Fishy Business - Pucon
On the day of arrival at our hostel in Pucon, one of the guests was proudly showing the results of an afternoon's fishing, as he tucked into a Salmon steak.. Well, thought I, another activity to spice up the holiday and a meal included along the way. The hostel is Backpackers Pucon run by Claudio Carvacha, a local guide, who has climbed Volcano Villaricca 1500 times so far.
We booked in with Off Limits for the fishing, a well set-up local outfit. As usual a good friendly guide and good kit.
Rubber boots, waders and a 'drift boat'
We used a variety of 'wet' fly. Sue stayed with the first variety all day and caught the majority of the fish. Our guide tried many different types on my line, but to less effect.
More stunning kit to try out.
Home-made wet fly.
Rainbow Trout were pretty hard to find, but we managed a dozen or so. Most were pretty small, but some of them could have made a decent meal for one. We returned all of our catch.
Sue has never tried any sort of fishing before and just seemed to attract the majority of the catch. .."It's all just a matter of luck"...She said!
Apart from the fishing, the river was really tranquil and our guide would hold the dinghy above a suitable spot, whilst we allowed the fly lure to drift downstream. Plenty of bird life, including one very large and beautifully marked Kingfisher.
The countryside around Pucon is very green and similar in many ways to parts of New Zealand. It is spring time here just now and we are seeing a lot of similarity to a few plant species from Scotland, in particular the blast of yellow from Broom is exactly the same as we experience in late April or May at home.
Saving the best till last, here is the mighty beast which I dragged from the depths. Almost broke the line!!
We booked in with Off Limits for the fishing, a well set-up local outfit. As usual a good friendly guide and good kit.
Rubber boots, waders and a 'drift boat'
We used a variety of 'wet' fly. Sue stayed with the first variety all day and caught the majority of the fish. Our guide tried many different types on my line, but to less effect.
More stunning kit to try out.
Home-made wet fly.
Rainbow Trout were pretty hard to find, but we managed a dozen or so. Most were pretty small, but some of them could have made a decent meal for one. We returned all of our catch.
Sue has never tried any sort of fishing before and just seemed to attract the majority of the catch. .."It's all just a matter of luck"...She said!
Apart from the fishing, the river was really tranquil and our guide would hold the dinghy above a suitable spot, whilst we allowed the fly lure to drift downstream. Plenty of bird life, including one very large and beautifully marked Kingfisher.
The countryside around Pucon is very green and similar in many ways to parts of New Zealand. It is spring time here just now and we are seeing a lot of similarity to a few plant species from Scotland, in particular the blast of yellow from Broom is exactly the same as we experience in late April or May at home.
Saving the best till last, here is the mighty beast which I dragged from the depths. Almost broke the line!!
1 Comments:
Dear Alan,
I'm enjoying the Blog, keep it up! I'm suprised that monster didn't pull you in.
Sue looks great in rafting kit :)
Tim,
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