Chile 2014 Day 2

Day two opened with great anticipation. We were headed to Rio Rahue for giant browns and coho salmon. That turned to quick disappointment when we discovered the water up about 2 feet and very dirty—an extremely rare event in this river. So we ran a quick float just to see the country and headed back to the lodge and the boca of a small, nearby stream. There we cast for trout and salmon. Bonito caught two nice rainbows, Exequiel caught a large lake perch, and Pablo caught a 4lb king salmon. The kings live in the lake and get to perhaps 15 pounds. I caught Exequiel’s line, and Javier and I caught each other’s lines. Then it back to the lodge in preparation for a longer trip in search of big ocean run king salmon.

Dirty-Rahue

Rio Rahue, high and dirty.

Ploughman's-lunch

Lunch on Rio Rahue was a delightful Ploughnam’s lunch of cheese and meats and breads.

Salute-Ex-and-Benito

Fish or no fish, we toast the river and good friends.

Lunch-berries

Our day on the Rahue was made sweet with handfuls of wild blackberries.

Boca-on-Puyehue

The boca or mouth of a tributary is a good place to find fish.

 

Benito-with-fish

Benito was the first to connect–a nice rainbow.

Exequile-fish-on

Exequiel with perch on.

Javier-and-pablo

Javier and Pablo with a king.

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