Argentina is the second largest country in South America (eighth largest country in the world by land area) and is divided into 23 federal provinces.

Its continental area is a whopping 1,068,302 sq mi and stretches between the Andes mountain range in the west and the southern Atlantic Ocean in the east and south. Argentina borders Paraguay and Bolivia to the north, Brazil and Uruguay to the northeast, and Chile to the west and south.

Buenos Aires (often called the “Paris of South America”) is the capital of Argentina, and is the country’s largest city with a population of close to 13 million.

Argentina is a land rich in culture, history, and adventure; strongly influenced by its mostly resettled European populous and has been a popular destination for sports since the turn of the 20th century.

Corrientes Province is in the north of Argentina and bordered by Paraguay, the province of Misiones, Brazil, Uruguay and the Argentine provinces of Entre Rios, Santa Fe and Chaco to the south and west. The province is surrounded by the Uruguay River to the east, and the Paraná River to the northwest. In the northern center of the Corrientes Province lays the Iberá Wetlands, the second largest wetlands in the world; a mix of swamps, lagoons, oxbow-lakes, lagoons, natural sloughs and the most accessible and viable golden dorado fishery in South America. <read more

Patagonia is an imaginary band covering southern Chile and Argentina, roughly 400,000 square miles in size, with the Andes Mountains forming the border between the two countries. The trout fishing in Argentina takes place in the south, roughly from the Neuquén River just above (39°S) through Tierra del Fuego (55°S) latitude. And extending east of the Andes, Patagonia includes the provinces of Neuquén, Río Negro, Chubut, Santa Cruz, and Tierra del Fuego, as well as the southern tips of the provinces of Buenos Aires, Mendoza and La Pampa.

For the most part trout fishing in Argentina Patagonia takes place in 5 distinct provinces (Neuquén, Río Negro, Chubut, Santa Cruz, and Tierra del Fuego.

Neuquén Province is in the northern end of Patagonia. It borders Mendoza Province to the north, Rio Negro Province to the southeast, and Chile to the west. The alpine village of San Martin de los Andes is the hub of the fly fishing in Neuquén Province and from here you have easy access to some of the most famous rivers and fishing estancias in South America. <read more

Río Negro Province is another northern Patagonia region situated between Neuquén and Chubut. The city of San Carlos de Bariloche is the eco-tourism hub of Patagonia and the jumping off point to the famed Lake District that crosses into Chile, Patagonia and several national parks.

Bariloche is also closest to one of the most famous and revered Estancias in all Argentina; Estancia Arroyo Verde on the Río Traful <read more

Chubut Province is a southern province of Argentina Patagonia, between the 42nd Parallel South (forming the border with the Río Negro Province) and 46th Parallel South (bordering Santa Cruz Province) The Andes Mountains to the west separate Chubut from Chile, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. It’s a vast territory of great contrasts; lush temperate rainforest on the edge of the Andes and dry, flat pampas to the east and south as you near the massive province of Santa Cruz. Gin-clear spring creeks and glacier-fed freestone rivers with hard to pronounce names dot this region and offer some of the best trout fishing in the Americas. <read more

Santa Cruz Province is the second largest province in Argentina and the least inhabited. It is bordered on the north by Chubut Province, east by the Atlantic Ocean and west and south by Chile. This is the land of Ferdinand Magellan, Charles Darwin and the last and current Presidents of Argentina, Nestor and Cristina Kirchner. It is also home to anadromous sea-trout, steelhead and some of the wildest BIG rainbow trout action in South America. <read more

Tierra del Fuego Province is an island just over 8,000 square miles in area and entirely separated from the mainland by the Strait of Magellan. The island is virtually divided in half with the western portion belonging to Chile and the eastern to Argentina. The attraction of Tierra del Fuego to anglers over the last 50 years is the massive run of trophy sea-run brown trout that inhabit the Rio Grande. <read more

Pira lodge (corrientes, argentina)

The perfect Ibera Marsh base for chasing these fish is the Pira Lodge, the 1st luxury fishing resort to focus on Dorado, and they do it exclusively with flies! Pira goes after the Dorado with Hells Bay bonefish skiffs, perfectly appropriate for the marsh and fly rodders. Accommodations and food at Pira are absolutely first-class. Actually, it is better than first-class, and their Argentine fly fishing guides are superbly trained.

The warm, sub-tropical climate of northern Argentina makes Pira a wonderful mid-winter destination that dovetails with the peak fishing season in Chile and the best of the fishing and hunting holiday season in Argentina.

October thru April $4,900/weeks  Non-fishing packages available