February 2019


Kau Tapen Lodge Week 6: Feb 9 – 16, 2019

Here we go again, another week had gone by and we’ve almost reached halftime for this season. And – you might have guessed it already – we were still struggling with incredibly low water. But both – guides and our new guests alike – were eager to put in the work to make this week …

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Villa Maria Lodge Week 5: Feb 8 – 15, 2019

By Alejandro Martello   This past week we welcomed a group consisting of four old friends, (Gilbert, Nigel, Bob, and Ken) and 2 new friends (Dave and Joe). The river remained low so we had to continue our practice of fishing with stealth. Nymphs were the top selection and our old friends showed that several years of expertise paid …

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Villa Maria Lodge Week 4: Feb 1 – 8, 2019

Another week has gone by here at Villa Maria Lodge and we were visited by a full group of familiar faces, as all our fishermen have been fishing our waters for a few years already. Just like in the past weeks, weather conditions – hence fishing conditions- have constantly been changing here on the Rio …

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Kau Tapen Lodge Week 5: Feb 2 – 9, 2019

New week, a new group of guests, and new chances. However, the river remained very low and kept on dropping at a constant pace. The odds did not seem to be in our favor, but maybe the fishing gods were. And as low water wasn’t tough enough, the forecast promised a heat wave that would …

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Villa Maria Lodge – Week 3: January 25 – February 1, 2019

We just finished our 3rd week at Villa Maria Lodge. Like the previous week, we can easily split the fishing week in two parts:  The first three days we had low water and clear conditions. Fishing was good and fish were consistently active in the morning and evening sessions. Marc started the week with a beautiful …

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Kau Tapen Lodge Week 4: Jan 26 – Feb 2, 2019

Going into the new week, the river was at the lowest many of us had ever seen it. But a lovely group was on its way here, eager to tackle whatever challenge this river may bring. Some familiar faces we all looked forward to see again, and new folk, who we were eager to get …

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Kau Tapen Lodge Week 3: January 19 – 26, 2019

The river remained at its very low water level, as the new group of clients arrived. Our prayers for more rain had not been answered and the sticks that we put right at the waterline every other day just confirmed our fear, that the water was still dropping. But our new guests understood that there …

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Villa Maria Lodge Week 2: January 18 – 25, 2019

We just finished our second week at Villa Maria Lodge We can easily split the week in two: The first three days the river remained low and dropping like the week before with normal to strong winds from the W – NW. as the weather was normal for the time of the season, the fishing …

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Kau Tapen Lodge Week 2: January 12 – 18, 2019

The tough conditions from the last days of the previous week persisted. The start into this week was not an easy one: while the water kept dropping, sunny and very windy first two days gave everyone a rough start. But we had just the right group to battle these tough conditions: A group of South African, British …

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Villa Maria Lodge Week 1: January 11 – 17, 2019

Welcome to Villa María Lodge 2019 season!! This year we started with normal conditions for January here, that means dry and windy. The water level is similar to last year at the same time and surely on the low side for the time of the season. But the river looks in a good shape and without many structural changes. Our opening …

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