Patagonia

Big Game Hunting

• Season: Nov-Dec
• Travel: Arrive Bariloche, drive 45 minutes SW to the lodge.
• Recommended stay: 4-7 nights
• Fishing: Rivers, lakes, float and wade
• Capacity: 8 anglers

Quick Facts

At Fly Fishing Patagonia, we create custom-tailored fishing packages that usually incorporate rivers and lodges in Bariloche, San Martin and Junin.  This means that your Argentina Fly fishing  itinerary will be unique.   It allows our guests to experience a great deal more of Patagonia’s environment, trout waters and culture than if they were to book a week at just one lodge. To give you an idea, below are samples of Patagonia fishing trips and lodge combinations.

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Bariloche Lodge Combo

3 nights Estancia Fortin Chacabuco
4 nights at the Rio Manso Lodge
7 nights, 6 days fishing

Day 1 - At the Buenos Aires International Airport, our representative will greet you with a private transfer to the domestic airport for your flight to Bariloche. We’ll pick you up and drive you 15 minutes to Estancia Fortin Chacabuco. You’ll fish the ranches private section of the Limay River until dark. This river produces more big trout than any other river in Patagonia.

Day 2 - Full day on the all walk and wade Pichi Leufu River located 1 hour east of town. This small river offers super dry fly action.

Day 3 - You’ll float all day through the private section of the Fortin Chacabuco Ranch. We’ll stop half way down at mid day for a riverside asado.

Day 4 - In the early morning hours we’ll fish the Limay and then transfer 1 hour southwest to Rio Manso Lodge and float the Manso River.  This particular section offers strong trout of fantastic color and shape. At the take out, you’ll be minutes from the lodge where your luggage will be waiting in your room.

Day 5 - Today we’ll fish a different section of the Manso and then take advantage of the evening hatches on Hess Lake located right in front of the lodge.

Day 6 - Fish either Fonck Lake for big Brook Trout or Hess Lake for fat rainbows on dries.

Day 7 - Walk and wade fish the lower section of the Manso River.

Day 8 -Drive 45 minutes to the Bariloche Airport for departure flight home.

Estimated Cost:  $4450
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Communication and Phone Calls
Rio Manso Lodge has internet access.  A cell phone with international capabilities will work in Argentina. Local rates will apply if you purchase an Argentina prepaid SIM card at the airport or online before you depart.  Cell phones work in towns, but reception is spotty in rural areas.

Electric current
The current is 220v and the sockets are for two round or two flat slanted prongs.  Have converters and international adapters for your appliances.

Money
The Argentine money is the peso.  Personal purchases can be made with cash pesos, dollars or credit cards.  Currency exchange houses and banks will exchange your dollars.  Some merchants offer discounts for cash.  Personal or travelers checks should not be used.. ATMs dispense pesos only.  We recommend carrying a back up stash of $300 USD and 600 pesos.

Food
The food served will be of the finest quality and usually prepared by professional chefs.  Lunch and dinner will be served with wines from Mendoza and Patagonia.

Guides
All guides are Argentine, bilingual, licensed and insured professionals.

Gratuities
Customary tips in Patagonia are; guides $60 per day with one or two anglers, and lodge staff $15 per guest, per day. Customary tips in Corrientes are; guides $50 per day with one or two anglers and lodge staff $15 per guest, per day.  At Fly Fishing Patagonia we believe tips are voluntary and depend on your satisfaction.

Time Zone
Argentina Standard Time is 3 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (GMT-3).  Their Daylight Savings Time is Dec 30 – Mar 16, during which the time is 2 hours behind GMT.

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Great trout fishing, terrific guides, unbelievable weather and scenery and a fantastic once-in-a-lifetime experience...  Oscar, Justi and the entire team know how to fish, how to cook and how to take care of your every need.  Whether it be an expedition, floating down one of the beautiful Patagonia rivers, or a lodge trip punctuated with river floats, river wades and lake fishing – you cannot go wrong with Fly-Fishing Patagonia.  - Ian M

     $695/night/angler. 
     $445/night/non-angler.
     Double occupancy

• Included: lodging, meals, open bar, laundry, non-guided activities, guided fishing, transportation to/from Bariloche airport
  
• Not Included: Flights, license, gear, services in Buenos Aires  

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Rio Manso Lodge, located in the heart of the Andes Mountains and the Nahuel Huapi National Park and may be the most picturesque Patagonia fishing lodge in Argentina.  Surrounding the Rio Manso Lodge are snow capped mountains, dense green forests, lakes and rivers.  Only an hour south of Bariloche, Rio Manso Lodge sits on a hill overlooking Hess Lake.

Years before Rio Manso Lodge existed, we were guiding these waters, housing our anglers in what was called Hosteria Hess. Thankfully, it was sold and the Rio Manso Lodge was built, offering considerably more comfort.

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