During spring and early summer a light rod for smaller waters and a heavier rod for bigger waters and windy days are recommended. An ideal combination would be a 3-weight rod with a floating line and a 6-weight with a floating line and class V sinking shooting head. If you prefer to travel light, then a 5-weight rod coupled with a floating line and fast sinking shooting head will be a good overall choice.

From mid summer to fall, a 4-weight rod with both a floating line and a fast sinking shooting head will do fine in almost all waters. To better enjoy the different types of water, bring a 2-weight road with floating line and a 5-weight rod with floating line and shooting taper.

The streamers box should include Wooly Buggers in black, olive and brown (size 4-10), Rabbits in cinnamon and white (size 2-8), Marabou Muddlers in black and natural brown (size 2-8), and black and brown Grizzly Matukas in small sizes from 8 to 14.

The most effective nymphs are the Prince Nymph (size 8-14), Hare's Ear in natural, brown and black (size 10-16), Pheasant Tail (size 12-20) and big attractor patterns such as the Wooly Worm and the Yukbug in sizes 2 to 8.

For dry fly, include some fast waters dries such as the Humpy, in red and green (size 10-14), Western Adams (size 10-16), Stimulators and Royal Wulffs (size 10-14).

For slower water, a series of thorax dries tied in rusty brown, olive and cream in sizes 14-18 will do the trick. Caddis patterns in olive and black (size 12-18). Also, a selection of hoppers, foam spiders and beetles, ants and a few gray scuds are necessary.

We will provide the special match the hatch flies on the stream. 

Patagonia lies at the southernmost tip of the southern hemisphere. It encompasses extensive areas of incomparable wilderness. It is framed by the Andes Range, on the west, and the South Atlantic Ocean, on the east, offering a great diversity of landscapes, from snow-crested peaks amidst broad glacial fields to deserts, to dense ancient forest and stunning seascapes. The variety and sheer number of animals enrich the spectacle of the Patagonian landscapes.

Cold water glacier lakes, in which many of the headwaters for most of the areas famous crystal clear rivers begin, spot this region. Many of these rivers are interconnected, forming a system that provides hundreds of miles of fishable waters.

The snow-capped mountains are covered with ancient species of "alerces", "lengas" and "coihues" forests in the west, giving way to the "cipres" as you move to the eastern portion of the mountains, and finally disappearing into the desert further east.

Riverbanks are covered with willows, which have a significant role in the overall river and trout ecosystem, protecting them from erosion and giving refuge to numerous trout and their food supply.

Foothills are where most of your fishing will take place. It resembles eastern Montana, Wyoming and Idaho, only with reversed seasons.

The Patagonian portion of the Andes includes the southernmost five Argentine provinces of Neuquen, Rio Negro, Chubut, Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego. The length of this region is over 1250 miles /2000 km.

Fly into Ezeiza International Airport (EZE), located in Buenos Aires, Argentina and take a connecting flight to San Carlos de Bariloche domestic Airport.

United Airlines has daily non-stop flights from New York and Miami. American Airlines flies non-stop from Miami, New York, Dallas, and Los Angeles.

The international flight is usually an overnight flight that takes from 8 hours (leaving from Miami) to 11 hours (from NY). Bariloche stands 995 miles (1600 km) southwest of Buenos Aires on the Andes range. It’s a 2 hour flight.