On two of our days at Rumbo Patagon, we ended up fly fishing the Rio Penitente in southern Chile. This was a terrific river to walk and wade as we fished for Brown trout. As you can tell from the image above, the river flows through a wide valley, which made it quite easy to…

Today’s a milestone for me. Know why? RiverKeeper Flies turned 10 years old on March 5! That’s right, I’ve been at the keyboard writing these posts for 10 years. It’s hard for me to believe where my journey has taken me. It began with only a one paragraph post and no photograph: “The NW Fly…

After spending a week fishing in Argentina, we travelled into Chile and slowly made our way to Puerto Natales in southern Chile for the inaugural season with Rumbo Patagon. We were excited to visit the Puerto Natales area. It is home to Torres del Paine National Park, a spectacular visual experience of the Andes mountains…

During our time at Chochoy Mallin, we fished two different beats on the Rio Trocoman. I hope you read yesterday’s post where I shared out experience on a section farther upstream. We decided to spend the night and enjoyed our fly fishing around Trocoman House with SET Fly Fishing. That’s right, we’re wearing our waders…

One of my favorite rivers while at Chochoy Mallin is fishing the Rio Trocoman with SET Fly Fishing. We fished the river last year and were introduced to willow worms for the first time. We arrived earlier this year, but the higher water and cooler temperatures meant we were too early for the hatch. Our…

The annual NW Fly Tyer and Fly Fishing Expo is fast approaching. This year’s title is Bugs and Bamboo and is scheduled for March 8 and 9 this year in Albany, OR. The image above is from 2017 when I was awarded the Stan Walters Memorial Fly Tier of the Year, recognition I am very…

This week, I share more of our adventure fishing Ñireco Creek and Rio Buraleo with SET Fly Fishing in Argentina. This day, we fished the Ñireco, a 21 mile small creek which flows through the Estancia, eventually flowing into the Rio Reñileuvu. We didn’t have the opportunity to fish here last year because there wasn’t…

If you are a regular here at RiverKeeper Flies, you know Dancingtrout and I fished in Argentina last year and returned to Chochoy Mallin with SET Fly Fishing last month. In addition, we spent another week in southern Chile to fly fish with Rumbo Patagon. This week, I’ll share some information about fishing Blanco Spring…

We just returned yesterday from our South America trip in Patagonia and I thought I’d post a few images from Chile. I hope to provide more information about each of our trip beginning next week. In addition, you’ll find a link below to a Zoom fly tying class I’ll be teaching on Thursday, February 1….

We just finished our first week in Patagonia and I thought I’d post a few images from Argentina. A long and skinny Rainbow from the Buraleo River. Dancingtrout and Tete. Dancingtrout teaching our pilot Tomy to fly fish. Another Buraleo Brown Trout taken with a streamer. Sight fishing to Rainbow Trout on Blanco Creek. Another…