We have five different beats from the Atlantic Ocean to 15 miles upstream. With roads and paths almost to the upper limit, we reach the river most of the time by car. However, sometimes, because of the fishing and water level, we use the Argos to fish the upper beats a couple time a week. Because we are the only operation on the river, we have the chance to move up and down as we need, looking for the best chances to hook a sea trout.
Along the river there are many different spots, pools, logjams, and structures underwater, providing the fish with perfect situations and places where they hide on their way upstream, which makes fishing the Irigoyen river a bit technical but a lot of fun.
The distance to cast is not very long, averaging 15m, and fishing is done in various ways – drift downstream, upstream, and stripping at various speeds that our guides, highly experienced and experts in sea trout, will teach you as necessary. The main idea is to cover as much water as you can every session, which is also the reason why we have long beats with lots of different structures on the pools.
But not only sea trout are present on the remote and untouched Irigoyen system, there are also some resident brown trout, which give us a nice fight and are always very welcome. On the lower pools, close to the ocean and playing with the tides, there is the robalo, a very good fighter that lives in the ocean and runs upstream to the first spot of the river to feed. Also called seabass, this is a fish pretty similar to a red fish with a size up to 15–20lbs. When the weather doesn’t help the anglers, or during the long siesta time, the robalo is a great option to spend some hours fishing.
Our weekly program includes all meals and drinks, 6 full days of fishing and 7 nights of accommodation. The week starts on Friday when the anglers arrive at Ushuaia airport (recommended) or Rio Grande, both in Tierra del Fuego where representatives of World’s End lodge will receive them. From Rio Grande it will take us 3 and a half hours approximately and 4 hours from Ushuaia to go to the lodge, traveling through picturesque landscapes of our Argentine Patagonia making the trip, a pleasant and bearable experience thanks to the natural beauty we go through.
Arriving at the lodge, a warm and friendly talk will detail the rhythms of the week and the teams that have been working better and we started to assemble everything to start on Saturday morning with the experience of fishing seatrouts at the end of the world.
The fishing day begins at 7:30 hs with the breakfast. After breakfast the guides and anglers will go to the fishing areas in 4 × 4 cars, walking or using the amphibious vehicles, depending on the area to be fished. The distances are short and the times also, since we are on the banks of the river and if we wanted we could start fishing in 2 minutes on foot from the cabins. We fish until 12: 30-13 hours. and we returned to the lodge to enjoy a delicious lunch. Around 17:00 hs we started the afternoon session that extends until the twilight, which is usually one of the best times of the day to fish seatrouts, returning later to the lodge, to enjoy a rewarding dinner and a rich Malbec that indicates the closing of a fishing session. Sometimes we change the schedules to have dinner earlier in the evening and fish after dinner until the last lights.
