Argentina Fly Fishing Fly Fishing Trips
Where the Fish Are Wild, the Waters Pristine, and the Season Is Ours
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Argentina is one of the world’s premier fly fishing destinations. Anglers come for the diversity: classic trout waters in the Andes, sea-run brown trout at the bottom of the world, and golden dorado in the north. The country’s reverse season—November through April—lines up with prime time in the Southern Hemisphere, so you can chase trophy fish while it’s cold back home. Add first-class lodges, experienced guides, and Argentine hospitality, and you get a trip that’s as much about the place as the fishing.
Angler Adventures represents lodges from Esquel to Junin del los Andes with Bariloche in the middle. This region represents the best trout fishing Argentina has to offer, including extensive wade and float fishing options – much of it on private estancias (ranches).
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Sensational TROUT Fly Fishing on Patagonia, Argentina Rivers & Lakes
Also awating you are Río Carrileufu, Río Gallegos, Río Limay, Río Manso, Jurrassic Lake, and more.
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Arroyo Claro Lodge
A hillside perch above the Carrileufu River where veteran guides stage bespoke trout programs that mix classic floats, stealthy spring-creek sessions, and cross-border adventures into Chile. The lodge team has refined this operation for decades, balancing serious fishing with warm hospitality, chef-driven cuisine, and the kind of storytelling that only comes from a lifetime spent on these rivers.
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Bella Vista Lodge
Questions & Booking Bella Vista Lodge Top Fly Fishing on Rio Gallegos Bella Vista Lodge offers 50 kms of double-bank private access fishing. Giant sea-run trout as well as some of the finest dry-fly brown trout fishing on the intimate Gallegos Chico are highlights while staying in unparalleled luxury at this lodge. What’s Included? All services by Angler Adventures are FREE Lodge accomodations Meals, including beer and wine with dinner Experienced fishing guides Transfers to and from Gallegos Airport We’ve put together the perfect itinerary. Time…
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Estancia Laguna Verde
Estancia Laguna Verde is the only program that combines private shoreline on the lake with full access to the Barrancoso River and the surrounding chain lakes. From the lodge’s perch above the property’s namesake lagoon, anglers chase the heaviest rainbows on the continent while enjoying polished hospitality, single-room options, and guides who know every bay and beat by name.
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Limay River Lodge
The Limay River Lodge is the first and only lodge on the incomparable Middle Limay River in Northern Patagonia. This tailwater fishery produces trophy brown trout measured in pounds, not inches, along with strong rainbows—all on dry flies. With 12 access points and 90% dry fly action, the Middle Limay offers consistent fishing November through May. Accommodates 14 anglers.
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Rio Manso Lodge
Rio Manso Lodge is located on Lake Hess and the Manso River in Nahuel Huapi National Park, 90 minutes from Bariloche. This unpressured Patagonia fishery offers excellent wild rainbow, brown, and brook trout fishing on diverse water—drift boats, wading, and lake sight fishing. Strict catch-and-release ensures remarkable trout quality. Season: November through April. Accommodates 8 anglers.
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Estancia Arroyo Verde
Estancia Arroyo Verde on the Traful River offers private Patagonia trout water, estancia comfort, and focused trip planning for serious anglers.
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Limay River Ranch
Limay River Ranch in Patagonia offers private Limay access, trophy browns and rainbows, and modern lodge comfort with angler-first logistics.
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Collón Curá Lodge
Collón Curá Lodge offers 30+ miles of private access to the lower Collón Curá River in Northern Patagonia. Rainbow and brown trout, float and wade fishing. 8 guests, 4 double rooms. 45 min from Chapelco. Season Dec–May. Limay access late season.
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Le Fario Lodge
Le Fario Lodge in Los Alerces National Park offers brown, rainbow, and brook trout fishing on legendary Patagonian rivers and lakes. Intimate lodge on Laguna Larga, gourmet cuisine, 1:2 guides. Season Nov-May. 1 hr from Esquel. UNESCO World Heritage setting.
