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FISHING IN NEUQUEN

WADE FISHING FROM RIVER SHORES

Depending on the moment of the fishing season and your personal preferences as regards the technique to be used, you may enjoy various kinds of rivers, with varied characteristics and possibilities, both in the surroundings of Junín and San Martín de los Andes, and in the North of Neuquén.

If you love fly-fishing with dry flies and nymphs, small and mid-sized equipments, floating lines and long and fine leaders, the Malleo River will meet your expectations or, if you get deeper into the mountain range area, you will find it pleasant to fish the Meliquina, the Eastern and Western Filo Hua Hum, and the Caleufú Rivers, as well as the magnificent Quieto spring creek.

Likewise, farther North in Neuquén, in the outskirts of the small town of Aluminé, you may enjoy delicate fishing in the Quillén and Pulmarí Rivers.

If you prefer more powerful rods, sinking lines and streamers, then the Aluminé, Collón Curá and the well-known Chimehuin Rivers are the correct choices, where you will also indulge yourself with superb rainbow and brown trouts with dry flies or a large stone nymph drifting down its powerful flumes.

Depending on the site you choose and the distance to such spot from your accommodation site, you may go on these fishing outings for one entire day or for half a day.

RAFT AND BELLY BOAT FISHING

Another possibility is fishing various local rivers and lakes by floating them on rafts or belly boats.

In such cases, fishing possibilities are undoubtedly enhanced. You will have the chance of getting to remote spots of the river where pedestrian or vehicular access becomes difficult or even impossible, where the shores are crowded with trees that make casting difficult but worthwhile,as the river hides good trout, or where the waters are too deep to be waded.

You can stop at the flumes and wade them. All this is conjugated so that fishing opportunities increase. But apart from all this, you will enjoy the silent water flow on the raft watching the immense Patagonian landscapes, the deep ravines where you will spot the impressive red deer during the mating season, observe the pre-Andean mountain range flora and fauna and the change of colors outbursting in the Fall.

Several are the rivers in which your yearn for fishing, relaxing and enjoying the sceneries will be fully satisfied: the Caleufú, the Chimehuin, the Collón Curá, the Aluminé, and the beautiful Lake Filo Hua Hum, nestled in an open mountain range valley and surrounded by the stunning Patagonian Andes.

In turn, depending on the extension and on the river you decide to float, the outing may take one, two or three days, and you will camp one or two nights by the river. It goes beyond saying that, as an ideal complement to everything mentioned, good food and drinks, country asados and pastries to liven up the afternoon fishing are provided.

Everything is combined for you to enjoy fishing and the rural quietness of the Patagonian landscapes.

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