“Land it 4 inches to the left of that fern over there. The green one.” Photo: Trevor Covich Whether you’re in Chile or Montana, when dry fly fishing from shore or wading, the best approach, if possible, is to start in the ‘tailout’ and work your way up the pool. Fish are almost always facing…
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Trout
Trout Fishing: Banging the Banks
This fatty was banged on the bank. Photo: Jared Moore At Chile West, we use a bunch of different techniques to catch fish. The method we use most often is something called “bangin’ the banks”. This method is used while floating rivers where dense forest grows right to the water’s edge, or where steep rock…
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Trout Fishing: Nymphing Techniques
Bonefish, 10 o’clock, 30 feet! Whoops…sorry, wrong post. Today we continue our series on trout fishing tactics, based on our approach at Chile West but applicable anywhere trout swim. The topic of the day is nymphing techniques. You’ve been floating the river, it’s noon or so, sun is high, it’s hot, fishing has slowed down,…
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Trout Fishing: Nymphing and Current Speed
Mr. Lincoln, meet Mr. Nymph. Mr. Nymph, Mr. Lincoln. Photo: Chris Price Today we continue our series on trout fishing tactics, based on our approach at Chile West but applicable in any water where trout swim! In most trout fisheries nymphs are the biggest part of a trout’s diet, so we’re kicking things off with…
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Trout Fishing: Terminology
Garrett Sullivan fishes the bucket. What a surprise. Today we start a series of posts about classic trout fishing tactics. In this series, we’re not talking about the salmon-part-eating rainbows of Western Alaska— we’re talking about the mainly-insect-eating critters of the Rockies and the Northeast and our ‘classic trout’ fishery in Southern Chile. Much of…
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Chile Fly Fishing Tactics
This brown liked Chris’s tactics. Our environment at Chile West is changing day to day as we travel to new fisheries and different climates, so we change the methods we use to fish. We fish it all, from big, wide, deep rivers, to small shallow rivers or creeks, to lakes. We fish from boats or…
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Trout in Chile
He probably didn’t get like that by sipping midges. Today Chris Price, our manager at Chile West, give a little bit of background on Chilean trout. The facts are the facts, but a couple of stories give you a feel for the possibilities… “There are trout in Southern Chile? What are they like? What kind?…
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Chile Trout Flies
More than just a parachute Adams. Photo: Chris Price We talk a lot about the incredible variety in the trout fishing that we experience during our program at Chile West. Have a look at a typical selection of flies used during a trip with us, and you’ll get a good feel for what we mean….
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