OT Sorta: Add on to Jurassic Lake or Patagonia Trip

ifsteve

ifsteve

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Anybody ever done the one or two day add on for Golden Dorado out of Buenos Aires when going to Argentina? Thinking of adding on a day or two after our trip to Jurassic Lake. Certainly wouldn't expect the quantity or quality fish of a more remote jungle trip but it looks like it might be worth trying?

TIA
 
You are going half way around the world, to a country run by a newly elected nut case and have the resources to do a little (very different) side trip... Again, what is the question?
 
ifsteve said:
Anybody ever done the one or two day add on for Golden Dorado out of Buenos Aires when going to Argentina? Thinking of adding on a day or two after our trip to Jurassic Lake. Certainly wouldn't expect the quantity or quality fish of a more remote jungle trip but it looks like it might be worth trying?

TIA
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I know someone that has done this and they had an awesome time doing the golden dorado. I don't have much more detail than that, but I've heard good things.
 
I would. I have heard from friends as well. I was pretty terse...

One should aspire to Do Epic Shit. Yes, it costs money, puts you in danger sometimes and gives you stories to tell.
 
Unless you do a 24-36 hour reset in B/A post Strobel I might think twice about it after spending a week having a potential case of whup-ass wind handed to you. Your physical and mental well being might thank you for the R&R. Might hit it right but hope is not a good business model. If possible I’d think about trying to do the Dorado first and head south after at least two days slinging big flies up under the overhangs.
It’s also another 250-500 miles north of BA for the primo Golden fisheries so there’s that time to factor in unless you know of a closer location. @Northern might have better intel ?? Whatever, wish you nothing but the best along with light winds and big pullage. Buena suerte!
Buenos Aires is one of my favorite cities in the world. I’d go there just to eat for a week! 🤣🤣
 
VAGABOND said:
Unless you do a 24-36 hour reset in B/A post Strobel I might think twice about it after spending a week having a potential case of whup-ass wind handed to you. Your physical and mental well being might thank you for the R&R. Might hit it right but hope is not a good business model. If possible I’d think about trying to do the Dorado first and head south after at least two days slinging big flies up under the overhangs.
It’s also another 250-500 miles north of BA for the primo Golden fisheries so there’s that time to factor in unless you know of a closer location. @Northern might have better intel ?? Whatever, wish you nothing but the best along with light winds and big pullage. Buena suerte!
Buenos Aires is one of my favorite cities in the world. I’d go there just to eat for a week! 🤣🤣
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The flight arrangements just work out a lot better to do this on the way home. You have good points though.
 
So... yes, @FishingGirl and I did a one day add-on for Golden Dorado in BA. I can say that it definitely had the potential to be a great experience, but ours was a bit disappointing.

TLDR: If you go, make sure you communicate thoroughly with the guide service and make your expectations very clear!
The fishing was fairly close to BA, and fish were there (this was Feb) and pretty cool
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IF you want details of our experience:
We are not high maintenance clients by any means, and we are decently skilled anglers, so this is not sour grapes, it's just what happened...
We're pretty sure the well-known guide service we booked in advance forgot we were on the books. We had to call the day before to ask when/where to meet, and then when we got to the dock it became apparent that he had just scrounged up a couple guys to fill in. One was a 14 yo kid present partly as a translator, and the other drove the boat but spoke little English. The kid knew more about fishing, but neither knew anything at all about fly fishing. As in, when the fly reel on the rod he brought literally fell apart, they clearly had no idea how to even mount the replacement reel onto the rod. They had one type of fly. When I asked why black, when the baitfish we were seeing were mostly silver or bright colored (as were their plugs for the gear rods), the answer was that black flies were all they could get. :unsure: The driver pretty much just followed the real guide's boat around, but stayed well out of his water (we could see that he was setting up in specific spots, and that his clients were catching dorado on flies.) We gave up after a while and fished the gear rods that they had brought, and caught some fish, but mostly trolling. They were fun fish, for sure - it probably would have been a blast with an actual fly guide!
 
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