Chile
Los Lagos & Aysén Regions, Chile
About This Destination
Chilean Patagonia occupies the western side of the Andes, and its rivers have a character entirely different from Argentina's — colder, faster, more turbulent, with darker tannin-stained water carving through ancient araucaria forest and volcanic landscape. The rivers of the Los Lagos and Aysén regions offer world-class brown and rainbow trout fishing in a landscape of glaciers, volcanoes, and fjords that has no parallel on Earth.
Temperate Valdivian rainforest, volcanic peaks and lakes, Patagonian ice fields, fjords and river mouths cutting to the Pacific, and the wide windswept steppe of interior Aysén.
What to Expect
- Wild rivers through temperate rainforest and volcanic scenery
- Large brown and rainbow trout in high-gradient freestone water
- The Carretera Austral — one of the world's great adventure roads
- Some of South America's most remote and undisturbed fisheries
- Glaciers, fjords, and volcanoes as your backdrop
Destination Details
- Target Species
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- Brown Trout
- Rainbow Trout
- Season
- November – April (Southern Hemisphere summer)
- Skill Level
- Advanced
- Travel Notes
- Fly into Puerto Montt (PMC) for the Los Lagos region, or fly into Balmaceda (BBA) for Aysén. The Carretera Austral — Chile's most remote highway — provides access to the Aysén region. 4WD vehicles and river boats are standard transport.
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