Trevor Covich is back today, telling us a bit about the never-ending job of exploring new water in Southern Chile. Endless Water Here at Chile West we are constantly exploring new water for future anglers. When we say endless we mean it! There is more water here than you can shake a fly rod at…
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Brown Trout
Bring on the Beetle
Trevor Covich, as you may know, guides at Alaska West and Chile West. Trevor’s in the middle of prime-time fishing in Chile right now, but he was still kind enough to send in a great post on our favorite bug from Southern Chile, the famous Cantaria beetle. Thanks, T. Bring On the Beetle February is…
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Nice Fish, Rebecca.
Rebecca Anderson and her husband Alex just wrapped up a trip with us at Chile West. They had a ball, and Rebecca in particular demonstrated a spectacular level of fishiness throughout the trip. Here’s one of a bunch of brown trout that met Rebecca’s acquaintance along the way. Well done! You know, if you and…
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Sculpin Fishing from Alaska to Chile
Trevor Covich is one of our senior guides in Alaska and Chile. He loves tying and fishing sculpin patterns and he’s darned good at both. He put together a great piece for us on sculpin fishing. Sculpin fishing is an extremely versatile way to fish, and oh by the way, a great way to select…
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Brown Trout – Where They Live
We fish for brown trout a lot a Chile West. Sometimes we’re fishing on foot, and we’ve got lots of time to read the water and decide where to make our next cast. Sometimes we’re fishing out of a raft, and in that case we’re covering lots of water and making lots of quick decisions…
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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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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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