We woke up around 8am which is late for our standard. It felt incredible to sleep through the night without waking up, in a tent on an island of Patagonian river...
After a quick breakfast, we were to continue on with the trip. It seems warmer than yesterday and there were thousands of grass hoppers were lining up the river banks. It turns out when the temperature reaches certain point, the hoppers tend to hop not crawl and today they were hopping so making a fly selection was no brainer.
The water levels for this area definitely went down significantly from the last 3 days we've been fishing and with the anticipation of catching bigger fish, we left the island with Capt. Gabriel's command, "Vamos!"
Within 50 yards from our camping spot, Patty yells out "fish on" and starting to struggle with the line. After a few minutes, she lands this fat bow with bulging stomach. Gabriel tells us they are gorging themselves with freshwater crabs called Aegla.
Maybe because of lower water level or hopping hoppers, the big fish were out and eating! The most of the trout we've caught were a lot bigger than our previous day's catch.
It was a nonstop fishing extravaganza. Patty was too tired to fish after a few hours of fishing so she enjoyed the whole experience from the back seat. Although it was a short trip, we were glad to be out on this beautiful country and able to meet new people and reconnect with the old friends.
Here is an instructional video I put together. Some of you might not approve but very effective...
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