“Lake Rosary”
Trevelin - Pcia. of Chubut - Rep. Argentina

Festival of trouts rainbow

By: Hugo Gallo

In my last report it found in Villa the Narrowness me, as I said the cold to them and the snow forced us to a tactical retreat, we went to Bariloche, but the things did not improve there, after two days of rain and in the morning of the third day, without rain but with very strong winds, we retired towards Lago Puelo, the time was a little better there, but we were not able guide to make a relevamiento in the lake, since the Azul river was impossible to fish, crestfallen and meditabundos we gambled and we traveled until Trevelin, we in the evening arrived the 9 from December and we settled in the “Cabins “Oregon” of Jose Luis Contreras, Saturday 10 of December amaneció with cloudless sky, without wind, and with very pleasant temperature, (that was the gift of God for my birthday), Jose Luis invited to us to fish in the lake Rosary, this one lake is to about 35 km of Trevelin, takes the Avda. San Martin Bent course to, when arriving in the end bends to the left, after few km there is a bifurcation where the way to Bent from the way to the lake Rosary separates (everything signalized very well), and we arrived at this one beautiful lake.

The single way has a sector of average risk that is the ascent that is leaving Trevelin, not as much of going as of return, it is necessary to journey with well-taken care of and to lower in he himself change that we used to raise, in order to avoid that the vehicle takes too much speed and costs to us to restrain it.

We arrived at the lake about the 9,30, had to hope to that triatlon finished that included a passage in kayak of the lake, so to 11 in the morning we embarked and we were transferred to the right of the camping of Randall Thomas, to the few meters we began our fishing of the day.
 

The lake Rosary, as all the mirrors of the Patagonia were with more level of the normal thing, so we returned to make use to the heavy lines to be able to obtain a fast reduction of the flies, we used 9 canes # 8/Kunnan Lacar, reels Kunnan “Prestige” 790, and lines 325 Cortland “QD” of grains, due to the good result in the previous lakes we used from the beginning flies “rabbit” in black, blue color, and green olive, later we put some Fuzzy Wuzzy in black and gray.

The fishing technique went to locate the boat to about 20 mts. of the wall of rushes and to make the launchings towards them, with an energetic traction, per moments we saw two and up to three trouts to follow the deceits, to avoid to scare them we moved to oar and the result was something that never we had lived before, we fished between 30 and 40 trouts and escaped the same to us, greatest they were very difficult to fish because there is much subaqueous vegetation and it was not possible to restrain them, so they put between the seaweed and we could not remove them from there.

To average behind schedule we changed to the lines by sinking-tip # 6 since the trouts were almost level with the water, we made some attempts with lines of floatation but the result was null, something worthy to mention is the combat efficiency of the trouts, a trout that barely arrived at a kilo made us fight of a way which we thought that it was of two, the few that we removed from near two kilos made us “sweat” the fat drop, did what they wanted, jumped, sank, they ran, and it cost to us much to approach them the flake for the photos.

In a while we went to motor until the mouth of the river Nant and Fall, while we sailed were innumerable trouts that escaped of that noisy intruder who was the boat, many, but many trouts we saw escape to the passage of the boat.

In the lake the fishing in the modalities is allowed: trolling, spinning and fly fishing, the zone of the mouth of the Nant and Fall is solely fishes with fly, hook without flash and obligatory return, in the rest of the lake allows the sacrifice of two trouts by fisherman (a pity).

Although the lake is quite great, the zone of the mouth is where “generally” the wind is born, so it is possible to still fish with moderate winds, always having a motor to return if of moderate it happens to fort.

The water is totally transparent, so at moments it is fished to Vista trout, in addition sees the movement of them attacking its prey, borbollones are very well-known and near it is necessary there to place the flies, not too much above not to scare them.

We spent a day memorable, without wind, tempering, and with an unforgettable fishing, before the “magical hour” (to grow dark) we decided to give by finished the fishing day.

Second day

Equal Sunday amaneció to the previous day, as Jose Luis had occupations that to take care of and gentily the boat lent we could not with the vice and again we went to the lake, the main difference was the presence of many boats doing trolling, this doubtlessly caused that the trouts took refuge in moved away zones of the mirror and the result, although was not as the previous day us left satisfied, fished 12/15 trouts, took sun, rowed much and returned to live a day of excellent fishing.
 

They saw that there is a discussion of which if the fishing in river is better than the one of lakes, I believe that the fishing of lakes very is entertained, the trout has time to analyze the deceit, to watch it, to follow it and to decide if he takes it, in the case of the rivers in a fraction of second must decide if he takes or not it fly, in addition discusses the subject of dynamic or static waters, in static water the fishing fight against the fish, in dynamic waters fight against the fish and the current, simultaneously in the rivers the fisherman must analyze where it is the trout watching to his prey and in the lakes it is easier to know where they are the fish, this one discussion does not have aim, depends on the tastes of each one, but both overwhelm with satisfaction to the fishermen with fly.

In Trevelin they have several options of fishing, Lake Rosary, Lago Amutuy Quimey, Frey River, Futaleufú River, River Nant and Fall, Corinto River, Percy River, and to few km Long Lagoon, Rivadavia River, Lago Futalaufquen, Arrayanes River, Lago Krugger, Laguna Willymanco, etc.

On the other hand the prices are accessible and are several lenders who still work with Argentineans, with prices for the pockets of our compatriots, the cabins of Jose Luis have a cost of $ 80 in low season and $ 120 in high season, with good prices in their Grill, in addition they can eat in the Restaurant “Of the Club” of our friends Ángeles and Daniel to reasonable prices, and from the launching of the Pescanet Club with discounts to the partners.
 

Sequence of a jump

As far as the gastronomy, she is expensive in general, but they walk can find prices reasonable, them comment something, in San Martin is difficult to eat by less than $ 30 by person but the drink, but we in “Deli” (in front of the port) ate chicken grillé with salad and a liter beer and paid $ 21 for two that is 10.50 by person.
In Bariloche we bought a chicken done in a place to $ 16 and in another one to few meters to $ 12, it is necessary to overcome to fish supplies.

The routes in general are in good state, single route 40 from Epuyén to Esquel has some poceados sections enough, journey slowly, if they can avoid to journey ways of cornice with rain, can have a landslide and to cut the route, they do not make piruetas to surpass to another vehicle in those ways, they remember that they are of vacations, and, finally, when they overcome a river think that a passage of can more be a life of less, the prudence is the mother of all the virtues.

Greetings and good fishing