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CHILE, ARGENTINA & BELIZE SEASON BEGINS
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Chile season has begun, and we’re up at the home on the hill a few days until we rent it out to folks that are coming down to fish and tour with us here in the land of blue sky waters. Simple put, Chile is one of the last places on Earth that has an abundance of water.
Big brown trout our being caught daily by clients that go out with me or one of my guides like Mattias in the Lake’s District of Chile or Nico and his brother Sebastian in the Aysen Region of Coyhaique. Email us at: info@jacktrout.com In Chile, We have your fly fishing and tours covered.
My head guide Mattias will always put you on fish as we have access to private waters on the Rio Maullin on a private water ranch. CHECK OUT OUR FACEBOOK PAGE – JACK TROUT FLY FISHING FACEBOOK
You can always count on an excellent stream side lunch, as here in Chile, living large is just part of our program.
Hold on to that trout Mattias!! Some more happy clients with a guide who loves his job as ambassador of fishing in Chile.
If you have never been to Chile, you will be surprised at the incredible scenic beauty you’ll encounter while vacationing here.
The mangroves that line the rivers are breath taking and the water’s pure and natural from rains that constantly refresh the area some 220 days per year on average.
Our home river the Rio Maullin is the largest winding chalk stream in Chile as it makes its way out of Lago Llaquihue, Chile’s second largest lake on down approximately fifty miles where it spills into the Pacific Ocean. This meandering river is similar to English chalk streams in nature but not in size or the quantity of fish that live in this extraordinary ecosystem.
Volcano Osorno, majestic in stature, rising up from Lago Llaquihue at 8700 feet is a breath taking and can be see from most points in and around the Lake’s District of Chile.
One of the areas best guides is Francisco Castano, he and his clients enjoying an amazing meal before heading out again to catch nice trout on a fly. We all have helped each other out now for over 20 years and look forward to working and assisting you on a quality vacation to Chile.
We’ll always have something good in mind for you on your dream vacation to Chile and Argentina. Did you know Chile has 206 volcanoes in the country.
Enthusiastic guides make for great adventures and we have something great in store for you, so give us a shout and we’ll put it together as my Chilean wife Carola, gets discounts on airfare through Lan Airlines, rent a cars and lodging in Chile, Argentina and all over South America. Let us know how we can help you out while you plan you trip to South America.
We’re family approved, we would love to host you family outing or group event to Chile, call us and we’ll go over the details.
Honeymooners love what we provide on first time trips to South America!
530-918-8879 Call us where ever we are! Jack Trout
Hi, I’m Jack Trout, I would like to welcome you to Chile and take you on a personal fly fishing adventure of a lifetime. Like I’ve always said, “Everything’s the guides fault, no extra charge my friends!” 🙂
There’s always some cute dog, cat or animal to see when you had abroad, so it’s up to now to get down here with us.
Not much to say other than incredible fantastic! Your rivers are waiting for you here in Chile, where they invented the word GREEN.
The roots of life line most rivers here in Chile, it’s and incredible lifetime endeavor where Mother Nature takes on a whole new meaning.
Brown trout, rainbows and salmon flourish down here, expect to catch a few of each while you’re floating. It doesn’t matter if you’re young or old, new to fly fishing or not. We like all all levels and beginners are our specialty.
We lodge people at fine hotels in the area, where we set up the best rooms with the best views at no added cost to you as the resorts and hotels pay us a commission and we handle all the details making your vacation is a no brainer.
We rent a house on the hill with incredible views of Lago Llanquihue and the surrounding volcanoes, if you’re on a budget, we can help.
Some people like to act like a local when vacationing, we got you covered folks. Thanks for watching and we hope to hear from you.
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BELIZE * BELIZE * BELIZE * BELIZE * BELIZE * BELIZE * BELIZE * BELIZE * BELIZE * BELIZE * BELIZE * BELIZE *
Belize is wonderful place for salt water fly fishing, we’ve been outfitting it for over 20 years and we can help you down there with lodging packages, fly fishing guides and a nice place on the beach.
MAY 1ST TO MAY 30TH 2015 – WE ARE ORGANIZING 8 DAY – 7 NIGHT TRIPS WITH ALL MEALS & GUIDING INCLUDED FOR $1950 TO $2950 (5 STAR RESORT.) DEPENDING, LET US KNOW IF YOU WANT TO COME DOWN AS AIRFARE IS ABOUT $650 FROM USA. I WILL BE DOWN THERE ALSO ORGANIZING AND HOSTING THESE TRIPS.
Get out of town and get on the flats, with Jack Trout Fly Fishing International Belize. info@jacktrout.com 530-926-4540
Jumping permit on a daily basis is just part of our routine, we know the best places to go to catch Permit, Tarpon or Bone Fish on the fly.
It’s all about hook -up when you’re in Belize, so count on us to find where to go for the best quality fly fishing available for any angler as we like to concentrate on Southern Belize, a place where less go and more are caught.
Our guide Lloyd featured in Fly Rod & Reel Magazine is a legend in these waters and he promises as I do to provide the best quality fly fishing in and around Belize.
