Guide Reports from a Multi-Lodge Journey through Chile’s Best Waters

For those who love to fish, really fish, Martín Pescador Lodge is your one-stop spot for some of the best fly fishing in the world. Why? Well, a lot of it has to do with the fact that it actually isn’t one stop—it’s two. The week-long sequence takes anglers from Rio Yelcho Lodge to Rio Rosselot Lodge, accessing two separate watersheds and literally countless fisheries—a rare experience captured here by the unabridged trip reports of a guide team who lives it day in and day out.

Guide Name: Zachary Burgoyne

Section Fished: Lower Figueroa

Fish Caught: 35-40 Browns and Rainbows

No. of Other Anglers Seen: 0

Fish seen: 40+

“We motored up to the canyon above the put-in, landing six or so fish, one nice brown trout…all on black and copper sparkle minnows. The rest of the day we switched back and forth from dry dropping to stripping/swinging streamers. Black bow face and sparkle minnows were our hot flies for the day. Solid day across the board. Lots of big fish were moved.”

 

Guide Name: Mark Ross

Section Fished: Rio Rosselot, top down

Fish Caught: 18 Browns, 15 Rainbows

No. of Other Anglers Seen: 1

Fish seen: 60

“Dry/Dropper action was consistent all through the day. With a large number of dry fly eats. Spotted a number of large black stoneflies on water. Large black Chubby Chernobl was the best dry fly. Fished a small streamer for a little while and got a large brown to the net. But Dry/Dropper was more consistent. Guests had a great time and really enjoyed the float.”

 

Guide Name: Zach Janssen

Section Fished: Rio Yelcho, top to bottom

Fish Caught: 50 Browns, 8 Rainbows

No. of Other Anglers Seen: 1

Fish seen: 100

“Real nice, fish were caught, good times were had. We tossed foam tied on a hook into the water with a pat’s rubber legs attached as a dropper and out came Brown and Rainbow Trout. Super neat.”

Guide Name: Robert Brooks

Section Fished: Lower Fig, top of Rio Rosselot + Lago Rosselot

Fish Caught: 30 ‘bows and browns

No. of Other Anglers Seen: 2

Fish seen: 100?

“Started the day out on Lago Rosselot before jetting up the lower fig. The scum line was pretty blown out with high winds but we caught a couple of 16-20” bows. Then jetted up the miracle mile of the lower fig and the fishing started out pretty good. Pretty much right off the bat, we caught an 18” fat brown on a fat Albert and then 10 minutes later we caught a 23” brown on a mop turd. We fished hard through the fig and we caught 20 or so in there. A couple of decent ones after the beginning on dry, dropper and sparkle minnow. Then  jetted over to Rio Rosselot to end the day and caught a couple of nice ones.”

 

Guide Name: Quentin

Section Fished: Rio Yelcho, two runs above lodge

Fish Caught: 30+ browns and ‘bows

No. of Other Anglers Seen: 0

Fish seen: 50+

“Dry or die today- we had so many eats on black and peacock / black and purple chubby- good changeover morning.”

 

Guide Name: Quentin

Section Fished: Lago Yelcho, superflat

Fish Caught: 22 browns and ‘bows

No. of Other Anglers Seen: 0

Fish seen: 40

“Great day on the reeds, all colors worked well, a lot of doubles. Guest said it was the best he’s seen the lake in 20 years.”