Category Archives: Chile

Trailing cows to the summer pasture in the Big Belt mountains, I couldn’t help but daydream about being on the river. Summer in Montana was too short to be wasted on the back of a horse; it is better spent chasing trout. I spent the summers of my early 20’s guiding fly fishermen and doing ranch work...

When I talk about bucket list fishing trips I have a problem. First off it’s a list that grows with locations faster than I can check them off. Secondly I have been lucky enough to find a few places that don’t ever get “checked off”, even after being there. Our recent trip with a Montana Angler...

By Matt Morris: A dozen years ago, I watched a fly fishing film on Patagonia. The movie glorified adventure fly fishing in solitude on untouched trout streams. Big glaciated mountains shot straight up out of the ground, while anglers crushed large trout on dry flies. I immediately put a fishing trip...

The third leg of our January fishing trip to Patagonia brought us to the legendary Baker River watershed in southern Chilean Patagonia. Our base for the week was to be the Orvis Endorsed Patagonia Baker Lodge. The Baker is Chile’s largest river – a truly massive body of water. The Baker is basically...

If variety is the spice of life then life is pretty good when fly fishing in Chile near the central Patagonia town of Coyhaique. In our travels to different regions of Patagonia over the last several years the Aysen region of Chile has proven to offer some of the most diverse opportunities for fly...

“Do you have anything bigger” was Eduardo’s response when he looked at my attractor dry fly box after we arrived at his fishing lodge in Chilean Patagonia. As a Montana fly fishing guide I pride myself on my collection of “big ugly” rubber legged, foam laden dry flies. Apparently my copious supply...

Patagonia is one of the great wild trout destinations in the world. This mountainous region of the Southern Andes is vast and varied. The variety of fly fishing opportunities is incredible, even compared with the great diversity that we have here in Montana. Although Patagonia receives less pressure...

Patagonia Trip Report: Chile and Argentina Fly Fishing 2012 Overview: After much research coordinating we set out for Patagonia fly fishing trip to Chile on March 9th. We had some hectic last minute changes to our trip in the final weeks. Our first hiccup was an unexpected airport closure in Esquel...