written and photographed by Mary L. Peachin
Apr 1998, Vol. 2 No. 7
Bariloche is the destination of anglers’ dreams. Virgin streams offer world-class fly fishing for rainbow and brown trout. Searching my wish-list file of future adventures, I found an October ’96 Forbes article about an Argentinean estancia, Arroyo Verde, titled “The World’s Best Fly Fishing Lodge. Period!” A second article went on to entice: I could join the Backroads 11-day bicycle tour, ride 285 miles through the Andes from Puerto Montt, Chile to Bariloche, Patagonia, Argentina, then relax in the luxury of Arroyo Verde, indulging in fly fishing and horseback riding to my heart’s content.