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La Villa Lodge Report – 7 Feb to 14 Feb

by La Villa Maria Behety - Diego Motter, Head Guide

Another week ended, almost the same result as the previous one, always a great group this week.

The difference was that this week we really saw that the river went down a lot, now we already have a low waters.

Floatation lines worked very well with ( sunray, salmon flies, green machine).

The best way  was to use heavy lines with very small nymphs( dead drift).

We landed 67 fish, 14 over 15 pounds, 1 over 20 pounds.

Top rod of the week was Chris W with 18 fish on the net.

Chris W got the biggest fish with  24 pounds.

Water Conditions

Water colour and visibility: clear.

Water temperature: 8c   to 12c.

Water level: low water.

Weather Conditions

Wind speed ranges through the week:.

Air temperature ranges through the week : 3c. to 17c.

Weather observations (sun, rain, fog, etc.): first frost.

Fishing Conditions

Flies that are working the best: Different sizes of sunray shadows, small salmon  flies, nymph ( scuds,red tail, emb, prince, pheasant tail), green machine , for the last hour (intruder, leech, sunray ).

In low waters scandi with poly leaders drifting or striping according to the speed of the water.

In deeper pools , sinking lines with nymphs dead drifting.

Fly lines (tips, heads, lengths, densities, etc) that are producing the best: Skagit heads with different lengths of T-20,17,14, 11, scandi with polyleaders .

We recommend bringing two rods, one to use with scandi and another with skagit lines, and also a single handed rod or switch rod  for the upper part of the river.

Length and strength of tippet and leaders: 7  to 12  feet. 15 to 20 pounds.

Middle and upper part of the river is the best,.

We started to see some darker fish.

Fish catch statistics

Number of anglers for the week: 6.

Total number of fish landed for the week: 67.

Weight of the biggest fish landed for the week: 24 pounds .

Number of fish landed over 15 pounds: 14.

Number of fish landed over 20 pounds:1.

Average weight: 9,5 pounds.

Notable catches: great 24 pounds fish for Chris .