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Tres Rios Lodge
Tres Rios Lodge is located just south of the junction where the Chimehuin and the Aluminé Rivers join to form the Collon Cura River. The traditionally styled lodge is a new building constructed with the latest building technology, but still Patagonia style stone covered walls and classic red roof. The lodge is comprised of 3 guest rooms with private bathrooms, kitchen, living and dinning rooms. Two of the rooms over look the Collon Cura valley and river. As a small lodge, Tres Rios is committed to accommodating one group at a time,…
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Malleo River & Hosteria San Huberto
The Malleo River is considered by many trout fisherman to be an almost perfect trout stream. The Malleo is a moderate size freestone river comprised of diverse water, from boulder strewn runs through hip-deep water to classic pools tailing out into riffles to stretches of under-cut banks shaded by overhanging willows. The majority of the Malleo is easily waded over its 50-mile course from Lago Tromen until it joins the Rio Alumine. The Malleo River originates at an elevation of 3,821 feet in the Eastern Andes as…
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Chimehuin River & Tipiliuke Lodge
Questions & Booking Tipiliuke Lodge World-class trout fishing: Rio Chimehuin The Chimehuin River is the most famous of all Patagonia Trout Rivers. The Chimehuin is ground zero for traveling fly anglers in Patagonia since 1960. Spanning 50-miles from Lago Huechulafquen to the Rio Alumine, the best place to fish the Chimehuin is the private access water of Tipiliuke Lodge on the Estancia Cerro de los Pinos. What’s Included? All services by Angler Adventures are FREE Lodge accomodations Meals, including beer and wine with dinner Experienced…
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Las Pampas Lodge
Las Pampas Lodge in Central Patagonia’s Río Pico region offers brown, rainbow, and brook trout fishing on 25+ miles of river, five private lakes, and 20+ private locations. European-style lodge, 8 anglers, 1:1 guide ratio, Le Cordon Bleu farm-to-table cuisine. Season Nov–Apr. 2.5 hrs south of Esquel.
Stalking Sea-Run BRowns in TIERRA DEL FUEGO
Hit the south bank of the Río Grande for an unforgettable chance at collosal sea-run brown trout as well as other species that will make your flies scream for mercy.
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Kau Tapen Lodge
The Rio Grande in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina is without question the finest sea-run brown trout river in the world. The first and most famous lodge on the river is the legendary Kau Tapen. Kau Tapen first opened in1985 and remains at the foremost of the world’s best fishing lodges, boasting not only a private tract of 16 km of some of the most productive water on the Rio Grande, but provides the ultimate luxury fishing lodge experience. It is little wonder Kau Tapen enjoys a loyal and…
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Villa Maria
Villa Maria water is a 15 kilometer stretch of the Rio Grande, directly below Kau Tapen’s lowest pools. Here, the Rio Grande flows through the enormous Estancia Jose Menendez. This section of the river has proven to be extremely productive water in recent years. This far downriver, most of the fish taken are dime-bright, fresh from the salt and exceptional fighters.
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Aurelia Lodge
Aurelia Lodge is situated on the southern bank of the Rio Grande in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, offering 8 miles of double bank fishing on the Rio Grande and 15 miles on the Rio Menendez. The lodge combines traditional estancia style with modern comfort, providing exceptional sea-run brown trout fishing for just 8 rods. Managed by veteran Rio Grande guide Peter Pereira Mullins.
Target Golden Dorado in NORTHERN ARGENTINA
Get ready for an adventure battling one of the toughest, most tenacious predators in the rivers of Northern Argentina – the Golden Dorado. The northern rivers and marshlands of Argentina provide miles of access to target this ellusive and beautiful monster. Located within the Corrientes Province in northern Argentina, Pirá Lodge falls within the Iberá Wetlands, while Suindá & Karandá Lodges rest in the upper & middle Paraná, relatively close to Corrientes airport.
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Pira Lodge
Pirá Lodge is located in the northeastern corner of Argentina in Corrientes Province on the immense Iberá Marsh. One of the most unique and fascinating ecosystems in the world, the Iberá Wetlands is comprised of 3,500,000 (three million five hundred thousand) acres of unexplored and uninhabited marshland that will be the setting for some of the most exciting fishing you will ever do.
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Suindá Lodge
Suindá Lodge offers premier golden dorado fly fishing on the Upper Paraná River near Itatí, Corrientes, Argentina. Chase the freshwater grand slam—dorado, pirá pitá, and pacú—in clear water with exceptional sight-fishing. Custom skiffs, 8–10 anglers, season October–May. Professional guides, farm-to-table cuisine, luxury accommodations.
GET WILD WITH FLY FISHING ANDES⟶
Fly Fishing Andes offers miles upon miles of private access water on multi-thousand acre estancias (ranches), where you might never see another angler during your fishing day.
