Fishing Reports

Villa Maria Lodge Week 5: Jan 31- Feb 6, 2020

For our fifth week of the season, we welcomed back Bruno, Mike, Michael, and Sandee.  During our warm-up session, as we expected, the river rose from the heavy rain up in the headwaters that hit the region in the previous week. Even with the rising river, we were very optimistic about the week to come …

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Kau Tapen Lodge Week 5: Feb 1-8, 2020

A strange, but very eventful week comes to its end. As we began our fifth week of the season, we were all expecting very consistent weather and water conditions. Especially with the amount of fish now already in the system, these weeks are usually very predictable and consistent. While the river was in absolutely great …

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Suindá Lodge – January 2020

January’s fishing on our section of Parana River has been highly productive, mainly due to the stable river conditions we have been enjoying. Dorado have been landed throughout our section’s diverse structures.  Our biggest fish of the month were fooled when fishing over the rock gardens and rocky banks. We’ve been using various lines and …

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Kau Tapen Lodge Week 4: Jan 25-31, 2020

Here we go again! Another amazing week was upon us and we could not be more excited. Promising water conditions together with a full group of very capable anglers, most of them here for their very first time: Brian and Kevin (UK), Keith and Laurence (UK), Claude (CAN) and Jon (USA), Teresa and Martin (ARG), …

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Pirá Lodge – January 2020

As we wrap up the second week of January, our fishing has been phenomenal! These last two weeks have been filled with Dorado action, new faces and plenty of familiar returning clients.   Our weather has been stellar with blue skies nearly every day and some of the most spectacular sunsets we have ever seen.  The …

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Villa Maria Lodge Week 4: Jan 24-30, 2020

This week we welcomed back Gerald, Marc, Gina, Bruno, Jonathan and our new friend Hans.  The week started off with a bang. With the river at a near-perfect level, fresh fish in the system and some veteran anglers staying with us we had the “perfect storm”. It seemed like every session anglers were coming back …

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Kau Tapen Lodge Week 3: Jan 18-24, 2020

Another fantastic week comes to an end!  We were happy to welcome another great bunch of anglers in our realm of giant sea trout, good wine, endless skies, and hearty cuisine, to battle the elements at the end of the world and chase dreams in the troubled waters of the Río Grande. Cheryll and Peter, …

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Villa Maria Lodge Week 3: Jan 17-23rd, 2020

This week we excitedly welcomed back our friend Axel and former veteran guide Ale Bianchetti.  When we approached the river during our warm up session, we realized the river was still affected by the previous week’s rain. The river was high and slightly off-color but fortunately, it appeared to be dropping quickly so we were …

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Villa María Lodge Week 2 – Jan 10 – 16th, 2020

We just finished our second week at Villa Maria Lodge. Once again, the week was dominated by challenging weather, strong storms, and changing river conditions. Our opening week concluded with heavy rains along the Rio Grande’s valley, all the way up to the Andes. This resulted in higher water levels and murky visibility. The low visibility …

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Kau Tapen Lodge Week 2: Jan 11-17, 2020

One great week was in the books and we were all very happy with the start of the season, despite of its rather late nature this year. While we had to say “good-bye” to our first week’s amazing bunch of, we were keen on meeting our new guests for this coming week: A fairly small …

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