So, I headed out early on a foggy Monday morning, with all my equipment packed the night before. I had also bought some empanadas for lunch (more about that later).
I asked at the tourist office, where you could go fishing and they gave me some advice which I wanted to test this day. So I went to Rio Chimehuin to try my luck. What I also learned was that much of the land is private and you can not access the river by trespassing, but what you can do is to enter the river shore where the land is private, and then you can just walk your way in to any private land (a couple of meters from the river can never be private) - interesting fact.
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| Finally cought a "small" trout - can barely be seen |
After an hour, the fog disappeared and I could look forward to a sunny day - everything was perfect, except my skills; As beginner in flyfishing, I had difficulties in handling the rod, doing casts, understanding which fly to use ( dry fly, nymf, streamer), how to know where the fish is. As you can tell, this was a challenging day for me; my casts were terrible, despite taking two classes a couple of months before and watching several youtube clips on how to cast. I didn't reach more than 5-6 meters which of course is not good enough. More over, I managed to scare away all the fish. I did manage to catch 2-3 (extremely small and confused) fishes during the whole day I was spent and frustrated.
The only positive thing was the extraordinary taste of the empanadas I bough the day before. I don't know if it was because I was hungry after a day outdoors, but they tasted incredible! Later, asking around, many locals thought the excellent taste of the empanadas was thanks to the pure water they have in Junin de los Andes :)
Never the less, this day decided that I would call The Old Viking!
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