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The third fishing lodge we visited in Chile was Martín Pescador Lodge near Chaiten ( www.martinpescadorfishing.com ). Our hosts, Frans and Anna Jansen, made us feel at home immediately. Frans and Anna actually have two lodge sites. This allows guests to fish different waters at the end of the week rather than staying in one area. Both lodges are beautiful, both inside and out. Anna is an excellent chef and we enjoyed some delicious meals as well as great company. All in all, great fun!
DAY 1 (Saturday, March 19): After transferring to the lodge and settling in, we went out fishing for a few hours with Mike Treloar. We each caught a couple of fish but the rain returned. Since it was now nearing the end of the season, it got cold too. So, we decided to return to the lodge and relax and then give it our all on Sunday, our first full day of fishing
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A view of Volcano Orso taken before arriving at the lodge |
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The first of two lodges we stayed at while at Martin Pescador |
DAY 2 (Sunday, March 20): Today we enjoyed fishing with Mike on the Rio Yelcho.
Despite being called “drift boat fishing” the guide really does have
to work to position anglers for their best casts at likely spots the fish are
lying. We each caught ~10 fish and
Lindy missed several others. The highlight of the day was Ed’s 25”x15”, 7-8lb.
rainbow on the last cast of the day. Very
nice!
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Ed and Mike with a long (but skinny) rainbow |
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Lindy and Mike with her rainbow |
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Ed and Mike with another nice rainbow |
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Ed's beautiful 25"x15" brown |
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The first rainbow of the day |
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Ed and Todd with Ed's 22"x15" beautiful rainbow |
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Our craft |
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Lindy's 24" rainbow |
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Our picnic lunch in the bush |
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Ed's second beauty - a 24"x17" monster weighing 8.5+ lbs. |
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Chef Anna took great care of
us! Here is Ed eating a tiny creme brulee made just for him (the perfect size) |
DAY 4 (Tuesday, March 22): We once again fished with Mike today on the Largo Yelcho.
We were in a beautiful setting but it was a tough day for fishing.
We landed only six fish between us.
It nevertheless was a fun day. When
we were done fishing, we went to Frans and Anna’s second lodge.
Our gear had all been magically transported there (thanks to Anna and her
staff) so we just settled into another beautiful spot.
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Our boat on the shore of Largo Yelcho |
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The view from Largo Yelcho |
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A view of the second lodge |
DAY 5 (Wednesday, March 23):
Our guide today was Frans and we split our time fishing Lago Rosselot and
then floating the Upper Rio Rosselot. We
enjoyed good fishing and great company and some excellent dry fly fishing.
We both caught several nice fish and plenty of small ones too.
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Lago Rosselot |
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Frans holding Lindy's brown
trout (great color on this fish) |
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Ed and Frans with a nice rainbow |
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The view from Lago Rosselot |
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Ben Hoffman and Jennifer Lawrence |
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The "Gang" (Anna,
Frans, Ben Jennifer and Lindy) relaxing |
DAY 6 (Thursday, March 24): We split our time on the Rio Rosselot’s small channel and
the Rio Palena while fishing today with Todd.
Lindy caught several small bows on streamers. Ed fished dries for a change and caught an 18” rainbow as
the highlight of his day.
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A view of the Lower Rosselot |
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Lindy casting under Todd's watch |
DAY 7 (Friday, March 25): Out last day of fishing was spent on the Rio Figeroa with
Mike. This was a numbers kind of
day. We caught between 40-50 fish.
Most were rainbows in the 16-18” range.
We had lots of fun hooking, fighting and releasing these beautiful trout.
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Ed and Mike with a nice rainbow |
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Mike holding Lindy's rainbow |
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Another rainbow (we can't remember who caught it) |
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The "Boys" (Frans, Mike & Todd) |
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We had an excellent stay at Martin Pescador. Both lodges are terrific and Frans and Anna are wonderful hosts. There’s lots of great fishing in the area and each night you return to a delicious meal, fine wines and fun company!