Experience some of Patagonia's most remote and lightly fished waters as we explore Argentina's legendar wild trout waters. El Encuentro offers a great base for visiting an incredible variety of waters including large float fishing rivers, lakes with trophy trout, walk and wade dry fly streams and productive spring creeks. Join our Montana Angler host as we visit both the remote Brook Trout Basecamp for 3 nights followed by the El Encuentro home lodge. This is a seemless program with the same guides throughout our week. We have explored this area many times in the past and love the incredible blend of waters and outstanding service and hospitality that we enjoy the El Encuentro Lodge and the fixed safari style Brook Trout Basecamp. The Basecamp is complete with decked tents, full bathrooms with showers and flush toilets and all other amenities of a full service lodge while allowing access to numerous remote waters.
Week of January 31-February 7
Itinerary:
January 29th - depart US (overnight flight)
January 30th - arrive in Buenos Aires in the morning (EZE). Taxi transfer to the Recoleta neighborhood (we will self book a hotel at the Lois Suites Recoleta). Enjoy a great local cafe for lunch and tour the famous Recoleta cemetary. After resting at the hotel we will go out to sample a famous local steakhouse
January 31st - taxi to the domestic airport (AEP) for a late morning 2 hour jet service flight to Esquel (ESQ). Our guides will pick us up and we will drive about 2.5 hours to the Brook Trout Basecamp
February 1st and 2nd - 2 days of guided fishing on a wide variety of fisheries. Each day you can expect to fish new waters. Options will include wade fishing mountain and meadow streams, wading spring creeks, float fishing medium sized rivers and float fishing lakes with HUGE trout
February 3rd - depart lodge Brook Trout Basecamp and full day guided fishing, after fishing end at El Encuentro Lodge where your luggage will be waiting in your new room
February 4-6th - 3 more days guided fishing out of El Enuentro Lodge with numerous options including float fishing, private access wading and numerous trophy lakes
February 7th - drop of at Esquel Airport (ESQ), fly to Buenos Aires and then taxi to the international airport for overnight fligh home
February 8th - arrive US, fly home
Price: $7700 per person