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When
preparing yourself for your fly-fishing adventure in Patagonia,
Chile consider our guide service will have all of the basics
covered. You can bring plenty of 2x to 4x tippet and regular
nine-foot tapered leaders. Weight forward floating fly lines
are recommended. Overweighing the line to the fly-fishing
rod is helpful in the wind. IE weight forward six lines on
a stiff five-weight fly-fishing rod. If your fly-fishing rod
is soft we do not recommend overweighing your line. A six-weight
fly-fishing rod will handle all various techniques well. A
five weight is exciting for the small creeks and wind free
weather. An eight weight is nice if you want to chuck something
big, and ugly. Bring your Bass Poppers!!!
We
like to fish dry flies, but, do not forget to bring your sink
tip lines! When the fish are not looking up, you might have
to fish deep! A Jim Teeny or Scientific Anglers 250 grain
sink tip line on a six to eight weight rod is generally sufficient.
If you are not afraid to go way down, a 450 grain sink tip
line or a scientific anglers type six or seven full sink line,
matched with an eight weight rod will get you there!
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 Bring
lots of flies that are big and ugly. The Chernobyl Ant and all
its variations are a must. Beetle patterns small and large are
a hit. Mice, small frogs, and adult dragonflies are useful and
will make a colourful addition to your box. Do not forget caddis,
mayflies, small stoneflies, and midges are on the menu as well.
Fish love a size ten chocolate brown adult caddis. A Tom Thumb
works well when the adult caddis are skating across the water.
Emergers and nymphs of all the bugs mentioned above are always
good tricks to pull out of the hat. Streamers work incredibly
well. Black Marabou Clousers are a staple. Black and Olive Woolly
Buggers size 4 to 10 usually work. |
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- Dry
Flies
Adult
Dragonflies, Mice, Damsel flies, Caddis, Mayflies, Midges, Tom
Thumb size ten, Brown Elk Hair Caddis size ten, Royal Wolf size
ten to sixteen, Asauble Wolf size sixteen to ten, Grey Wolf
size sixteen to ten, emerger/ cripple patterns, stimulators
size six through twelve, Lambroughten Skater, Parachute Adams
(all sizes), Irresistible size 14, Madam X size 10, Schroeder's
Parachute Emergent Caddis, Beck's Spinner (brown) size 14, Lawson's
Caddis Emerger, Lawson's Cripple Dun and Mayfly Cripple.
- Terrestrials
Make
sure you stock up in this department.
Chernobyl Ant size ten through six (all variations will work).
Any big ugly terrestrial including mice, beetle patterns of
any size or shape, amphibians, Lambroughton Spider, Henry's
Fork Hopper, Club Sandwich, Poppers and Turk's Tarantulas.
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Nymphs
Caddis Pupa, Caddis Larvae, Callibaetis Nymph, Flashback
Hare's Ear, any flashback nymph, Prince Nymph, Pheasant Tail
Nymph, Dragonfly Nymph, Damsel Fly Nymph and Girdle Bugs.
- Streamers
Black
and Olive Woolly Buggers size ten to six, Muddler Minnows, Black
Clouser Minnows, Black and White Clouser Minnows, Chartreuse
and White Clouser Minnows, Pink and White Clouser Minnows, Flash-a-bugger's,
Double Bunnies, Bunny Leaches, Articulated Leaches, all streamer
patterns.
- A
modest cross section of the bug families and terrestrials mentioned
above is all that you will require.
Guides
always have a complete selection of flies on hand should you be
missing anything in your box. A fly tying table will be located
in the lodge to create any special bugs required. If you would
like to discuss patterns in more detail contact your guides at
info@thedragonflylodge.com.
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