One of the great pleasures of working in the travel business is when you speak to returning clients who have had a fishing holiday that has surpassed all their expectations.  It is really rewarding to hear the genuine enthusiasm in their voices as they tell you all about it. I recently spoke to clients who just returned from ten days of fishing the rivers and lakes from Patagonian BaseCamp in Chile.

Our good friends at Upstream Dryfly, who take great care of our clients looking to book individual rod days on the chalkstreams, have let us know that they have some rare space...

The 2017 season will be remembered for an extremely high average weight of fish  - it hovered around 13lbs for the first six weeks of the season which is an extraordinary statistic.  

After months of anticipation, fly tying, weather checks and monitoring of fishing reports, it was eventually time to head to Heathrow for the flight to Buenos Aires...

After some heavy rain, the river was very high and muddy for most of the week so catches were disappointing. Charlie White was hosting a trip to Estancia Maria Behety (his trip report will follow shortly) and the team made the most of the trip despite the conditions... 

It was another challenging week on The Rio Grande but the average weight of the catches was 12lbs at La Villa and the fish of the week at Estancia Maria Behety was a 22lbs buck...

The fishing was decent despite tricky weather conditions on The Rio Grande. At La Villa the six rods landed 82 fish, 30 of which were over 15lbs and 6 over 20lbs... 

The fishing was a little slower this week across the board but highlights included a 28lber for Paul Souza on the first morning at La Villa and several over the 20lbs mark at the larger lodge...

The fishing remained good to La Villa this week despite the high and muddied waters, with 91 fish landed to the six rods. At Estancia Maria Behety conditions were tougher but Nadine L was undeterred and managed to land a monstrous 25lber!

Dave Parkes returned to fish The Rio Grande last month. Here he explains exactly what it is that keeps him and his friends returning year upon year...