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Chimehuin River & Tipiliuke Lodge
Questions & Booking Tipiliuke Lodge World-class trout fishing: Rio Chimehuin The Chimehuin River is the most famous of all Patagonia Trout Rivers. The Chimehuin is ground zero for traveling fly anglers in Patagonia since 1960. Spanning 50-miles from Lago Huechulafquen to the Rio Alumine, the best place to fish the Chimehuin is the private access water of Tipiliuke Lodge on the Estancia Cerro de los Pinos. What’s Included? All services by Angler Adventures are FREE Lodge accomodations Meals, including beer and wine with dinner Experienced…
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Malleo River & Hosteria San Huberto
The Malleo River is considered by many trout fisherman to be an almost perfect trout stream. The Malleo is a moderate size freestone river comprised of diverse water, from boulder strewn runs through hip-deep water to classic pools tailing out into riffles to stretches of under-cut banks shaded by overhanging willows. The majority of the Malleo is easily waded over its 50-mile course from Lago Tromen until it joins the Rio Alumine. The Malleo River originates at an elevation of 3,821 feet in the Eastern Andes as…
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Tres Rios Lodge
Tres Rios Lodge is located just south of the junction where the Chimehuin and the Aluminé Rivers join to form the Collon Cura River. The traditionally styled lodge is a new building constructed with the latest building technology, but still Patagonia style stone covered walls and classic red roof. The lodge is comprised of 3 guest rooms with private bathrooms, kitchen, living and dinning rooms. Two of the rooms over look the Collon Cura valley and river. As a small lodge, Tres Rios is committed to accommodating one group at a time,…
Where to Fly Fish in Argentina: Regions at a Glance
Patagonian trout (Northern and Central Patagonia)
Rivers like the Limay, Malleo, Collón Curá, and Chimehuin flow cold and clear through mountain and steppe. Brown, rainbow, and brook trout thrive here, along with strong dry-fly and nymph fishing. Many lodges and outfitters offer private or semi-private water, so you can spend days without seeing another boat. This is the Argentina most people imagine: big skies, gaucho country, and trout that respond to well-presented flies.
Tierra del Fuego and sea-run brown trout
At the southern tip of South America, Tierra del Fuego is in a league of its own. The Río Grande and nearby rivers hold sea-run brown trout that migrate from the ocean—fish that regularly reach double digits and can exceed 20 pounds. The season is short and the experience intense: wading or fishing from beats on one of the most famous sea-trout rivers in the world. Trips here are premium and often book far in advance.
Northern Argentina and golden dorado
North of Buenos Aires, the Paraná system and the Iberá wetlands hold golden dorado—powerful, acrobatic fish that crush streamers and surface flies. The landscape feels more like the tropics than Patagonia: marshes, big rivers, and a completely different fishery. Lodges here specialize in dorado, and many offer multi-day programs that combine several waters or lodges.
King salmon (Santa Cruz and south)
In select rivers—including the Santa Cruz and others in the south—anglers can target king salmon during summer runs (roughly January–March). This is a niche but growing option for those who want something beyond trout and dorado.
FAQ about Argentina Fly Fishing
What Species Can You Target in Argentina?
Brown trout, rainbow trout, and brook trout across Patagonia; sea-run brown trout in Tierra del Fuego; golden dorado in the Paraná and Iberá regions; and in some waters, king salmon and other species. Lodges and outfitters will tailor the trip to the species and experience you want.
When Is the Best Time to Fly Fish Argentina?
The main season runs from November through April. December through February is peak for dry flies and general trout fishing in Patagonia. March and April can be excellent for larger migratory trout and more technical fishing. Tierra del Fuego’s sea-run brown season has specific windows—often late January through April—depending on the river. Dorado in the north can fish well across the warmer months. Ask us for the best window for your target species and region.
Do I Need a Fishing License?
Yes. Licenses are required in Argentina and are typically purchased per province or through your lodge/outfitter. Your program will usually outline how and where to get them.
What Gear Should I Bring?
For Patagonian trout, 5- and 6-weights are standard; bring floating lines and a selection of dry, nymph, and streamer lines. For sea-run browns in Tierra del Fuego, 7- to 10-weights and strong tippets are the norm. For dorado, 7- and 8-weights with streamer and topwater options. Your lodge or outfitter can provide a detailed list; we can help you match gear to your trip.
Is Argentina Catch-and-Release?
Many of Argentina’s premier lodges and waters promote catch-and-release to protect wild fish. Practices vary by lodge and region; we can point you to programs that match your values.
How Do I Get There?
Most trips start with a flight to Buenos Aires, then a domestic flight to a regional hub (e.g. Bariloche, Esquel, Río Gallegos, or a northern airport depending on the program). Lodges and outfitters often arrange transfers from the airport. We can walk you through flights and logistics for your chosen region.
Why Book Argentina Through Angler Adventures?
We’ve been matching anglers with the right lodges and rivers for decades. We know the regions, the seasons, and the programs—from Patagonian trout and Fly Fishing Andes to Tierra del Fuego and northern dorado. Tell us what you want (species, vibe, budget, dates), and we’ll help you get there.
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