Itinerary and Gear list
Itinerary (This is a sample itinerary and we may change it according fishing and water conditions – We reserve the right to move to Las Lajitas Hotel or Ayres de Campo Hotel if fishing or weather conditions affects the fishing or access to any of the rivers)
Day 1
Departure from Aeroparque Airport in Buenos Aires to Salta. (2 hr flight)
Arrival at Salta airport and Transfer to Hotel Ayres de campo (2 hrs minutes)
Day 2
All day float a stretch of Rio Juramento. Your head guide will decide which stretch is convenient for that days float.
Overnight at Rio Juramento Lodge.
Day 3
All day float Rio Juramento, different beat.
Overnight at Juramento Lodge
Day 4
All day float Rio Juramento, different beat.
Overnight at Rio Juramento Lodge
Day 5
All day float Rio Juramento, different beat.
Overnight at Rio Juramento Lodge
.Day 6
Drive to River camp (3 hrs) on Rio Tucanes all day wade fishing.
Overnight at River camp
Day 7
Wade fishing Rio Tucanes until around 3 pm then transfer to Hotel Salta
Hotel Salta is right in front of central square and within walking distance to many points of interest. We’ll have a farewell dinner at a local Restaurant called Doña Salta where you will enjoy excellent Argentine cuisine while pouring some local Malbec wines.
Day 8
All morning shopping in town. Early afternoon flight back to Buenos Aires or your selected sightseeing tours near Salta (Train of the Clouds, Wine tours, San Antonio de los Cobres, Valles Calchaquies, etc.)
GEAR LIST
Rio Tucanes and Rio Dorado: 9’ # 6 or 7 wt rods with tropical or bass bug floating lines and 9’ leaders tapered to 12 lbs with a brace of 15 lb wire leader. For Sabalo we recommend a 9’ # 4 to 6 wt line with 12’ leader tapered to 8 lbs.
Rio Juramento: 9’ # 8 to 10 wt rods with tropical WF floating line with clear tip and 7’ leader tapered to 20 lbs and a brace of 30 lb wire leader.
Clothing: Long sleeved pants and shirts are a MUST. Strong lightweight and COMFORTABLE wading shoes with sticky rubber soles are mandatory for wading days and float and any shoe you don't mind getting wet is good for the floats.
Fingerless sun gloves and buff head mask are also highly recommended to protect against the sun and no see hums. Bring a good pair of polarized sunglasses in copper tone and if you can bring an extra pair with yellow tone glasses for low light conditions, even better.
Accessories
2 rolls each of 15 and 30 lb wire leader, preferable Tyger wire or American fishing wire multi strand
12 and 20 lb class tippet material
Pliers with GOOD quality wire cutters
Nippers
Sunblock
Insect repellent
Lens cleaning cloth
Extra wire roll
Extra tippet roll
Flies for Dorado and Sabalo
Camera
Pocket size binoculars
Extra rods
Backpack for carrying your day food while wading
Fanny pack
Flies, flies and more flies
Flies: The guides are well stocked with flies but they charge $ 5 for each fly you use from them as these flies are very hard to tie and require a lot of materials and expensive hooks. Dorado will brake you off or chew your fly to death, so expect to go through at least 6-10 flies per day.
We have a good selection of flies at the Lodge.
