A Rio Palena brown At Chile West we run a mobile program – working our way down the Carretera Austral or ‘Southern Highway’ through Chilean Patagonia, staying in four locations along the way. Today we start a four-part series covering each of our four destinations. Our first stop is Palena. In Palena we stay in…
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South Andros Fisheries Roundup
Where to? You can’t get your head around how big it is. Over the past month we’ve run a series of posts on the four fisheries where we spend our time at Andros South. Any of of these fisheries by itself dwarfs the available water at your typical bonefishing lodge. Immense, highly varied, and loaded…
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South Andros Fisheries Part Four – Inland Wading
There’s a lot of water in the middle of this island. Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve written about the three most conventional fisheries on South Andros – our east side creeks, The South and The West. Today we cover the most unusual of our fisheries – our inland wading. When you look at…
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South Andros Fisheries Part Three – The West Side
Gary and Torrie look for West Side giants. At Andros South we launch our boats from the mouth of Little Creek, and that’s no coincidence – Little Creek provides the best access through the center of South Andros to the fabled West Side, and we take advantage of that access whenever we can. The West…
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Lake Fishing in Chile
Our lakes produce too. Although our standard program at Chile West is built around fishing 7 different rivers, there are countless lakes along the Carretera Austral that provide some great options too. Rainbows, browns and brookies can all be caught in the lakes in our region. As is the case with our river fishing, variety…
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South Andros Fisheries Part Two – The South
This is The South. This image covers an area 18 miles wide. There’s a lot of water here. Part two in our series on the four major fisheries at Andros South covers the massive area of keys and flats off the southern tip of South Andros – the area simply known as ‘The South’. Head…
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South Andros Fisheries Part One – East Side Creeks
Andy Kurkulis ducks the wind in Deep Creek. The first of our four-part series on the fisheries at Andros South covers the tidal creeks on the east side of the island. We cover a huge area at Andros South, and you’ll see that we’ve got a wide variety of fisheries with different exposures at our…
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Horsepacking in Chile
Running shuttle, Chile style. Photo: Chris Price One of the options during a trip at Chile West is to do some horsepacking. Besides the fun of actually riding horses, horespacking allows us to get our guests into some incredibly remote, beautiful areas. Guides and guests load up on horses to access a pristene river valley….
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South Andros – Four Fisheries in One
There’s an awful lot of water on this island. At Andros South, we have a gigantic, varied fishery for bonefish, with almost negligible fishing pressure. South Andros Island itself is 35 miles long and 20 miles wide, and is just covered with ideal bonefish habitat. It’s one major island (actually a collection of islands), but…
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Kanektok River Run Timing
The Kanektok River Photo: Cameron Miller Our season at Alaska West on the Kanektok River is only 12 weeks long, but things change quickly during that period.Summer in Western Alaska is short! A lot happens between on the river between May and September – ice goes out, runoff comes and goes, five salmon species enter the river…
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