A MONTHLY NEWSLETTER August 2016 Vol. 29, No. 8 DateLINE: SOUTH AMerica California, and it’s the third time we what I believe is an unrivaled combina- have used them. As before, working tion of small-water, walk-and-wade fish- Honor Roll Report with Pat Pendergast and his team at the ing in Argentina with float fishing the Patagonia One Program Fly shop was a true pleasure, and he was big mountain rivers of Patagonian Chile. spot-on letting us know what to expect We flew overnight from Atlanta on Gets a Big Thumbs-Up and, importantly, providing us with flies Delta, arriving in Buenos Aires at ap- that worked exceptionally well in all the proximately 9 AM. We were then taken Editor Note: We’ve been looking hard through the city to the regional airport, for a report on the new Patagonia One where we boarded a two-and-a-half-hour Program in South America. It involves flight to Esquel. From there, we were fishing in both Argentina and Chile. The driven another two and a half hours to good news is subscriber Cort Frohlich Las Pampas Lodge, which would be has stepped up to the plate with an al- our home for the next four nights, with most rapturous report. We are putting three days of fishing, before crossing the him on our Subscriber Honor Roll for border for six days of fishing in Chile. taking the time and making the effort to The lodge, managed and partially owned share what he experienced. His Honor by Augustine (Augie) Fox is lovely, Roll Fishing Cap is already in the mail. having accommodations for only eight y wife and I were fortunate anglers, with very comfortable rooms enough to be among the first various waters we fished. And what a and beds and private bathrooms. Morn- Manglers to experience Pa- variety of waters they were! ing and evening meals, and they were tagonia Base Camp’s Patagonia One The Patagonia One program is a excellent, were taken communally in the program, now in just its first full year of 10-night, nine-day collaboration be- main lodge. Breakfasts always included being available. Our trip was arranged tween Las Pampas Lodge in Argentina fresh juice and eggs and bacon if you so for us by The Fly Shop in Redding, and The Base Camp in Chile. It provides desired. Lunch was served in the field and always included a fine Argentinian SUPPORT OUR CORPORATE SPONSORS Malbec, which we really enjoyed. At dinner, which is usually served about 8:30 PM, everyone eats together, guides and guests alike, which makes for some interesting and sometimes highly amus- ing conversation. The bar is always open and well stocked. Unlimited fine Argen- IN THIS ISSUE tinian varietals are provided with dinner. The fireplace was usually roaring in the Sudan South Carolina morning and again later at night, adding Triggerfish, Anyone? Is This Redfish Spot to the ambience. Views over the moun- This May Be THE Spot Worth a Second Look? Pages 4–5 Pages 7–8 tains were spectacular. We saw five mas- sive Andean Condors circling overhead Florida Subscriber-Written Reports one morning. This Almost-Snook Trip Australia, Bolivia, Idaho, Became a Tarpon Outing Whipray Caye in Belize & More! As for the fishing, it was as good Pages 5–6 Pages 8–13 as advertised, if not better. On our first day, we fished Terremoto (earthquake) New York Oregon a spring creek, with Pancho and his Sight-Fish for Stripers This 46-Mile Float Trip 2 Hours from NYC! Pays Off Big Time! American assistant, Kevin, who were to Page 7 Pages 13–14 be our guides for the entire three days. THE ANGLING REPORT They were fantastic. Terremoto was had ever seen, much less fished. Every quite an introduction to the wonders of one of those spring creek channels was the waters available at Las Pampas. My loaded with big, healthy browns and first fish here, in slow-moving, crystal- rainbows that were feeding on caddis. clear spring creek water was a 20-inch We had constant action all day fishing to rainbow. I took it on a size 19 Purple huge, free-rising trout. This was classic Haze. I then took four 18- to 20-inch spring creek fishing. It was a day never bows on a size 10 yellow-bellied hop- to be forgotten, capped off when two per. The takes were incredibly slow and huge condors landed in a meadow right THE ANGLING REPORT visual, and the fish, when hooked, went behind me as I was landing yet another EDITOR ballistic. I ended the morning sight- 20-inch rainbow, and then spread their Don Causey casting to a 21-inch brown that took a wings. Even Pancho was impressed! size 16 tan Elk Hair Caddis. I landed it The following day it was time to MARKETING DIRECTOR after a great fight that included several leave Las Pampas and cross the border Michael Lyons jumps. My wife, meanwhile, took sev- into Chile. The “road” into Chile has to COPY EDITOR eral nice rainbows and missed a brown be seen to be believed. To put it mildly, Gary Hamel that Pancho estimated at 24 to 25 inches. it is just a wee bit bumpy, and the bridg- What a start! es you cross have certainly never seen an LAYOUT & PRODUCTION The lodge has a number of scenic, OSHA inspector. All part of the fun! The Ben F. Badger Jr. fish-filled lakes available, and the next crossing was seamless and took only ILLUSTRATIONS day we fished Lago #5. Unfortunately, about an hour and a half. It was clear Gordon Allen as occurs in Patagonia, it was quite that not many people cross at this remote windy, and fishing the reed beds and location, as the three soldiers manning rock walls of the lake produced only a the crossing on the Chilean side were fish or two. When the lakes are on, how- obviously excited to have something to The Angling Report ever, I was told, they can be spectacular do, squabbling over who would have the 202-770-9942 for some really big browns and rain- honor of stamping our passports. We had bows. We switched to the Rio Pico in the been told that a gun and carbine belong- The Angling Report (ISSN: 1045-3539) is published monthly by Oxpecker Enterprises, Inc., 4431 afternoon and caught several respectable ing to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Greenwich Parkway, Washington, DC 20007. rainbows. 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