the National Park and flows through the northern border. It is best known for early-season landlocked atlantic salmon; however, it also holds hard fighting browns and rainbows. This beautiful river with some of the clearest water on earth flows from
Lago Cholila through the dry Cholila Valley, once home to Butch Cassidy. The river eventually flows into Lake Rivadavia and is the source of the Rivadavia River. Early in the season (Nov-Jan) is best and floating is the best way to access the river.

The Rio Chubut is a small willow lined stream, which flows east to the Atlantic Ocean. The only way to fish the best sections of the river is to float and camp for three days. Although the scenery of the Chubut and the Patagonia steppe is not as beautiful as other rivers, you will enjoy
comfortable camping and nightly asados ​​(barbeques) with friends and guides. It is a great river to catch good numbers of rainbows from 14 – 18 inches on dries and pancora (freshwater crab) streamers. The best time to fish the Chubut is in the spring and early summer when there is still
plenty of water for the expedition.

These small lakes are hard to beat when they are fishing good. Nice fish will readily rise to eat large dry flies cast to the bank. Coupled with the beauty of ten thousand foot peaks, this is a good option for those wanting to fish dry flies to willing fish and see the beautiful lake system of Los
Alerces.