On Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:13:11 GMT, "Larry L"
wrote:

I think I'll fly my WaterMaster down with me ( the AEG "trout bums" took WMs
for their video and seemed to get good use from them ) for a watercraft.
Should fly well as excess baggage, designed for it. What I've heard of the
actual fishing, from you and others, doesn't make it seem like my favorite
type ( think HFork/Silver Creek) ... but I used to fish stillwaters a lot
and enjoy them ( not to mention that they hold the biggest fish, on
average )

With a proper anchor, you could float part of the rivers I have seen.
No trouble getting back to your vehicle; the guides hitch-hiked and
immediately got a ride back to the truck. The rivers where not too
fast or the rapids that severe, making it possible for a Watermaster.
Ymmv, of course.


I'm leaning, based on current research levels, on flying into Argentina and,
mainly, fishing on that side of the border.

Can't help ya there, but I am told you are safer in Chile.


My intention is to make the first year's trip about a month to six weeks
long .... the fishing budget corner of my brain seems to work on a
dollars/day basis and it's hard to justify a shorter stay while thinking in
that mode.

Shouldn't be any trouble staying that long. Showers/laundry/hygiene
could present a problem. All of the water I was in or on was very
cold. Fed by glaciers, the streams and lakes remain cold even in the
hottest (high 80s) weather. Bring lots of capilene (sp). It keeps
down the smell and dries quickly. d;o) A trip into Coihaique or
similar small city to "refresh" should not be expensive.



As I've hinted before, I'm looking for a yearly trip and a type of
semi-ex-pat lifestyle for the months Dec-May. I'm investigating New
Zealand, too, but the chance to escape all the things I want to escape seems
better in Patagonia. If I had your money, I'd look for small homes in
eastern Idaho and Patagonia and split my time between them .... I'm not
really 'into' fly fishing travel as much as I am into spending as much of my
remaining time as I can in places that suit my 'soul' ..... it just happens
that trout often seem to like the same type neighborhoods G

Sounds like a plan. Getting my wife away from her garden here in
Taxachusetts would be impossible, so I will die here, but hopefully
not before I visit places on my "Bucket List". d;o( Fishing above
the Artic Circle in Canada or Sweden is my next goal, with the
Seychelles, Iceland, and salmon in Russia if I live that long. d;o)

Dave