Las Buitreras Report Week XIII, March 24. – April 02.2012
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...
Las Buitreras Report Week XII, 17-24 March 2012
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....
Las Buitreras Report Week X & XI, March 3-13 2012
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...
Las Buitreras Report Week IX, Feb 25 – March 03
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...
Las Buitreras Report Week VIII, Feb 18 – Feb 25
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...
Las Buitreras Report Week VII, Feb 11 – Feb 18
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...
Las Buitreras Report Week VI, Feb 4 – Feb 11
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...
Las Buitreras Report Week V, Jan 28 – Feb 4
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...
Rio Gallegos/Jurassic Lake – Testimonial Week IV
“Hello Christer What an amazing experience we had in south of Argentina. Many thanks…Firstly, I managed to get the biggest fish among all of us in Rio Gallegos. As a beginner. And then to be part of all this beauty of Lago Strohbel /Jurassic Lake. The guides were talking about this being the off-season ……… and that it has never ever been so bad in Rio Gallegos. What could happen when it is high season? I took 30 of...
Las Buitreras Report Week IV, Jan 21 – Jan 28
Field Report Week IV – 21.01.2012 – 28.01.2012 by Stephan Dombaj The Vikings It is week number four here in Las Buitreras and we are facing the peak of the toughest drought that this area has seen in 15 years, which makes for inconvenient circumstances to swing some fur for chrome… circumstances that require a bunch...
