Category Archives: Destination Travel

“This is gonna be epic, like boy band epic!” This is how one lucky Montana Angler guest described his recent trip to Aqua Boa Amazon Lodge . A quote from one of Montana Angler’s guests from our most recent trip to Agua Boa Amazon Lodge, Ted Putnam. I couldn’t agree more with that sentiment. I’ve...

New Zealand’s South Island is the final frontier for fly anglers, the proving ground to test your skills against the most impressive trout on the planet. Unrolling that perfect cast and watching a big brown come up to sip your dry fly, it just doesn’t get much better than that. Located a world away...

Magic Waters Patagonia Lodge is located near the city of Coyhaique in the Aysen Region of Chile. After five trips to the area over the last few seasons, I’ve come to think of the trout water in this part of the world much like my home waters near Bozeman, Montana. A diversity of spring creeks...

Is there another progressive fishing and camping river trip on the planet that can upstage a Mongolian fly fishing adventure? I don’t think so. Where else in the world can you listen to Asian elk bugling and wolves howling at night and then switch gears to chase both the world’s largest trout and...

Alaska stands alone as a fly-fishing destination, a singular pinnacle in a world full of fish. The diversity of species from rainbow trout to Dolly Varden, Arctic char to grayling — not to mention salmon species — offer the angler myriad fly-fishing opportunities. Alaska’s enormity is dwarfed only...

With all the talk of polar vortexes, La Nina, El Nino, and the Farmer's Almanac, it is hard to know year-in and year-out exactly how harsh the winter season will be. Even with all the variables--and variety of sources--one thing is for sure: from December through March there will always be a place...

Known as one of the most voracious predatory gamefish on the planet, fly fishing for peacock bass in the Amazon River system is a fly fishing trip everyone should consider. If there were a fish to match the grandeur and vastness of the Amazon, the peacock bass is ideal. With aggressive takes...

Fly fishing travel can take you to some amazing places. One of those spectacular places in the world to go fly fishing is the Patagonia region of Chile. With several world-class lodges, hundreds of miles of rivers and shorelines to fish, and an abundance of excellent fly fishing guides, this region...

Patagonia is home to many spectacular fly fishing opportunities. Numerous international flights, improved infrastructure, and an abundance of lodges all make a fly fishing trip to Patagonia an annual event for many serious anglers. From the large rivers and rainforest-like beauty of Chile's waters...

Fly fishing travel can take you to some of the world's most unique angling destinations. Montana Angler has fished the world over and we continually return to fly fishing in Chile because of the splendid landscapes, variety of fisheries, unspoiled and uncrowded waters, and unique cultural...