Villa María Lodge
Villa María Lodge – Week 1: December 29th to January 6th, 2023
By Alejandro Martello – Villa Maria Lodge Fishing Manager Welcome to Villa María Lodge 2023 season! We are totally delighted to be back in the river and expecting a fantastic season ahead. In our opening week, Stephan & Alex again put together a great and enjoyable group. This year we started with low water conditions …
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Villa María Lodge – End of Season Report
For the final week of the season, we welcomed guests from the USA, Argentina, and New Caledonia. The international groups from all around the world have been a pleasure to host this season and this week was no different. A mix of veteran sea trout anglers and those brand new to spey casting and anadromous …
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Villa María Lodge – Week 12: March 20th to 27th, 2022
This was the last week of our fishing season and definitely the most challenging of all in 2022. On the first day, we found the river was high and brown due to the different showers we had in the previous week plus the melting of the first snowfall on the Andes. So for a couple …
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Villa María Lodge – Week 10: March 6th to 13th, 2022
The 10th week of 2022 season started with higher and colored water. It was not a surprise as we were expecting some changes due to the rain, we had the prior week all along the Rio Grande valley and its headwaters. The bump in the level was quite substantial but we have to remember that …
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Villa María Lodge – Week 9: February 27th to March 6th, 2022
As expected last week, this week the autumn showers appeared and changed slightly the scenario. By mid week we had and slight raise in the water but it stayed clean with very few debris floating in the water column and the same day we had a powerful overnight rain and that water will probably show …
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Villa María Lodge – Week 8: February 20th to 27th, 2022
The 8th week of 2022 Season at Villa Maria Lodge was a little different from the others. Not because of the fishing, which was great in fact, but some of our friends couldn’t arrive due to Covid related issues leaving the house half full. Another major difference with prior weeks was the weather. Coming from …
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Villa María Lodge – Week 7: February 11th to 18th, 2022
Another week went through at Villa Maria with the lodge full of old friends of the house. A great week, full of stories and memories from decades of visiting the Rio Grande. Weather-wise we were punished by the wind as it did set a new season’s record when last Sunday it reached an incredible 130km/h …
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Villa María Lodge – Week 6: February 4th to 11th, 2022
In our Midseason week, the weather presented stable and predictable and very similar to the previous week. No rain, a day or two of hard winds but warm and pleasant evenings. The river remained at the same level as the week before with no significant changes in temperature or clarity. We have to remember that …
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Villa María Lodge – Week 5: January 28th to Feb 4th, 2022
Another successful week is over at Villa María Lodge and we had the pleasure to receive some old house friends and a couple of newcomers. The weather was a typical midsummer week in the Rio Grande and that means dry, with days of hard winds (we had a day of 90km/h+ West wind) but usually …
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Villa María Lodge – Week 4: January 21st to 28th, 2022
As we saw the progress in the last couple of weeks, the river is looking in prime condition, a very comfortable level for fishing, and the clarity is about as clear as it gets. The water level has continued to drop throughout the week making the fishing even more enjoyable as wading became super easy …
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