* CHILE ADVENTURES CONTINUE FISHING IS AWESOME!!* Volcano Orsono: Volcano Orsono stands proud at 10,000 +. I took a drive down to the town of Puerto Varas near Puerto Montt, to check out the fishing and have a chat with my guide Francisco regarding the upcoming week. As I drove around lago llanquihue (pronounced yankee way) I watched in amazement as the volcano covered in snow and ice looked down on me as to point the direction towards a wonderful river it produces with it¥s snow melts. Petrohue: The Rio Petrohue is similar to the McCloud River in many ways, not only does it get it¥s glacier color from the silts from the nearby volcano, it also holds McCloud River Rainbows. On this day I was not working, but on a mission to see how it was fishing and try out some new bugs I thought might be affective..... Petrohue Pocket water: Like many other rivers, the trout were holding in pocket water. Places like these are idea for nymphing or dry fly fishing in the evening. I wanted to try out the Fox Pupa, Timmy Fox from Redding came up with this marvelous pattern that has produced quality rainbows on the Lower Sac, why wouldn¥t it work on this river that produces hatches of caddis that frequently are eaten by resident rainbows and browns.... Petrohue 4 lb trout: I decided not to use an indicator and placed one Fox Pupa size 16 on the end of my tippet with a small BB weight. After two casts I felt a firm tug on the line and out jump a beautiful 4 lb trout! It ran hard and fought me up and down the river as I let it run it¥s course of time before reeling it in and releasing it for another day. The only problem I had was trying to take the picture, it didn¥t fit in the lense and with no one around, I did the best I could.... Petrohue Edges are awesome: Fishing edges on the Petrohue produces awesome catches and this run made no difference as I caught 22 that day and retired for a nice dinner on Lago Llanquihue. The Fox Pupa was awesome, thanks Tim! I might add, I also caught a few on a big Sofa Pillow dry fly size 4, but that was more towards dark. Dinner Time!: I had dinner at the Club Aleman, (German Club) I enjoyed the recomendation of my water Charlie, who said I would enjoy the fresh Congrio a lo pobre. ( Congrio with carmelized onions and two eggs on top!) I loved it and with a great 1/2 bottle of Cousino Macul red wine, how could I go wrong. The views were terrific and the atmosphere was one that I will remember forever. I knew I had a great week in store for my next customer Chris Allick, who was coming down to celebrate his big 50th birthday!! Hotel in Puerto Varas: This is one of the hotels I use in Puerto Varas! But since Chris was going to be in a similar hotel in Pucon to start his adventure, I opted to put him in some cool cabins along Lago Llanquihue, thus to experience the true Chilean country side. I¥ll have those pics soon Sizzlers, we still got to pick Chris up at the airport... Trout on!: The next day I headed to another section of river about 3 miles or more from where I was the previous day, with similar results. In fact, it was even better, with more trout than the day before. But I sacraficed size and not beauty as it was as pretty as any river I¥ve ever seen in the world. For The Petrohue is always in my soul and it follows me where ever I go. Trout with Trout: I caught so many trout this size that I sat to take a break, then a local kid showed up with bamboo rod and preceeded to finish the task I started... Chilean kid fish dude!: I laughed as in the same spot the kid caught a bunch also!! I was impressed to see his little 7 foot bamboo rod bent over double time! Chilean kid with trout: I really feel bad cause I never really could pronounce his name correctly, but that¥s OK cause guess what Senoir, your my SIZZLER OF THE WEEK!! CONGRATULATIONS SIZZLER!!! Did you know SIZZLER in Spanish is still SIZZLER, WOW!!! ??? øøøø My friend Beatrice: My friend Beatrice soon got into the act and on her third cast hooked into another!! I knew as I was driving back to Puerto Varas that night that Chris Allick, cool dude extrodinaire had a great week in front of him!! It was to be his fly fishing silver anniversary and the rivers of the Chilean forests would never let him down...* OK SIZZLERS MORE ADVENTURES COMING UP AS WE HEAD TO THE MAULLIN, PETROHUE, PUELO AND OTHERS YOU¥LL JUST HAVE TO SEE TO BELIEVE!! MUCHOS RIOS PARA TI, JACK TRUCHA


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