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spectacular fly-fishing adventure, lodge and guide service in
Patagonia, Chile is based on and around Lago Copa. Lago Copa
is teaming with trout! The lake has a variety of different,
interesting structures. The middle of the lake narrows into
a spectacular rapid/mini waterfall as it plunges down to the
lower half of the lake. The lake is like a large river and has
a strong current in some places.
The
forest that surrounds the lake consists of coihues, lumas,
manio and other resident and gracious autochthonous Chilean
trees. The under canopy is lush with vegetation forming a
true botanic garden rich in species.
The
towering snow capped mountains and glaciers make you feel
as if you are at the bottom of a cup. The lodge sits approximately
one hundred feet above sea level and the glaciers are visible
from the windows of the lodge!
Shallow
weed bed flats, deep dark blue abysses, towering cliffs, tributary
creeks, waterfalls, beaches, and nothing but spectacular fishing
is what you will find on the lake.
The
crystal clear tributary creeks that enter Lago Copa are spectacular.
Sight fishing for large brown and rainbows will get your adrenaline
up.
Large
trout wait under the cliffs for something to fall in the water
and are eager to pounce on their struggling prey in the lake.
Terrestrial fishing with mice, stag beetles, frogs, dragonflies,
etc is incredible.
Miles
of weed beds can support healthy aquatic insect hatches and
sight fishing with dry flies is possible when the conditions
are favourable.
Streamers
work well all the time.
Twenty
to twenty four inch fish are not uncommon in the lake and
some of the best fishing is a stone throw away from the lodge.
Skip has the record Rainbow at 27 inches. Several Browns have
been caught in this range and we are sure someone will break
the thirty-inch mark!
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