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ARGENTINA TROUT FISHING
LimayRiver Lodge in a part of the world that is legend!
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L I M A Y I S A sparkling, broad tailwater fishery, born at Lago Nahuel Huapi and meandering in a snake-like path across the dry pampas of Patagonia nearly 240 miles until it meets the Rio Neuquén. Together they form the Rio Negro, but along the journey the Limay collects strength from the most legendary of Argentina’s trout fisheries. The Traful, Pichileufu and Collon Cura all contribute to the magnificence of the Limay. The Limay is exceptionally wide and shallow. It is celebrated as one of the top trophy trout fisheries and productive destinations in all of Patagonia, and is a sensational dry fly fishery. Famous for trophy brown trout, the Limay also harbors some massive rainbows. Fish larger than 20 inches are routine and don’t raise an eyebrow with veteran anglers.
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The Limay River Lodge uses a fleet of Hyde drift boats to cover five separate river beats. Most Argentine guides use rafts and, for some, drift boats prove more comfortable. Each beat covers about seven miles of gravel flats, riffles, runs, braids, and side channels. Most fishing is done drifting and casting to the shoreline or pocket water. In predictably productive runs fishermen are encouraged to wade, covering the cutbanks and rock gardens methodically, usually with a dry fly. The location, lodge, guides, fishing, food, and the casual atmosphere at Limay River Lodge combine to encapsulate the best of what the Patagonia experience is all about. There are other places that claim to be as good, but there are none that are better. s
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