Fish bigger than our clients is what we try to target, isn’t that a good goal, wouldn’t you say! Our guide Mark out of Belize City will find you a legendary fish on your personal guide trip, he does it often.
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Do you like gold as much as me? I like to pan for gold especially on these low water years.
Occasionally, you can find a few nuggets if you know where to look.
My best friends specimen case is always an adventure with me! So the next time you’re out fly fishing, do a little panning on the side, you might just wind-up with a huge nugget! (No power equipment folks, that’s not right.)
Back to Portola High School when I grew up and went to school. (Some might argue about the growing up part.)
I want to run through schools of my high school, I want to scream at the top of my lungs.
One of my favorite teacher’s from Portola High, Mr. Stentzel my art teacher! What a great mentor and teacher as he drew up the first logo for Jack Trout Guide Service back in 1993.
After the Weed fire that took so much from our community a huge lenticular roled in and dropped 2.30 inches of rain.
If not, that fire might still be burning out of control. Thanks to all those who donated, money, clothes, food or time.
Carola in Forest Gump’s seat at the Bubba Gump Restaurant in Monterey. Then we went to the Monterey Aquarium.
McCloud River Rainbows – Well Traveled Trout & Gold Rush California Nevada
By; Jack Trout – Entire history of fish culture, to and from California as well the history of the McCloud River, pics from 1800′s.
Mount Shasta – Sisson Museum – July 22nd 2014
Diablo Valley Fly Fishermen (Walnut Creek) – August 12th, 2014
San Jose Fly Casters – August 13th, 2014
Mount Tamalpais Fly Casters (Larkspur) – August 26th, 2014
Deep Creek Fly Fishers – (Redlands) August 27th, 2014
Long Beach Fly Fishers – August 28th, 2014
Santa Barbara Fly Fishers – September 9th, 2014
Santa Lucia Fly Fishers (San Luis Obispo) – September 11th, 2014
Kern County Fly Fishers – September 13th, 2014
Reno, NV – Gold Prospectors of Northern Nevada – September 22nd, 2014 – Gold Rush of Northern Nevada & California
Mount Shasta – Sisson Museum – October 2nd, 2014 – Gold Rush of Northern Nevada & California – 7 Pm.
Thanks to all the great folks in Riverside and Long Beach, we had a great time down there!
Gold Show Tonight 10/2 Sisson Mt. Shasta Museum – 7 PM.
Thanks to all the great folks in Reno & Sparks Nevada to allow a Native Californian to speak about their Nevada Gold History. You folks were great!
May water always be near you. Many Rivers to You, Jack & Carola Trout and The Team Trout Guides.
530-926-4540 * info@jacktrout.com * 530-918-8879 www.jacktrout.com
Steelhead on the Trinity and Klamath Rivers, I have a permit for the Trinity River. Let’s hook-up folks! I don’t leave for Chile until December this year.
http://www.jacktrout.com/index.php/destinations/klamath-river
Jason with his huge wild steelhead on the Trinity, just add rain and we’ll be golden for this season.
A face more than just a mother could love, you love her, you love him. You sleep with your steelhead rod in anticipation of this upcoming season. You admit to this, but you never admitted to liking and listening to the Bee Gees in the 1970′s?
You shine you crazy diamonds! Can’t wait for the steelhead season folks! jt
http://www.jacktrout.com/index.php/destinations/trinity-river
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International Travel In Belize, Chile and Argentina
Hopkins Belize for fly fishing is a wonderful salt water fly fishing destination. my guides are making peoples dreams come true!
Booked our 2014 family Belize vacation through Jack Trout. All resort reservations, bookings and fly fishing trips were to a tee. Lloyd is the best salt water fly fishing guide hands down. We were treated with respect not only from Jack but all resorts and staff involved with making this vacation a great success.
FISH/ON, MR TROUT. FISH/ON!!
Shallow Water Drift Co.
Gene Aquilini
Get out of town and get on the flats, with Jack Trout Fly Fishing International Belize. info@jacktrout.com 530-926-4540
Did you see our story in Fly Rod & Reel Magazine in May? Our guide Lloyd did well and landed Brian Erwin this 30 lb tarpon.
King Lloyd, the guide of guides for fly fishing in Hopkins Belize and my guide since 1997.
Thanks Brian for coming down and doing such a great piece for us! All the best, Jack & Carola Trout & Hopkins Belize Guide Staff. http://www.jacktrout.com/index.php/destinations/belize
Bone fishing is a great way to introduce yourself to salt water fly fishing adventures. Let us set everything up for your international outing. With over 20 years experience in the field we think we are smart choice to help and customize your holiday fly fishing vacation. You will always save money and have more fun on a Jack Trout International Fly Fishing Adventure Outing Our Valued Clients Know This. Jack & Carola Trout
Me and Lloyd out at a pub on Glover’s Reef trying to solve the world’s problems.
Over in Chile, Carola’s home country, the food and spirits just couldn’t be better.
The fishing December through April is always something I look forward to.
So will you folks! jt
We’ll be catching a few of those Leroy Browns for you all! Yea Angel nice trout! jt & ct
Drifting under the Andes in a place with no one else around, I promise very scenic and good fishing to go along.
