BACK IN SHASTA TROUT GUIDING ON APRIL 22ND FOR THE 12TH ANNUAL UPPER SAC FLY FISHING RAFT SEASON!!

SIGN-UPS START NOW FOR; McCloud River, Upper Sac, Lower Sacramento River, Klamath River Spring Stone Fly Hatch.

Check out the Team Trout International Guides at http://www.jacktrout.com/teamtrout.html

2013 season has begun, call us for information regarding Chile, Argentina, Belize or Northern California

Chile Fly Fishing Season is going strong and thanks to all of

you out there we guided & lodged so far..Thank you  ~ Trout

Call us at SKYPE: jacktrout24  or from outside Chile 011-56-65-243022 Home number  in Chile our cell is 94671995 from USA 011-56-9-94671995  Email us at info@jacktrout.com for fastest response

Thanks, Jack & Carola Trout & Team Trout International Fly Fishing Guides

(Affordable guiding lodging & guiding in the best places in Chile & Argentina)

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NEW STORY ON OUR WEBLOG http://www.mtshasta.com

Check out after you read below for Chile updates!!

 

 

Chile the land of breathless wonders and towering peaks of solid granite. Forests out of proportion, drunk and high reaching magnetically for the Southern Cross while the shoulders they grow on look over into two separate countries as opposite as Atacama is to Patagonia. Chile one of the most affluent countries, blessed rich in water, has decided to start damming their Patagonian rivers for hydro-electric power for the energy hungry north in Santiago and the northern copper mines.  The plan to me seems ridiculous since so much power will be lost on its journey northward. Earthquakes and volcanoes should be considered and the fact that the United States has learned that dams can be very damaging to fisheries including salmon, trout and steelhead returns.

Take it from us here in the USA, 50 years after the dams were put in, the consensus is dams can be helpful and harmful. If I were in the shoes of any interested Chilean, I would thoroughly consider development of wind and solar power as they are existing natural resources in the north.  In the long run, it makes more sense. Dams will cause the demise of salmon runs, cuisine, farming and sales if not stopped now. Consider the alternatives and look beyond your country and see what other countries have learned, don’t make the same mistakes we have. The Westland’s Water District and their Arch Evil Commander Tom Birmingham, head of the richest water district in the world is a pure demonstration of what water profiteers can do the State of California. This guy and their associations with anyone who supports their efforts are aiding the “Chevron of Fly Fishing”.

So be careful Chile, and consider your options, a loss of salmon could be very crucial in the future. Likewise Californians have tough environmental issues to consider and possibly a soul searching quest about where ones heart really lies. I left the Bollibokka on the McCloud River when I was faced with doing business with Westland’s Water District and Tom Birmingham. See I know the whole story, Tom Birmingham never fly fished when he first met me, I took him out on his first trip on the Bollibokka and all he talked about was how the Westland’s owned the rights to the water on the McCloud River. When I caught wind about them secretly purchasing the Bollibokka Club I contacted the San Francisco Chronicle and the story made the front page. I felt I had a duty to every Californian that they should know what was going to happen to California rivers and in particularly the McCloud River. I walked from $50,000 gross a year selling days and weeks at Bollibokka, but I never sold my soul to the devil. I was the first person they banned from the property when Tom Birmingham and the Westland’s Water District purchase was finalized. So I can tell you first hand these water power companies can be ruthless and will do whatever it takes to get what they want.

Even if it means losing out to the Nature Conservancy who at the same time had a buyer who was willing to pay Leighton & Gray Hills full price for their property their grandfather had bought back in 1900. Tom Birmingham in a underhanded deal came up with 5 million more and stole our river loving souls. So if it could happen here in California, it could happen here in Chile too. Dams are cruel and what people do to build them and control the water it stores is even more ruthless. Drown whoever gets in the way and put a hose down their throat just to make sure they stay on the bottom. If you want to be environmental, look to the Winnemum Wintu Indians who have lost everything to the families of Leighton & Gray Hills, Dean Whiter, Alfred Schilling, Randolph Hearst and countless others who made sure they were never recognized as a formal tribe, never given compensation for  land that was taken from them. If you want to give back, at least these Native Americans are trying to get salmon & steelhead back into the McCloud & Upper Sac rivers now. The rest of what many people are saying is all bullshit…. Many Rivers, Jack Trout

Visit this link for more details  www.nytimes.com/2010/03/21/us/21tribes.html

 

 Carola and I are having a great time in Chile! Maybe you can come down next year and stay at our place. $375 per day for two in my drift boat and we’ll lodge you at our bed and breakfast home for $150 per night, includes breakfast and lunch for two!

Thanks to all who we guided this past season and lodged in Chile, we are truly grateful in these ever changing times. We want you to know we are always looking for ways to save you money on your trips to Chile. Carola gets huge discounts on airfare for Chile and Argentina so let us help plan your next vacation here, we’ll make you dollar go farther..Promise!

Saludos de Chile, Jack & Carola Trout 

Rent our home near Pucon and Panguipulli, Chile for only $150 per night for 2 with spectacular views on a 1300 acre honey bee farm. Go to www.jacktrout.com/chile.html to see the lodging, meals and fly fishing packages we offer. 

