In my last post, I mentioned we were evacuated from Valle del Carrileufu Lodge after only 6 hours because of a large wildfire very close to the lodge. Our initial plan was to stay at the lodge for four nights and fish around an in Los Alerces National Park. That night we began what I…

Karen and I were honored to spend some time with Steve Haigh recently. We discussed our fly fishing road trips on his Destination Angler podcast he published today. In addition, I talked about fly tying and flies we rely upon. The YouTube link on the left below is the podcast with video. On the right…

We returned recently from another wonderful Patagonia trip, beginning with SET Fly Fishing and ending the trip fishing with El Encuentro Fly Fishing in Argentina. I’ll share our experience at the three lodges they offer. If you check the El Encuentro website, they offer 3 different programs: We’ve been fortunate to fly fish in Argentina…

We returned to Rakin Lodge with SET Fly Fishing in 2026 to fish for ten days. This year, they’ve incorporated fly fishing three days on the Rio Trocoman into their program. It’s a river we’ve fished the past three years (I’ll link those posts at the bottom of this page) and we were hoping to…

We just finished our adventure with SET Fly Fishing at Rakin Lodge in Argentina. It was a return trip for us as we were some of the first anglers to fly fish there last year. We only fished the Rio Codihue twice last year, but were able to fish six days during this trip. The…

We’re finished packing for a 2026 fly fishing trip to Patagonia. This year, we will be with SET Fly Fishing at Rakin Lodge and then on to a new experience with El Encuentro Fly Fishing. We really enjoyed fishing the Rio Codihue at Rakin Lodge last year as we added a few extra days on…

I hope you had a wonderful 2025, full of memories and experiences that make you smile when you think about them. We sure did! I like to reflect at year-end about what happened on RiverKeeper Flies and share with you a few thoughts on this year in review post. Yes, this will be a memory…

I’d like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from here at RiverKeeper Flies!

I finished a customer order last week and am now tying more flies for Patagonia and my Patagonia fly box. I was able to fill in the remaining holes with Fat Albert and Card’s Cicada flies. We’ve been fortunate to fish Patagonia the last few years and are excited for our upcoming trip in January….

I’ve been spending a lot of time at the vise trying to complete fly orders and tying flies for our upcoming trip to Argentina. I recently purchased some hooks to tie customer flies because I was out of them. I received them in the mail a couple days ago and smiled at the hook size…