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International Trips: We invite you on a unique experience in international freshwater fishing and salt water fishing. Freshwater fishing on the Grosse Drau and Villgraten rivers, hike alpine trails, and explore mountain villages. Designed to be fun for both anglers and non-anglers. While anglers fish with local guides, non-anglers are hiking, sightseeing and on shopping tours with local professors and experts.The itinerary can be customized for "expert" and "leisure" fly-fishers in mind. The best international fishing trips don't require travel guides and books-- only guides for to secure the best of everything in the region, from private trout waters to charming country restaurants and private concerts At Orvis, they offer a great selection of six full days of fly- fishing for Brook Trout, Rainbows, Char and Grayling. Each day anglers often divide up into smaller groups and go to different rivers. There is also the option of two days of sightseeing and concerts in Salzburg; a day in Bavaria; and an excursion to Cortina, Italy.

Included: Most international fishing trips include lodging, all meals except three lunches, fly-fishing, all transfers and local transportation in our private coach, evening entertainment, concerts, private reception, local non-fishing excursions, tips. Some of the best in international destination fly fishing is catching Bonefish, Permit, Tarpon, or Alaskan Rainbows.

Chile: Fly Fishing Rio Palena "Five pound browns and rainbows do not raise eyebrows on this river. I hooked and lost the largest wild river brown that I have ever encountered on this river." - John Randolph, Fly Fisherman Magazine, September, 1998

If Chile, in the words of its Nobel Prizewinning Pablo Neruda, was "invented by a poet", then its crystal rivers, streams, and lakes born of the glacial peaks of the Andes were surely created for the Noble trout. As one of the world's great natural trout fisheries, the region offers fly fisherman unmatched opportunities to pit their skills and wits against large brown, rainbow, and brook trout. In Chile experience, the beautiful Cypress Lodge in a spectacular setting, river views from every room experienced american guides, delicious food, chilean wines optional overnight at spike camp, traditional Chilean Asado. Call for special pricing Maximum: 8 anglers, 2 non-anglers Included: Lodging based on double occupancy; all meals, nightly hors d'oeuvres; open bar; six days guided fishing; round trip road transfer from Palena or Chaiten to the Rio Palena Lodge.

Costa Rica: Crocodile bay lodge Osa Peninsula - Costa Rica Fishing The fishing is world class. The lodge owns a small fleet of center console inshore and offshore boats ranging in size from 17-33 feet that have proven perfect for flyfishing and light tackle fishing for sailfish, dorado, and tuna. Anglers regularly raise more than 10 sailfish each day, with several over 100 pounds! Inshore, comfortable 23 foot bay boats put anglers in casting reach of huge roosterfish, a strong fighter of 20-40 pounds. The lodge is fully stocked with the equipment needed to fish these waters. Even very inexperienced anglers will enjoy the chance to hook, fight and release these trophies of the Pacific! International Golfo Dulce Located in what has been called "the most ecologically intense place on earth," Crocodile Bay enjoys 44 acres of tropical gardens, putting guests in close proximity to some of Costa Rica's finest beaches and a short run in custom designed, new boats to some of the world's richest sailfish, marlin and tuna waters. The Southwest region of Costa Rica is rich in diversity with rainforests containing multiple species of animals, birds and plants. The saltwater estuaries offer incredible opportunities to see unusual shore birds and the Golfo Dulce is a favorite stop for humpback whales during their migration. The Osa Peninsula, Gulfo Dulce and surrounding areas are home to almost 400 species of birds as well as about 140 mammals and over 500 species of trees. On any given ecotour you may come across birds such as the scarlet macaw, toucan, hawks, eagles, falcons and a huge variety of tangers. Animal life can include howler, whiteface, titi and spider monkeys, tapirs, five cat species, crocodiles, caimans, peccaries, giant anteaters and sloths. International fishing tales from Belize Our most popular trip, to Belize for Bonefish, Tarpon, Permit, and other saltwater fish species, is gearing up for next year. Our mid-winter trip in early 2001 will be just as much fun as our past trips. While fly fishing is what most travelers pursue, the warm, clear waters in the area offer snorkeling, swimming, and tour activities. Next year we have scheduled two separate weeks at El Pescador Lodge on Ambergris Cay, Belize. ~R.S.


The fishing was magic! From about the age of eight I spent many hours fishing, starting off with fly fishing from the banks of the Tauranga-Taupo River. Our holidays were all spent there or at Lake Waikaremoana. After marrying another keen fisherman we spent many hours and every spare minute fishing the Ruamahunga River [in the Wairarapa] for trout, kawahi, perch and flounder and whitebaiting at the Ferry. My husband off in the commercial fishing boats & our own little tin tub, while I always stayed ashore with the children. It was with trepidation that I joined my first "Sea Adventure" on a ladies only sea fishing trip from Picton in the Marlborough Sounds fishing in the Cook Straight. I found this a really tame trip as all care was taken with the 'Ladies' most never having been on a boat let alone fishing. Hence a few blue cod and other species were caught but I wanted to go after some bigger fish. The moment I got home I decided that I had to do this again, so I organized a charter of the "Toa Tai" with skipper Nick Martin for a weekend, sleeping on board. There were 9 fishermen, 4 ladies and 5 men. A shame it was the men who stopped us going after grouper on the Saturday, they had had a little too much to drink on the Friday night and were a lot seasick in the 2.5 m swell. A good catch of blue cod and others was had for all on the Saturday. Sunday was another story. We had been fishing quietly for some good sized Blue Cod and I hooked what I new to be a larger fish than I had caught and quietly brought it to the surface. I knew it was too big to lift on the line over the side so quietly asked one of the guys to get me a net. He looked over the side and yelled to the others that I had a harpuka. Everyone came running then. It was no harpuka but a really good sized Blue Cod. We did get a go at the grouper after that but even the excitement of hooking a grouper didn't diminish the thrill of catching the Biggest Fish for the weekend. Next ambition is to have a go after some more big fish, but I have no illusions as to being able to reel them in. The grouper made me realize that maybe my size and strength might be a disadvantage. It was a totally awesome trip, but the fishing for me was MAGIC. -P. Richards

Tiri Snapper: My fishing buddy "Bazza" and I left Takapuna ramp early on Saturday morning, no wind, flat calm sea and we hadn't fished for 2 weekends in a row (withdrawal symptoms starting to show) With the wind in our eyes and hair. We put the Yammi into forward and booted it straight ahead to Tiri-Tiri Matanga to spot "X"..actually it was spot "X" and "Y" had punched in 2 different GPS lat longs and weren't too sure which was the "right" one. When we got there the trusty old fish finder was showing...nothing!!!!....I decided to 'pull rank' as the skipper of the lugger and decided that MY lat long was the correct one and down goes the pick. Dead low tide, we put over the lines with my 'secret rig' (don't we all kid ourselves about this sort of stuff) and the great NZ bait, the PILLY. Line hits the bottom (30mtrs) and bang,the rods got a bend on it and I am giving Bazza stick for not pulling his weight (again) by not having a fish on. I have the drag set to normal and all of a sudden I see I have a bit of resistance and the line is been pulled off the reel (not screaming but a gentle pull) and I realise this one is a "keeper"...more stick to Bazza who is complaining that the trace I gave him (because he is too tight to buy his own) is no good and is making him loose fish. I give the trusty Shimano TLD 20 a bit of a tweek and all of a sudden I see 'colour' and the call goes out (yell actually) "get the net Bazza"...who coincidentally at that very moment has suddenly gone deaf and isn't able to help me...so single-handed I get the net and the 'beast' is caught and boated. ~J.D.

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