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Flag of Chile	Francisco Vilches "Pancho" Welcome to ChileTrout.com	Asado is the traditional Patagonian Barbeque. Young Lamb...	Bridge over the Emperador Guillermo river.	Solitide is what Chilean Patagonia is all about. There...
Did we say solitude. Oh, yes there are fish as well.	Rustic bridge.	Paloma River.	Small water - big fish.	Shore lunch is a great part of the experiance. Each day a...
Sometimes shore lunch is a more civil affair.	A male Cantaria and a Dung Beetle. Fish find both tasty!	A guide or a friend? The line is often blurred.	Chileans are mild mannered, polite and accomodating.	Surreal...
Some of the most relaxing angling was just wading for...	It's difficult to sleep on the way back to the lodge. You...	This is an outtake! Keith just broke off a fish of 28 to...	I knew when I tied this fly onto my line that something...	I could live there.
On the way home from Emperador Guillermo River.	Looking for three lost hens.	Los asa del Vilches.	Long and winding road.	Emperador Guillermo River.
Cantaria Macho - Chala. Trout eat both.	Beautiful Wild Brown Trout of Patagonia.	Red Headed Woodpecker	Kingfisher of Chile	Torres del Paine - The dead Forest. This forest was...
Another surreal view of the Dead Forest of Chile.	View of Coyhaique from the lodge at Salmo Patagonia.	A farmer moves aside to allow us to pass.	A working Gaucho. Icon of Patagonia.	A rare double Rainbow over a lake in Chilean Patagonia.
Red Stag are captive at a hunting lodge outside Coyhaique.	Every day is an adveture in Patagonia. Our guide measures...	A lake that gives up many fish for us.	From a bridge we watch as Rainbow Trout feed along the...	Flying ants are in season during fall. Many a large trout...
Wooden boats on an otherwise deserted lake. Lago Cochrane.	Guanacos are one of the largest wild mammal species found...	A large Brown trout jumps to escape our net.	Patagonia without Dams! A new national poll shows that...	A dragonfly dries out on the shore.
Every corner of Chilean Patagonia is full of beauty.	A Cara Cara examines the carcas of a dead cow.	From the Plane you can see active volcanos of which Chile...	A 30 inch Brown Trout.	Yerba Mate is the drink of friendship in Patagonia.
Oneness with nature in Pataginia.	Guanacos on a ridge.	Where there is water there are trout!	Cantaria. A huge beetle that is part of the reason that...	The male Huemul is endangered but unlike Whitetails of...
Lupins line the Austral Highway during spring in Chile.	Cantaria Male.	Wooden boats sit idle in the morning sun.	Wooden boats.	Horses run free on miles of unoccupied land.
My favorite place on the planet. Fishing was not easy...	Chimango Cara Cara soars above looking for insects to eat.	Cara Cara.	Southern Lapwing.	Cara Cara.
Wild mushrooms are edible and grow in trees.	Abel, a 90 + year old Gaucho invited us for mate and to...	Small shrines line the roads marking the death of a loved...	From atop a cliff we watched as trout and salmon swam by.	Ruby-eyed Diucon earns his name honestly.
A Plumbious Sierra Finch darts about the branches on a...	Fish rise to my fly even in the absence of any hatch.	Yup, we crossed it!	Guide and student on a beautiful day.	The Pampas of the border of Chile and Argentina. Light...
Salmo Patagonia Lodge.	RIngneck Pheasants can be heard during spring as they...	Long Tailed Meadowlark.	A solitary church nestled along the plateau beside a...	Ashy-headed Goose.
Austral Thrush.	Pancho casts on a spring creek.	Great Grebes.	Female Austral Negrito. The male is all black except for...	Cruising Brown Trout are everywhere.
Female Huemul or Andean Deer.	Austral Parakeet.	Ashy-headed Geese.	Black-faced Ibis are very prolific in this area. You can...	Don't mess with a Southern Lapwing while nesting. They...
Alpaca on the Salmo Patagonia Lodge property.

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