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PATAGONIA
Is the southern part of Argentina, south
of the Colorado River. It's comprised of the provinces of Neuquén, Rio Negro, Chubut, Santa Cruz and the big island of Tierra
del Fuego. The western area along the Andes mountains is the region of green valleys, big lakes and snow-capped mountains.
To the East are the endless, arid plains of the Patagonian steppe, from La Pampa province to Santa Cruz province.
This
huge region has always had a irresistible attraction for flyfishers and adventures from all over the world. San Carlos de
Bariloche is the most important city in the area of national parks and where to fly once you arrive to Buenos Aires, the Capital
City of Argentina. The local flight to Bariloche is 2 hours of duration and we have several airlines and daily departures
from Jorge Newbery Bs.As. City Airport.
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The history of trout in Argentina began at the turn of the
20th century when the first explorers, and then some landowners, noted that relatively few native fish populated the waters
of southern Argentina, which had a great potential for freshwater gamefish.
Egg-boxes of brown, rainbow, brook and lake
trout - as well as landlocked Atlantic salmon - were shipped from Europe and North America to Patagonia.
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Some trout were kept in hatcheries for brood stock and successfully
spawned a few years later. The fish, not only survived in the remote lakes and rivers of the isolated and primitive Patagonia,
but actually fluorished. They were planted everywhere and the process of wild spawning has ensured that they are still there
today.
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