 Smelling flowers is a good thing folks!

 

 Fish on December 2011, our private access to this river makes it one of the best to fish in Chile, give us an call at info@jacktrout.com

 

 Caught on December 17, 2011 on a river between two lakes near Pucon and Panguipulli, Chile By Alastair Dudman of Ireland.

 

All trout must be released on this and many other rivers that have now become catch & release. That’s a great thing, fishing is now outstanding in Chile!! We caught three huge trout in this one spot.

We have some dates open so give us a call and we will make sure your fly fishing trip is an excellent experience in Chile in our 18th season outfitting, lodging and guiding. We have all the gear, knowledge and best guides.

Get ready for the freshest and most tasty seafood dishes! This is deep Congrio with cream sauce mixed with king crab, abalone & shrimps. So yummy, if you like seafood this fresh dish is for you! Don’t forget the terrific German Kunstmann beer or possible some Chilean wine..

Call Jack & Carola Trout in Chile at 94671995 in Chile or info@jacktrout.com

One more for the show! Alastair loved his day this past week in the Rivers District of Chile. We can outfit you, guide and lodge you here in Chile, just give us a call.

“Some great fly fishing in the Lake District of Chile”   TRIP  ADVISOR

http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g32755-d1641287-r145650468-Jack_Trout_Fly_Fishing-Mount_Shasta_California.html#REVIEWS

 Didn’t I see something like this on one of the Beatles albums…? It’s Smiley Curtis from SF arriving in Pucon Chile to do some fly fishing with me.

A quick bite at the Mamma’s and the Tappa’s turns into a munch fest and soon more beers are ordered!

Pucon Chile – Mamma’s and the Tappa’s Restaurant & Pub  ***** Stars for atmosphere and party. (tappa is Chilean for mexi-food)

 When you come to Chile bring a lot of different lines with you. We nymph, we dry fly fish, but sinking lines are very important to consideration also.

February 27th, 2010

Yea we felt the earthquake here in Chile. This happen just a mile away from our home here in Los Lagos. This over pass fell on the load of a big-rig and was sliced in 1/2. Luckily no one was hurt.

Where we live the epicenter was 5 hours from us, we only felt about a 5 on the richter scale. It was a shaker alright but nothing happen in our house and we weren’t really effected in our area at all. It’s sad what has happen near Concepcion, Chile and the wine growing regions in the center of the country. Our hearts go out to those people most effected and devastated by the Chilean Earthquake of 2010.

 

Catching trout out on a Patagonia Lake in Chile, what a nice way to spend a summer vacation in the Southern Hemisphere. Smiley Curtis sure thought so..

 

Damsel Nymph immitation right in the old yapper! Good on ya Yank…

 

Rivers that feed into bigger rivers, lakes that lead into rivers that finally reach the Pacific Ocean.. Now that’s the Chile we know in love!

 

A lovely trout caught on a barbless fly that originated from the McCloud River in Northen California and made its way down south to flourish in Chile and Argentina streams and rivers.

Check out this quick youtube video on fly fishing Chile

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P34IyXTONS8&feature=related

Then Smiley’s childhood friend showed up Pat Connelly from Fresno folks!

 

That night at our favorite pub in Los Lagos ~ The City Pub & Hub! A great place for beers and food after we get off the river.

 

Then we headed for the Rio Maullin for a guided adventure fly fishing near the port town of Puerto Montt, Chile.

 

Brownie points my friends!

 

 Then Smiley hooked this Atlantic Salmon in the Rio Maullin in the private section we float here in Chile.

 

 Smiley way to go bro! She’s got lips like Olivia Newton John…

 

 

How now Brown Cow? Pat nice Chilean brown trout!

Enjoy this video of a nice hook-up on Youtube and the Rio Maullin in the Lakes District of Chile. 

Way to go Sizzler!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_CA5LnEDhQ&feature=related

 

 I have lodging in Chile on a wonderful spring creek with dry fly fishing right out your front door and a great price!

 

Smiley & Pat loved the place…

 A nice getaway for whom ever…

 With cool properties all over the 10th regions of Chile. A real European influence exists here in the Lakes District of Chile. Of course my favorite things are the German Beers and great cake pasteries.

 

 

 

 On our private section on the Rio Petrohue, Pat hooks and lands 5 in a row!

 Nice Chilean Brown Trout caught on a fly….

 Sure love my Brodin Net! So does the trout for revival…… Brodin makes the best nets in the world!

http://www.brodin.com 

We had so much fun on a perfect day with no clouds and no wind.

 

 Trout looks fine for the release…..

 Lets all go fly fishing in Argentina!

 Ruca Hueney Restaurant in Junin de los Andes is a must!

 

 Can you say… The best BBQ you ever tasted! Thought you could……

 Mighty Warriors ready to fish on the Rio Malleo in Argentina.

 

 We all went off in different directions to try our luck on this very special dry fly hopper river.

 I heard Smiley yell he had a large one on and just about the same time I hooked a beauty on my Parachute-Hopper that took me on a magic ride.

