Despite the 8.8 magnitude earthquake in central Chile on February 27th, our trip in early March was business as usual for Chile West. Photos: Chile West Guests, Chile West Team We had three guests scheduled to fish just one week after the quake, two of which were already to be fishing in Chile. Carlos arrived…
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Purple Chubby Chernobyl
Our team at Chile West recently spent some time on a spring creek that has been fishing well. This creek has an abundance of dragonflies and they seem to be the staple food for these fish. While there are some beautifully tied dragonfly patterns, they are often not aerodynamic and thus hard to cast. As…
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King Salmon. Spey Rod. Chile.
If you’ve spent any time at all around our web site, you know that we’re kind of nutty when it comes to spey fishing. If you’ve followed our first few seasons operating at Chile West, you also may know that there are some pretty incredible king salmon down there. We’ve been catching these chinooks on…
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Beautiful Spot in Chile #781
Today’s edition of ‘Beautiful Places in Chile’ doesn’t include any dramatic spires or giant fish – just a classic piece of water in a beautiful valley near Coyhaique. More on Chile West Chile West Photo Gallery Mystery Fish That Most People Think is a Brown Which Rods to Bring
Just Another Beautiful Run in Chile
To be totally honest, we’ve got so many pictures of beautiful water from Chile West that it’s a little hard to know where to start. We’ll just post them in a trickle, OK? Today’s installment comes a short drive from Cisnes, the third stop on our trip. More Cool Pictures South Andros from Above Dean…
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Chillin’ in Chile
Sorry, that title is terrible. One of our cool local accommodations where we stay during our trip at Chile West is the Hotel Espacio y Tiempo in La Junta. It’s got really comfortable rooms complete with wireless internet service. The food is fantastic, and as you can see there’s a great lounge area that’s perfect…
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Simms G3 Guide Pant Review
We like waist-high waders. There are plenty of situations in the world of angling where chest-high waders are overkill. If you’re fishing out of a driftboat or wading a shallow stream, you’re probably never going to wade in water deeper than your waist. Compared to chest waders, pant-length waders are cooler (temperature-wise, we mean), more…
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Fishing in Chile Looks Cool
Here’s one of the great things about fishing in Chile. This is just a shot of an angler looking at classic piece of trout water, but the rocks look cool, the ferns look cool, the lupines look cool…it’s just cool down there! More on What Makes Chile Cool Emperador Guillermo Cool Chilean Rivers Beer!
Our Team in Chile is Just Fine.
Thanks so much to everyone who has expressed concern about our team at Chile West in the aftermath of Saturday’s earthquake. We’re thrilled to report that we’re just fine – there was no damage at all in the area where we operate. In fact, our team didn’t even feel a rumble. Once things get sorted…
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What Is This Fish?
Early in our Research and Development program in Southern Chile, one of our guides, Garrett Sullivan, caught this exceptional fish. We took some shots and released it, thinking “man, that was an awesome brown”. When we got home, we sent some pictures around to a bunch of folks, and maybe half of them responded saying…
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