Category Archives: Trip Reports - Destinations

Truly special places are difficult to describe in words alone. Agua Boa Amazon Lodge is one of those unique destinations. Our trips into the most remote regions of the Amazon basin have become one of our most sought-after global destinations. After recently returning from another week in the wilds...

The world is a big place and holds more unique fly fishing destinations than any one angler can visit over the course of a lifetime. There are few things I love more than travelling to see new waters in novel locations. Sometimes, however, a place simply demands return visits. New Zealand is on the...

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...

Patagonia’s Rio Baker is mesmerising. In a region filled with national parks, glaciers, and lakes as deep and cold as they have been for thousands of years, it takes a special river–and a special lodge–to stand out in this perpetually inspiring region of the Earth. If the abundance of large trout...

“You did bring all of your rain gear, right?” This cheery greeting definitively identified the speaker as one of the as-yet unintroduced members of our fishing collective. “Always be prepared,” I responded with a smile, “Nice to meet you guys.” We were on the ground in Chile. Anticipation was high...

“Bonefish rod!” “Tarpon rod!” “Permit rod!” When hollered by a seasoned saltwater flats guide atop a polling platform, these simple two-word phrases are enough to make even the most experienced saltwater angler’s head spin and knees go a bit weak. I experienced all these regularly on our recent...

The Los Lagos and Aysen provinces of Chile are located in the heart of Patagonia and are home to some of the most dramatic mountain scenery on Earth. Nestled in protected fjords that are lined with hanging glaciers lie a series of productive rivers, lakes, and lagunas filled with large wild trout...

Arapaima, peacock bass, piranha, arowana, redtail catfish, flounder and oscars…oh my! This is a short list of some of the many varieties of species landed on our most recent trip to Agua Boa Lodge in Brazil. A trip to the jungle is also more about the fishing, and the wildlife viewing proved equally...