Kalakamu runs self-guided fly fishing weeks in Chilean Patagonia (https://kalakamu.com/destinations/patagonia-fly-fishing-river-week/) from a private cabin on the Río Paloma, an hour from Coyhaique in Aysén. Seven nights, two to four anglers, one group at a time, from €1,800 per angler. I am Tommi Heinonen, a Finnish fly angler. I spent a month in Aysén finding the water, the cabin and the guides, and I answer every email myself.

Patagonia River Week: self-guided fly fishing near Coyhaique

The first two days are guided from a drift boat with a local guide, so you learn the water, the hatches and the drifts. The rest of the week is yours: wade the Río Paloma from the cabin and fish as long as the light lasts. The cabin sleeps six, so partners who don't fish are welcome.

Included: the cabin, airport transfers, both guided days with lunch, the fishing licence and two grocery runs. €2,000 per angler for two, €1,900 for three, €1,800 for four.

Patagonia Guided Week: six guided days in Chilean Patagonia

The same cabin and the same rivers, with a guide and a boat every day and every meal cooked for you. Different water each day, wading or from the drift boat as you choose, and your group alone. The fully guided Patagonia week is €3,900 per angler for four and €4,800 for two.

Trout fishing in Aysén: fish, flies and season

Wild brown and rainbow trout averaginc 35-50cm with the occasional trophy size trout over 60cm.  Beetles and hoppers in summer (the cantaria beetle starts falling in February), mayflies and caddis morning and evening, big foam flies on the lakes. A 5 or 6 weight with a floating line does most of the work. All trout are released.

The season runs November to April.

Our articles When to fish Patagonia goes through it month by month, and the best flies for Patagonia lists the patterns we use.

Getting there from Europe

Fly to Santiago, then take the domestic flight south to Balmaceda (BBA), a bit over two hours. Your host meets you at the airport and drives you to the cabin, with a grocery stop in Coyhaique on the way. What a Patagonia fly fishing trip costs  has the full budget, flights included.

Planning a Patagonia fly fishing trip

Our Patagonia fly fishing guide covers the rivers, the licence, the weather and how a week runs. What to pack for Patagonia is the list we use ourselves.

Dates, prices and booking

Open weeks and prices are on our Patagonia fly fishing trips page, where you can also hold a week. Or send me an email with your dates and party size, and I will help you plan the trip.

Also from us: Finnish Lapland and Finnmark Norwat

We run fly fishing weeks in Norway and Finland too, including a wilderness float on the Ivalojoki: fly fishing in Finnish Lapland and dry fly fishing in Finnmark.