written and photographed by Mary L. Peachin
Oct 1996, Vol. 1 No. 1

Southern Cross and Orion, stars seen only in the Southern Hemisphere, sparkled as the rainbow and brown trout jumped to take the fly. According to my Argentine fishing buddy, Jose Maria “Buby” Calvo, “ the Rio Traful is the most productive just after sunset. The larger ten pound brown trout are more inclined to take a fly in the evening hours when they can’t see the angler’s reflection in the river.”