Salmonidae
Sea-run brown trout
Salmo trutta (anadromous, South Atlantic stock) · Río Grande fish average 3–5 kg; 10 kg fish are caught every season.
How it feeds
South Atlantic sea-run browns migrate from the estuary into the river and, unlike Atlantic salmon, they keep feeding on the way up. That is why they chase streamers, and why a moving fly always out-fishes a static one on the Río Grande.
How to fish for it
Fish a streamer on a fast strip with the rod tip in the water, and keep the fly moving right to the bank — most takes come within three metres of the edge as the fly rises out of the deep water.
Flies that work: Yuk Bug · Rubber Legged Dragon · Intruder · Woolly Bugger
Sea-run brown trout in the ledger
Río Grande
Tierra del Fuego, ArgentinaThe world's best sea-run brown trout river, at the end of the world.
sea run brown · resident brown · rainbow
Jan · Feb · Mar · Apr