Kau Tapen Lodge
Kau Tapen Lodge: March 10-24, 2018
As we are closing in towards the end of the season, the fishing can get a bit less predictable. I personally love fishing the late weeks of the season for different reasons. For me it is the most photogenic time of the year, incredible sunrises and even more stunning sunsets, apocalyptic skies with cloud formations, …
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Read More >>Kau Tapen Lodge: Feb 24 – March 10, 2018
The past two weeks have been a blast! And it’s nice to be able to say that in spite of the tough fishing conditions that we’ve had due to still ongoing low water levels. As the river had been dropping, our leaders were getting longer, our tips lighter and our flies increasingly smaller. Although last …
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Read More >>Kau Tapen Lodge: Feb 10 -24, 2018
Kau Tapen is all about the good times. The fishing is just the cherry on top, at least this is what we want it to be. The world’s largest sea trout is just the perfect excuse to escape everyday’s working life and dive into a world of great company with like-minded people, fine cuisine and …
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Read More >>Kau Tapen Week 5: Feb 3-10, 2018
It’s Saturday and that means switchover day. It’s an exciting day for all of us here at Kau Tapen. Relief about last week’s success and excitement about what the new week will bring renders every Saturday special, plus our staff gets a bit of time off and the guides can wet their lines for a …
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Read More >>Kau Tapen Week 4: Jan 27- Feb 3, 2018
Another week is in the books and the fishing has been a rollercoaster ride indeed. While conditions were almost perfect and stable during the previous week, this week has provided us – once again – with a lot of weather changes. For over two decades now, client and dear friend Jon has been coming to …
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Read More >>Kau Tapen Week 3: Jan. 20-27, 2018
For the first time this season, the water did not change much before the arrival of our new group. The river had been dropping at a constant pace and had cleared up to the point, where you could start fishing EMBs on floating line, without worrying that the fish wouldn’t see the fly. Short: The …
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Read More >>Kau Tapen Week 2: Jan 13-20, 2018
“Unusual conditions“ is what would describe the past week’s fishing. The rains that had poured down during the last days of the previous fishing week have had their impact on the water: slightly high and cloudy. Already throughout Saturday, the water had started to clear up again and the color of the water had changed …
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Read More >>Kau Tapen Lodge Week 1: Jan 6-13, 2018
Upon the arrival of the guide’s team in late December, the river looked fantastic, meandering through the vast grasslands of Tierra del Fuego in its gleaming charm. Water level and clarity were perfect to check back on all pools and to scout, which parts of the river had changed in structure and flow over the …
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Read More >>Kau Tapen Lodge – End of Season Report 2017
Kau Tapen Lodge: Year End Review Sitting down to write the final report of the season, what first comes to mind are the beaming faces of ecstatic clients and the furious fights off all the sea-run browns we hooked and landed. There were a lot of those moments to distill, considering that the 2017 season …
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Read More >>Kau Tapen Lodge – Week 12 : March 25 – April 1, 2017
The last week of summer proved to be an epic time at KauTapen lodge. We received new friends from France, and the CEO of Nervous Waters stopped by with group that included some first-time fly fishers. The Rio Grande was in perfect shape, with a good number of fish spread throughout the system. But it …
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