Los Alerces National Park embraces an extension of 263,000 hectares and is placed in the west of the province of Chubut, in the boundary with the Republic of Chile. In 1937 it became a National Park, declaring its territory as an intangible area. It is placed 50 kilometers from the Esquel town. Its name comes from the larches or lahuanes forest it includes, trees with nearly 3000 years and 30 meters high and that are considered as the Sequoias of the Southern Hemisphere. This park is home to more than 12 rivers and lakes, where there are a huge variety of rainbow, brown, brooks and Atlantic locked salmon.
THE
RIVADAVIA
RIVER
The Rivadavia river is no doubt the Park most famous river,
offering an excellent fishing quality. In the begginnig of
the season streamers and nymphs are the rule, when the
dragonflies show up in December imposes the big dries fishing.
During January and February it is the right time to use small
nymphs and thin tippets, giving the chance to catch many
trout.
This river can be the best challenge for any angler when
the temperature rises and water level is lower. Most of the
catches are rainbows of 18 to 20 inches. You can also catch
ocassionaly brown, brooks and Atlantic locked salmon.
ARRAYANES
RIVER
The Arrayanes river flows from Lago Verde to Lago
Futalaufquen. It can give amazing fishing days, even
though it does not have a huge trout population. The
fishing pressure is very low, and can give the angler
fishing with dry flies excellent rainbow catches and
Atlantic locked salmon occasionally.
FREY RIVER
To the Lago Krugger and Rio Frey you can only access by
motor boat.
It is full of fish and the landscape is unbeliavable. Many
small streams flow to them so it it the ideal place to use
streamers and look for brown, rainbow and brooks. Thick reed
bed invite the angler to dry fly fishing during the whole day.
It is the key place to fish a trophy trout!
Rio Frey mouth and “the palanganas” are an unique place inside
the parc, where many and excellent quality trout live. The
average catch excceeds 17 inches, and there is always the
chance to get good brown and brooks.
LAGO VERDE
Even though Lago Verde is not a tradicional fishing place,
the low fishing pressure it has and its access difficulty,
make the fishing in rafts succesfull. Streamers in the
beginning of the season and dry flies as the heat comes,
fishing specially in the reed bed and next to rocks.
ESTRECHO
DE LOS
MONSTRUOS
The estrecho de los monstruos (“monster straits”)
situated between the Krugger and Futalaufquen
lake, has it name due to the huge trout it hosted
a long time ago. It is still now possible to fish
excellent trout, basically with sinking line and
big streamers.
LAGUNA
LARGA
Laguna Larga is mostly crowded by browns. If you get
a 19 inches trout, you got a small one! The average
is of more than 22 inches and with possible catches
of more than 28 inches. The key is to find the time
where there is almost no day light and when browns
are active. Even though streamers are usual here,
during the sun going down cadisflies hatches appear.
After being fishing and scouting the whole area, we
decided that this place was the one to build our
first lodge, which will be open for season 2016/2017.
DOÑA ROSA CREEK
