Short Casts

Trailering

I’m halfway home with the new trailer, worrying about how I’m going to get the…
PISCO SOUR

Pisco Sour

Even if you’re lucky enough to chase steelhead this time of year, or you’ve still…

The Last Best Fishing Town

Part of what makes a great fishing town is that nobody thinks of it as…
rio yelcho
Rio Yelcho

Al Norte

Roland Bastidas, my young guide the last few days out of Yelcho en la Patagonia,…
LAKE YELCHO
Lago Yelcho

Yelcho

I’m not much of a lake angler. So when Marc Whittaker of Rod and Gun…
Lago Yelcho
Lago Yelcho

Matapiojos

If you’ve seen the brief video shot while I was fishing a tributary of the…
fly fishing
Rio Simpson rainbow

Los Torreones

The Rio Simpson wanders out of the open high country above the town of Coyhaique,…
brown trout
Rio Baker brown

Baker & Cochrane

It’s a dusty half-day drive from the bustling town of Coyhaique to the Rio Baker,…
FLY FISHING

El Zorro

The spring creeks in and around Estancia del Zorro, the remote and rustic ranch house…

Rucapeley

The thunder starts well before dawn. I’m still asleep, dreaming about fish and fishing in…
Going fishing.

Chilean Time

I’m a little wobbly of leg when I dismount from my sure-footed mare high up…
Documents in order?

Fly Fishing in the Time of Covid

For the adventuring sportsperson, are there any sadder words to begin a story with than…