María Behety Lodge Fishing Report
Week 2 January 12th/ January 19th
By Federico Molinolo – Headguide
Second guiding week is over. We had some good fun with the guests from Scotland, England and France. River is in excellent conditions. Low and clear water. A lot of fish in the river and much more running in.
Top rod was Paul Pritchard with 25 fish landed, including the fish of the week… 21 pounds.
Water Conditions
Water color and visibility: Clear water and good visibility
Water temperature: 6° C and 12° C
Water level and amount of increase or decrease through the week: The river dropped about 2 inches this week.
Weather Conditions
Wind speed ranges through the week: It was windy this week. 10 to 70 kmh
Air temperature ranges through the week: 7°C to 18°C
Fishing Conditions
Flies that are working the best: : We used small and medium size flies. EMB, Red Butt, Green machine, Olive and Black wooly buggers. Yuk bug. Tube flies on top and under. Intruders and leeches.
In some places floating lines and sunray shadow (tied in plastic or aluminum tubes) worked great
Fly lines (tips, heads, lengths, densities, etc) that are producing the best: We are used heavy tips most of the time. T-14,
Due the low water conditions I recommend to bring scandi heads, floating and sinking.
Length and strength of tippet and leaders: 4 to 12 feet. 15 to 20 pounds.
Fish catch statistics
Number of anglers for the week: 5
Total number of fish landed for the week: 71
Weight of the biggest fish landed for the week: 21 pounds
Number of fish landed over 15 pounds: 13
Number of fish landed over 20 pounds: 1
Notable catches:
Paul Pritchard landed a 21 pounder.
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