A hundred and sixty miles southern Esquel is a region considered as one of the most exciting and challenging trout and salmon fishing opportunities found in Patagonia. This is a tailored area for trophy fish. Anglers can hook rainbows as big as steelheads, or browns and brooks as big or more than Labrador. The Rio Corcovado is famous for its great production of large rainbows and brooks. The lower Rio Pico and Nilson are pretty small streams with thousands of fish a mile; these 2 streams are perfect for dry fly fishing. Lots of huge trout can be found in stillwaters such as Lago 3. We can also fish the waters of the upper Rio Pico and Nilson. From the estancia where we are lodged we can go walking to mostly every fishing place. All the experience in Rio Pico will be unforgettable and you will live some days as a real “gaucho argentino”.
RÍO PICO
Even though this area gains more and more reputation, the most
productive is the Pico river, which offers a huge quantity of
voracious and non selective rainbows, some browns and,
ocassionally, salmon coming from the Pacific Ocean. Captures
in this river go from 16 to 20 inches.
RÍO
CORCOVADO
Lago Vinter and Rio Corcovado are a different world!
Those ready to stand a hard weather in March and April
will be able to get brookes of more than 4 pounds or
even more, and ocassionaly monster rainbow. A huge
challenge for those looking for the trophy.
Rio Nilson is the most indicated for those looking for
continuate action. Hundreds of small and medium trout take
every kind of fly. However the angler needs extreme precise
fly presentation and a lot of line control to get to some
of the best places.
LAGO TRES,
CUATRO
Y CINCO
Lagos 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, situated in the Rio Pico
region, gain reputation as time goes by, because of
the huge trout that live in them. We float all of
them, and we use dry flies, nymphs, and streamers
depending on the season time. The average size is 4
pounds and it is worth to try and get the trophy! You
can catch many trout of about 24 inches, either brown
or rainbows. An excellent place to get a trophy fish!
