Argentina follow up

[John Bilotta]

Just to follow up,  we spent last week in southern Argentina  at Las Buitreras Lodge fishing for sea runs. We had seven anglers in our group and fished a morning and late evening session with a couple of hour break in the afternoon. 

Everyone caught sea runs between 10-17 pounds and fished almost exclusively with 7 or 8 weight two-handed rods about 13', Lines were  scandi and a few skagit  with intermediate poly leaders. Flies were a mixture of girdle bugs, black streamers, and large copper johns.

Conditions were overcast, pretty chilly and very windy the first three days and then the it switch and became warm and the winds dropped. Water temps fell and climbed pretty dramatically during the week. Besides the larger sea runs we also caught a lot of browns between 14-22".

The lodge itself is very nice, the guides are terrific and the meals and wine were outstanding. 

If you are thinking of heading down this way and would like more information about the gear and fishing don't hesitate to get in touch.  I would highly recommend Las Buitreras Lodge.

John

[Jeremy Maggio]

Great report and picture (nice fish!) John. Sounds like you had a great trip with some big fish. I'd love to get down there one day.

- Jeremy

[Jeffrey Silvan]

John, awesome! I've always wanted to catch a sea-run trout. Growing up on Cape Cod, there was a very outside possibility of catching a salter, but they were very rare. I must have gone out for them 50+ times, and only hooked into what I believe was one on a single occasion (with spinning gear) - and it quickly slipped the poorly tied knot after I saw the flash of color. I can't imagine how cool it must have been to actually catch one, let alone one of the size you got into!

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[John Bilotta]

Thanks. It really is an amazing fishery. 

On Jan 20, 2016, at 4:11 PM, Jeremy Maggio wrote:

Great report and picture (nice fish!) John. Sounds like you had a great trip with some big fish. I'd love to get down there one day.

- Jeremy

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[Mike Banaszewski]

Looks like it was a fabulous trip John!

[TurbineBlade]

Awesome John -- great report.  

Gene