Chile Patagonia Baker Lodge Day 2
Pablo Perez and I travelled with our guide, Marcello, to the short neck between Lago General Carrera and Lago Bertrand to fish for big browns. The water of the lake is impossibly blue, and yet clear at the same time. We could easily see to the bottom in 20 feet of water. The fish are in preparation for spawning and use this area to build their redds. It seems unlikely waters, 15 to 30 feet deep, but the current is strong where the waters of the big lake gather to exit.
We fished big, articulated, black leech-style flies on 300 grain sinking heads, and found a number of nice fish. Pablo hit the first big one, which proved to the be the biggest of the day—a lovely 5 kilo female (12.5 lbs). A bit later I found a very fine 4 kilo (9 pound) male to accompany her. Later, Pablo found the brother to my fish. We both caught other fish of 2 to 3 kilos (3 to 6.5 pounds), but these three were the “big boys” of the day.
Pablo’s decidedly trophy sized female. Note the blue of the water.
I’ll smile anytime I catch a brown of this size!
A second big brown to compete the brace of big boys.