Simpson, Aysén and Mañihuales Rivers From the Main Lodge
Flywise Anglers bases its first three days at a main lodge on the mountainside above the Upper Simpson Valley, so the home water is minutes away. The Simpson, Aysén, Mañihuales and Huemules rivers are walked and waded or floated, and the Simpson system holds both brown and rainbow trout, with smaller rivers, spring creeks and lagoons running off it. The lodge looks out over some of the rivers and lakes on the week’s program, so anglers can read the wind and weather before they leave.
The Paloma System and Cerro Castillo Lakes
Across the valley, the Paloma system runs through temperate rainforest and takes in Lago Elizalde and Lagos Paloma, Azul, Desierto and Caro. Flywise has access to the heart of the Paloma and fishes its rivers and lakes from jet boats. Cerro Castillo is the dry-fly lake day, casting for large brown trout beneath the mountain skyline.
Ñirehuao Spring Creeks and Lago Misterioso
Midweek the program moves to the second lodge, on the shore of Lago Misterioso. The Ñirehuao is a grasshopper river, so big terrestrial dries do much of the work, and access to more than 50 kilometers of the river and its tributaries across two ranches means easy walk-and-wade water with healthy numbers of brown trout. Nearby headwater lakes and lagoons hold large browns that can be sight-fished on shallow flats.
Catajets, Three Days and Three Days, and Dry Flies
The standard week splits three fishing days from each lodge. The boats are jet-driven catboats built by Adam Henderson, with swivel seats and hip braces so anglers can stand and fish in rough water, and the jet drive lets a boat float a river and run back up it. Guides adjust each day to weather and the angler’s preference, whether that is floating, wading small water or fishing lakes. Dry flies are preferred but any technique is on offer, and lunch is eaten at the water’s edge. Two-week stays fish a week from each lodge, with a third base at Cerro Castillo as an option.
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