Villa María Lodge
Villa Maria Lodge – End of Season 2019
Another season has come and gone on the Rio Grande and as usual, the river taught us many lessons. The main theme of this season was the drought over the island – which in fact affected all of Patagonia. By the end of December we saw the last rains of the summer and they restarted by mid march. This two and a half month period with almost no rain lead to very …
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Villa Maria Lodge – Week 9: March 8-15, 2019
We just finished our last week of the season at Villa Maria Lodge! It feels great when you meet old friends again and spend a full week fishing with them !! We received a group of Villa Maria veterans, from Switzerland, the heart of Europe. To some of them, like Hugo, whom i met about …
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Villa Maria Lodge – Week 8: March 1-8, 2019
Another week has passed and we were excited to see a bunch of new faces made there way to Villa Maria this week along with Kelly, a repeat fisherman and guest at Villa Maria. The low water and changing weather patterns forecasted for challenging fishing but both guides and guests were motivated and had a …
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Villa Maria Lodge – Week 7: February 22 – March 2, 2019
This week we welcomed back two of our former guest David and Johnathan. The rest of the group were all first timers on the Rio Grande. Like the last couple of weeks, the river kept varying its level daily due to slight rains and snow melting in its headwaters at the mountains. These variations were …
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Villa Maria Lodge Week 6: Feb 15 – 22, 2019
Another brilliant week has gone by at Villa Maria Lodge. The group this week was formed by old-time repeaters, like Mark and John -founder and presidents of G&T team. Also, there were 3 special people to me, Rabbi, Jonni, and Helgi, all of whom I met in Iceland 15 years ago. I spent my summers …
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Villa Maria Lodge Week 5: Feb 8 – 15, 2019
By Alejandro Martello This past week we welcomed a group consisting of four old friends, (Gilbert, Nigel, Bob, and Ken) and 2 new friends (Dave and Joe). The river remained low so we had to continue our practice of fishing with stealth. Nymphs were the top selection and our old friends showed that several years of expertise paid …
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Villa Maria Lodge Week 4: Feb 1 – 8, 2019
Another week has gone by here at Villa Maria Lodge and we were visited by a full group of familiar faces, as all our fishermen have been fishing our waters for a few years already. Just like in the past weeks, weather conditions – hence fishing conditions- have constantly been changing here on the Rio …
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Villa Maria Lodge – Week 3: January 25 – February 1, 2019
We just finished our 3rd week at Villa Maria Lodge. Like the previous week, we can easily split the fishing week in two parts: The first three days we had low water and clear conditions. Fishing was good and fish were consistently active in the morning and evening sessions. Marc started the week with a beautiful …
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Villa Maria Lodge Week 2: January 18 – 25, 2019
We just finished our second week at Villa Maria Lodge We can easily split the week in two: The first three days the river remained low and dropping like the week before with normal to strong winds from the W – NW. as the weather was normal for the time of the season, the fishing …
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Villa Maria Lodge Week 1: January 11 – 17, 2019
Welcome to Villa María Lodge 2019 season!! This year we started with normal conditions for January here, that means dry and windy. The water level is similar to last year at the same time and surely on the low side for the time of the season. But the river looks in a good shape and without many structural changes. Our opening …
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