Lagoon "The Grandfather"

List so that the fishermen discover it…

By: Enrique Gomez

The terrible drought whereupon the climate come punishing to Humid Pampas both last years does that when one travels towards a lagoon of Province of Buenos Aires it puts repairs. It can find rushes emerging from a dry mud cracked by the brutality of the sun, subsisting by the humidity of the mud. It is possible to be found like submerged vegetal phantoms fighting like defending tozudos of his place.

Still knowing the lack of rains one takes the hope that the amplitude of the lagoon, some few near rains in the time do not erase that unique and imborrable spectacle of a dark water space and I am transparent transferred by small dark labyrinths of formation of rushes.

After several trips seeing torn to landscapes of lagoons without water, resigned banquinas almost cracked and gallaretas in almost dry pools, dear friends invited to "the Grandfathers" an drawn up lagoon to us so that the fishermen discover it.

Like arriving, the price and the services.

It is in Bragado. In order to find it is necessary it to take a dirt road that leaves to the left in km 220.500 of route 5. Agrarian and beautiful route in all its route from Buenos Aires. Thence 7 km To 5 km must retrace steps approximately will pass pillars white that indicate the entrance of the Stay soon the Marias and, following the way, the first tranquera that finds to its right is the entrance to the Establishment the Grandfathers where the lagoon lies. It does not distinguish it when it enters. A bosquecito indicates the small rural helmet where it will wait for Mr. to it Esteban Petegoli, grandson of the founder of the establishment for 100 years and that for 50 has been the one in charge to work those earth and to participate in the perdurabilidad of this lagoon with own flowing feeding. He is a slight man of about 65 years. Amiable and worried. It is of that it begins to understand that there is to offer service, to take care of to the fisherman and the fish that this come to look for.  While we went to fish, we indicated the two to him of afternoon like hour of our lunch. It prepared the roasted one which we took and besides to arm a round table underneath a leafy tree, offered salads and chipses to us like part of the canon of $ 30 by head that we paid to be able to fish in the lagoon.
The fishing is single with return. It can seem expensive but their will on watch and the excellent lagoon cushions clearly the opinion of the cost. If something lacked the place was an esthetic parcel of affluent grass cut to decorate something but in which the fishermen we prepared ourselves for our task and we took our lunch. Surely it will be part of the future that we will see in next exits.

The lagoon and its image today.

A first right mirror to the south of the helmet exists. According to Esteban in center of this a depth of three meters exists. The total lagoon long and is extended falling, like all those of the zone, of this a the west. He is perfectly fordable. The bed is enough duro after stepping on undercoat of soft mud. He is doubtless which to all the lagoon it needs a meter at least or but of water. If she were full it would be a paradise for the fishing with artificial without at least getting wet. Today, it is necessary to walk by her looking for something of depth. Personally never the water surpassed my fished knees and tarariras in that depth was not great, except for a pair of exceptions that occurred where soon I verified that the depth increased. Éramos six, four we fished with fly and two with decoys. I cannot assure it but it would say that the yields were even. The resentment in the morning was intense and constant with the wonderful reservation that tarariras took afloat without repairs. I believe, because it is first which time that I go, that already at this time, to look for size is necessary to find something but of depth.

Mosca and Spinning either Fly or spinning.

It is a lagoon to take care of because the fishing with artificial is by its appropriate topography specially. Not to make it single would be a madness but of so many that take control of a as generous species as tararira, to that today we must look for and be thankful that they receive us to be able to fish them. It does not have to be, even though which they have adopted it, a lagoon for mosqueros exclusively, because spinning, - it fishes described as – defined Zapico allows the use it of livianísimos equipment and by the size of the flies who are used in this specialty it is quite difficult to drain the equipment to canes to smaller line # 6. Therefore, spinning, with a good mochilita of decoys and an equipment to enjoy, describes so or or better than the fishing with fly. That many mosqueros will be torn the clothes when they read to say this to me, but to that we added to him that the triple of a decoy is but protective of the life of the species that the simple hooks in which we tied the flies, we perhaps begin to dignificar a modality that in tararira credits preferredly. Not to use flash in the hooks, does not mean that tarariras does not run but risks. The simple and light hooks of the flies arrive but deep to its delicate bodies when they itch, however, the exageración of one pateja guarantees that it stops in the hard jaw of tarariras, which qualifies, if care when unnailing them is had, to make sure not killing them delayed.

With bait but with return.

The fishing with bait is, by all means, abundant, although in the species or sites where it is not allowed the death lets have interest. He is not bad to fish them this way, but reason why I lived east Friday 30 on December, tarariras small would bother all the day. If one found the well of great the this specialty it would justify fully and also it would give opportunity to the use of equipment that offered satisfaction when using them. The combined lines of buoys plop with helices or spoons would be special to amuse themselves without stopping.

Conclusion.

Lagoon the grandfathers. Water guarantee by its provision of flowing. Black waters transparencies between alleys of rushes with enough flora in spite of lower it that it is. Good to fish overcoming. It is not necessary to take wadders if the temperature allows it, old pants and slippers with cords will allow him to cross it something but fresh and comfortable that with the traditional equipment of fording. Fly or spinning the ideal to fish it. To look for something of depth in the route of the lagoon can help it to find better size of pieces. Divers or great flies of floatation, both fished. The color that to my gave but result me was the yellow fluorine with staz gilded in floatation flies. At the end of the day, I did not have left whole flies of this color and the resentment diminished remarkably. It could have been the hour or any other circumstance but as it happened to me exactly thus, I emphasize it. Noisy decoys of floatation and average water rendered all the day. Entrance to the estate with rights to fish with return: $ 30 by person. This includes that Mr. Esteban prepares the roasted one and receives them, to the hour that is indicated to him, with the table put - it is not necessary to take places setting - underneath a tree with Vista the lagoon.  If the price allows the care of the lagoon and serves the control so that the species stays without risks outside natural events, and in addition Mr. Petegoli maintains his will on watch and puts you limit the access of fishermen, it seems to us reasonable.

Greetings

Enrique Gomez

Services:
 

Establishment "the grandfathers"

of Esteban Luis Petegoli

Location: Route 5 km 220,500. To the left 7 km of earth.

Rights of fishing: $ 30 by person

It includes: Bath, shade, the preparation of the roasted one
that it takes and the put table to the hour that it indicates.

Limited reserves: 02342-421926 Moving body: 02346-15553957