Anything on a dry fly is always better in my eyes! The Rio Malleo delivers folks, don’t miss this river when you travel to Argentina. Give us a call, I know all the best guides that don’t charge an arm & and a leg for a fly fishing guide trip.

 

Here’s one of Smiley’s many catches that day…

 

 But no one had a better day than Carola Trout on the Rio Chimehuin where she hooked 7 trout in one spot nymphing and 3 were lunkers far into the backing of the fly line!

 Underwater the hook-up looked solid! I was so excited for my gal, it was amazing to see how far she had come from the first time we fly fished together. This was the most exciting fishing I ever felt for anyone. The fish were great hook-ups and I was so proud of how she handled every trout she had on her line that day. I knew that day Carola was not only my wife and the one I love, but a true fly fishing bum! It’s destiny folks! I love her big-time….

 Sweetness comes in many shapes and forms my friends…

 

 What a babe! That’s my wife I’m )*&^@!!^^##(*& ing lucky my friends!!

 There she goes again and another hook-up!

 

Carola Trout congratulations you are the sizzler of the week award winner!! Congratulations Sizzler!!

Your loving husband, Jack Trout

I’m proud of you!!  SWEET!! This might be the best hook-up of my life and I didn’t catch it!!

 

 

Carola Trout on the Rio Chimehuin in San Junin de los Andes, Argentina.

 The next day I fished on the flats under these trees and a mayfly hatch occurred. When I switched from a Parachute Adams to a size 14 Pink Cahill I caught 3 trout in a half hour on the surface.

That also made my trip a pleasure!

 

 So many of these medium sized silver bullets sipping dries in the morning and afternoons…

 

 Back in Chile, we took Pat to Valdivia, Chile to take the airplane back home to California, so Smiley and I went out again and he had a fine day hooking double digits on one of our favorite rivers in Chile…

 We landed 3 in a row in this one riffle. I fish on similar riffles we guide on the Lower Sacramento River back home in Redding, California.

Guiding this and fishing this same way in Chile proves to be rewarding for me and Smiley…

 Nice 3 pound trout Smiley Landed that I thought deserved the respect of the underwater pic.

We stayed out until the final light was lost and we used a flashlight to find our way to the dock. Not before one more hook-up.

 

 That was a great day out on any river – in any country! Thanks to you Smily!

 

8 rivers 2 Lakes in two weeks & too many trout to count!

 

Thanks to Smiley Curtis and Pat Connelly for a great two weeks! Friends since 5th grade and all the stories we heard that made me and Carola laugh and smile. These are two great  guys to hang out with just about anywhere their adventures takes one.

 

Saludos de Chile, Jack & Carola Trout

          

 

        Check out our new books due out in July 2010, on Fly fishing Chile and Argentina.

 

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1004 SO. Mt Shasta Blvd. Mt Shasta, California  96067   www.jacktrout.com  www.mtshasta.com

530-926-4540    email: info@jacktrout.com

 

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(Lakes District Office)

 

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Cel:  011-56-9 94671995  Jack in Chile.

 

 

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Cell: 011- 501-662-0873

 

 

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650 Bosquelindo  S.C.

 

Patagonia, Argentina

 

 

EMAILS FROM YOU:

 

Hi Jack and Carola,

 

Congratulations!  You haven’t been around Seven Suns and I rather expected you to have returned by now.  Logged on your web page and learned you and Carola are married.  That is great news.  Best wishes to both of you.

 

Hope to see you soon.

 

Mark Foster – Mt Shasta

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SO YOU WANT TO IMMIGRATE YOUR FOREIGN WIFE TO THE UNITED STATES AFTER MARRIAGE AND 3 YEAR RELATIONSHIP.

 

Mr. Trout, congratulations on your marriage.

 

At this juncture we need to prepare and file the I-130 and 485 petitions.  I can charge you $1800, plus the filings fees.

 

The list below refers to initial documents I will need to get started.

 

1)         Marriage certificate

2)         Photographs

a.         Courtship period

b.         Wedding ceremony

c.         Vacations

d.         Family events (birthdays, anniversary, trips, etc.)

e.         Gatherings with friends

3)         Declarations from family, friends, and/or religious leader addressing the following:

a.         How they know you and your spouse

b.         How long they know both of you

c.         How long they are aware you courted your spouse prior to marriage

d.         Whether they attended the marriage ceremony

e.         Specific events you were seen together

f.          Ever visit your home (if so, number of times and dates)

4)         Plane tickets or flight confirmation receipts when you went to visit her and she visited you

5)         Copy of your wife’s passport and along with any issued I-94’s

6)         Divorce decree, if either one of you were previously married

7)         Birth certificates for any children together

8)         Income verifications:

a.         Tax records from 2009, 2008, 2007 and 2006

b.         Property records

c.         Recent paystubs, etc

 

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NEW YORK TIMES

SAN FRANCISCO — On Friday night, more than two dozen Native Americans embarked from here on a spiritual mission to New Zealand, where they will ask their fish to come home to California.

 

 

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