We’re wrapping up our mini-series on mending your fly line. Written by Chris Price, our manager at Chile West, this group of posts so far has covered an introduction to mending, Belly, How to Lift and Lay, and Nymphing and the Complete Mend. Today we’re putting it all together to fish a complex current well, by mending well!…
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Pretty.
Yeah, we’re a bunch of macho anglers, but we know a pretty view when we see one. Today’s comes courtesy of the first trip of our season at Chile West. More Pretty Pictures Lettin’ One Swim on the Dean Moving Water in Alaska Moon Walk on South Andros
Mending – Nymphing and the ‘Complete Mend’
Time for more on mending line when you’re trout fishing! We’re back from a short break in our series on mending – Chris Price, our manager at Chile West, writes the series, and he’s been out for the last couple of weeks hosting a group on a fantastic trip. Don’t worry, you’ll hear more about…
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Top Trout Fishing Posts of 2010
We’re nearing the end of 2010, so as dutiful members of the media we figured it was time to run a series of posts looking back on some highlights of the year. Since it’s really all about the fish, we decided to group these little roundups by type of finned friend. The formula is pretty…
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Just Another Beautiful Brown Trout
From Southern Chile. More on Chile West Fishing Streamers from a Boat Which Rods to Bring Michael White’s Trout Rig
I’m a Brown Trout
I live in Southern Chile. I have pretty cool dark spots, like lots of my brothers and sisters. Notice how even my mouth is pristine? There’s a lot of water down here and very little angling pressure – chances are I’ve never been caught before. More on Trout in Chile Very Cool Old Brown Trout…
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Estamos Listos
For those of you who don’t speak Spanish, ‘Estamos Listos’ is our very rough translation of ‘Game On’, because today the first guests of our season are arriving at Chile West. It’s our third season operating in Chile, and we’re really happy to be back at it. From now through the end of April, we’ll…
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Mending Line
Today we’re starting a mini-series of posts on mending your fly line. We’re starting at the very beginning, a very good place to start, with a simple explanation of what mending is all about. More mending advice to come! Thanks to Chris Price, our manager at Chile West, for even more great fly fishing tips….
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Football.
Fish that are not terribly long but pretty darned fat tend to be healthy. They’ve got so much to eat that their bellies and shoulders swell before their spine has a chance to catch up. You’ve heard from us before that our fisheries in Chile pump out some really porky fish. Here’s another example, if…
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Pocket Water
Just some tasty-looking (and productive, as it turns out) pocket water in Southern Chile. More on Fishing in Chile Fish Story from Chile You Could Fish This Streamer Rig 6 Reasons to Go