Fieldreport Week XIII by Stephan Gian Dombaj French Canadian Russian Split Week Group Ladies and Gentlemen, the season here in Argentina is facing it’s annual end. A pity indeed, not only because the numbers of fish in the system is increasing as usually at the end of the season, It also a goodbye for a...
Field Report Week XII, 17-24 March 2012 by Stephan Gian Dombaj FLOOD WEEK The weather god must have gotten something wrong. As reported before, we were facing the driest January since decades, hence the entire season was influenced and dictated by a persistant low water level and we had to adjust our schedule to it....
The Aussies Is there a better way to start a couple of days at Jurassic Lake than coming right from Las Buitreras, chasing chrome searun brown trout? This groups answer was clear… having a good time there and no plans to change the game plan for Jurassic either… The first morning already revealed the shinny...
Field Report Week X and XI, March 3rd - March13th 2012 Jurassic and Buitreras Shift Split Weeks by Stephan Dombaj Joining Forces Week X and XI The sonic boom like sound, emitted by the calving Perito Moreno Glacier releasing giant icewalls into the placid Lago Argentino marked just the beginning of a weather period that seized to...
Field Report Feb 18th - March 3rd 2012 by Stephan Dombaj Welsh “In-Waders” Tracing down the roots of seatrout fishing will eventually lead you too a dead end somewhere in Northern Europe. Where exactly the first flies were swinging down the current in eager hope to touch some chrome fish will remain a secret forever. The United...
CALVING GLACIER For those who want to add one or two days to one’s fishing schedule, Patagonia awaits with a sheer endless amount of wonders that are yet to be discovered. The Perito Moreno Glacier, the world-famous crown jewel of the “Los Glaciares National Park”, filled travelers and screen-followers alike with awe that will last...
Field Report Feb 18th Feb 25th 2012 by Stephan Dombaj Hooked on the fly – Couple Episode One year ago, Chris Travis and his team from the TV show, “Hooked on the Fly,” recorded an Argentinian episode at two of our top destinations: Rio Gallegos & Jurassic Lake. With the Rio Gallegos sinking its hooks into the...
Field Report VII – Feb 11th – Feb 18th by Stephan Dombaj SCOTCH With the streets of Gallegos deserted, the doors locked, and the windows being barricaded, one can be quite sure that week seven was coming to a close. With apocalyptic forebodings contrasting sharply with the gruesome reality that awaited them last time, several...
Field Report Week VII by Stephan Dombaj CHROME FLOOD Last week’s prayers for rain obviously delivered the message properly. With a persistant low-water level of -35cm – 30cm one week before, the first session for this week’s group we learned that that there was to be an unexpected but very welcome push of colder water...
Field Report: Las Buitreras – Week V January 28th – Ferbruary 4th 2012 by Stephan Gian Dombaj RAIN PRAYERS The pursuit of chrome fish resembles religious cults in many ways. Where else can one see grown up men and women praying for the wonder of the unknown? Or being purified by the stunning, raging appearance...