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 I just got a report from Villa Maria on their first week this season, Dec 26th to Dec 31st. This week we had 5 guest in the lodge, it was a cosmopolitan week, we had two argentinians, two anglers from Chile and one from UK. The fresh fish are entering the river in good numbers. We saw many fish showing and rolling in the pools, some pools seem to be loaded of fish… but as the river is rising and drooping very often, the fish are not in very good mood and not very willing to take the flies yet. But this situation is going to change as soon as the river stabilizes. Go read more for the full story and photos..Axelo
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Here you can read the full report from the Lodge of Villa Maria for their first week of fishing this season.
This week we had 5 guest in the lodge, it was a cosmopolitan week, we had two argentinians, two anglers from Chile and one from UK. The fresh fish are entering the river in good numbers. We saw many fish showing and rolling in the pools, some pools seem to be loaded of fish… but as the river is rising and drooping very often, the fish are not in very good mood and not very willing to take the flies yet. But this situation is going to change as soon as the river stabilizes. It seems that this first run of seatrout is composed mostly of medium size fish, i would say between 4 to 8 pounds, but despite this, everybody was able to catch a 15 pound plus fish!
River Conditions:
We started the week with high water. It rained in the mountains the day before we started the season. The river rose about 5 inches and got murky. But it dropped and cleared up pretty fast and we finished the week with a river in very good conditions of water. The temperature of the water was perfect, between 9 and 11 degree.
Fishing Techniques and flies:
As the river was high and colored, we fished mostly with fast sinking lines and big flies, dragged very slow along the bottom of the pools. The last days of the week, when the river was lower and more clear, we used lighter lines and longer leaders. We used big and heavy leeches in black, purple and chartreuse. And at the end of the week we the most successful flies were different kind of rubber legs and tube flies such as Collie Dogs, Sunray Shadows and Temple Dogs.
Fish:
We caught 33 fish and hooked 54 during the week, average nr per rod: 1,60. Biggest fish was 20 pounds and the average weight is 8,96 pounds.
We caught 3 fish over 15 lbs and 2 fish over 20 lbs during the week. Biggest fish of the week was caught by Leigh Hunt from UK.
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