You
should bring: waders, wading boots, wading belt,
hat, long sleeve light colored shirt, sunscreen, raingear, and clothing in
layers as the weather changes abruptly at times.
For
streams: 3-4 wt rod with floating line. 9’ 2X leader. spools 2X, 3X
tippet. Royal Wulff 12, 14. Parachute
caddis 14. Humpy 12,14. Foam beetles. A sample
of your favorite caddis nymph, pupa, and soft hackle patterns
For rivers: 5-6 wt rod
with floating and 150-250 grain express sinking tip or full sink, and/or type IV-VI sinking tip lines. Kiwi & marabou muddlers,
olive, natural, size 6,4; Near´nuff Sculpin,
olive, size 6 Clousers, olive, tan, white,
size 4,6; Zoo Cougar size 4,6; Butt Monkey, size 4; Strip Leech, olive, yellow, black, size 4,6;
Wooly bugger, Crystal rubber
bugger, olive, black, size 6, w & w/o coneheads. Spool 1X, 2X fluorocarbon tippet.
For lakes 5-6 wt rod
with floating and type IV-VI sinking tip or full sink or intermediate camo lines. Dragonfly and
damselfly nymphs and dries, Madam X, size 6, 8, 10; Chernobyl ant. Spool 3X fluorocarbon tippet.
For
salmon: 6-7 wt rod with 200-300 grain express sinking tip or full sink
lines. Egg sucking crystal bugger, egg sucking bunny leech, psycho leech,
hareball leech; purple, black, chartreuse, fuschia. Size 4. Spool 0X, 1X
fluorocarbon tippet.
We
can provide all gear for a few anglers as well as waders for shoe size 9-11.
We
fish in 4 rivers, 8 streams, 2 lakes, 2 smaller alpine lakes, 1 lagoon, 1 spring creek
and 2 estuaries.
We
fish for rainbow, brown & brook trout; sea-run
browns (seatrout); Atlantic, Chinook & Coho salmon.
We
are 50 miles E. of Puerto Montt airport; 12
miles from the Lakes Crossing landing at Petrohué.
To
get here one flies overnight to Santiago
from the USA on American, LanChile, or Delta Connections from Santiago to Puerto Montt are
by Lan Chile, making the flight in 1 hour and 40 minutes. We will meet you at the
Puerto Montt airport and take you to the lodge, a scenic drive along the south
shore of Lago Llanquihue. The route is paved, except for the last 5 minutes, and takes just under an hour. The remaining daylight, up to 22:00 in summer, can be spent as one
chooses, winding down from the flights or straight out to the water on one of
many half-day options. Early arrivers and late departers can get in a full day’s
fishing on those days.
International flights run between $650
and $1300 coach from mid-US. Santiago-Puerto Montt-Santiago airfares run
about $150. Car rentals start at about $35 a day.
Please contact us for any additional information.
Contact John Joy at directly at johngjoy@hotmail.com
Call us at
56 99 825 8577 John's cel phone; 56 99 792 8376 Teresa's cel phone
(no phone lines in the area of the lodge)
You can also contact any
of these fly fishing travel experts that know Chile well and let them handle the details:
Patty
Reilly at Guided Connections
in Wyoming
info@guidedconnections.com
Charlie
White at Roxtons in London
Charlie.White@roxtons.com
Jon Widboom at
Fly Masters of Indianapolis
Jon@FlyMasters.com
Paul Melchior at
Angling Escapes
in Chicago
paul@anglingescapes.com