Great driftboat with lots of luck and oh the stories he could tell if he spoke. 🙂
In a place where there’s more water than just about any other place on Earth. 2006 volcanoes makes life more interesting in Chile.
Reviewed December 27, 2013
We are 2 months out from our trip to Patagonia and already received fantastic service from Jack Trout. They saved us hundreds of dollars on our in-country flights which will more than make up for the cost of the day-fishing trip we have planned with him. Cant wait to see what he has in store for us next!
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“Fly Fishing the Lake District of Chile with Jack Trout”
Reviewed December 22, 2013 via mobile
My family and I went down to Pucon in the Lake District of Chile this November and it was a given that we would dedicate some time to do some fly fishing. Once we got in touch with Jack Trout (found via Google) and his wife Carola, we didn’t need to look any further. Both of them were absolutely incredible and put so much time and effort into our planning
The trip itself was wonderful. My family (wife and two teen age boys) had such a great day on the Rio Rahua and all caught big, beautiful browns and rainbows. The guides, Edgar and Esteban, were excellent guides with great senses of humor. My kids had such a fun time with Esteban. These guys worked really hard and served us a wonderful stream side lunch with salmon, beer and wine. Excellent day.
Jack and Carola were also more than happy to assist us with our other plans. Pucon is known as the adventure capital of Chile’s Lake District and we were looking to also do a volcano hike, horseback riding and zip lining. They put us in touch with their pal Willy Hatcher at Sol y Nieve Pucon Adventures who I would also recommend to anyone (see my separate review about them).
All in all, Jack Trout runs a top notch operation and I wish more businesses would show the same level of service to their customers that we experienced with Jack, Carola and their guides. Next time we hope to fish with Jack out near Mt. Shasta.
Visited November 20
“Fly Fishing the Lake District of Chile with Jack Trout”
Reviewed December 22, 2013 via mobile
My family and I went down to Pucon in the Lake District of Chile this November and it was a given that we would dedicate some time to do some fly fishing. Once we got in touch with Jack Trout (found via Google) and his wife Carola, we didn’t need to look any further. Both of them were absolutely incredible and put so much time and effort into our planning
The trip itself was wonderful. My family (wife and two teen age boys) had such a great day on the Rio Rahua and all caught big, beautiful browns and rainbows. The guides, Edgar and Esteban, were excellent guides with great senses of humor. My kids had such a fun time with Esteban. These guys worked really hard and served us a wonderful stream side lunch with salmon, beer and wine. Excellent day.
Jack and Carola were also more than happy to assist us with our other plans. Pucon is known as the adventure capital of Chile’s Lake District and we were looking to also do a volcano hike, horseback riding and zip lining. They put us in touch with their pal Willy Hatcher at Sol y Nieve Pucon Adventures who I would also recommend to anyone (see my separate review about them).
All in all, Jack Trout runs a top notch operation and I wish more businesses would show the same level of service to their customers that we experienced with Jack, Carola and their guides. Next time we hope to fish with Jack out near Mt. Shasta.
Visited November 20
“Another superb fishing and touring experience with Team Trout”
Reviewed April 15, 2013
Last year I went solo. This year I brought my wife and we had a wonderful, fun-filled all around fishing, touring, dining and shopping experience! Jack and Carola attended to all,of the endless details from excellent lodging and dining reservations, to booking the most knowledgeable and professional local fishing guides, to dealing with border crossing challenges between Chile and Argentina (of which there are many potential land mines,) to filling us in on endless interesting cultural, historical and localized highlights of our travels. Their Toyota was rugged but also very comfortable for long drives too. I can’t praise them enough for their commitment to excellent services with a smile for their clients and authentic friendliness and caring spirits. They’re the greatest! We look forward to our next adventure with them?…
Visited April 2013
“Another superb fishing and touring experience with Team Trout”
Reviewed April 15, 2013
Last year I went solo. This year I brought my wife and we had a wonderful, fun-filled all around fishing, touring, dining and shopping experience! Jack and Carola attended to all,of the endless details from excellent lodging and dining reservations, to booking the most knowledgeable and professional local fishing guides, to dealing with border crossing challenges between Chile and Argentina (of which there are many potential land mines,) to filling us in on endless interesting cultural, historical and localized highlights of our travels. Their Toyota was rugged but also very comfortable for long drives too. I can’t praise them enough for their commitment to excellent services with a smile for their clients and authentic friendliness and caring spirits. They’re the greatest! We look forward to our next adventure with them?…
“Jack and Carola Trout are the ne plus ultra of Chilean fishing hosts”
Reviewed April 11, 2013
I have flyfished Chile 12 out of the last 13 years, always in Feb or March to miss the biting black flies and school kid crowds. In that time I have had probably 40 different guides in all kinds of boats. This was the first year I wanted to fish both in Chile and in Argentina. I had fished with Jack and Carola one time previous, but just in the Los Lagos area of Chile, headquartered in Pucon, a lovely town. Trout put together a ten day adventure, 5 days each country and made all local arrangements, found places to safely keep his boat at night, provided equipment and instruction for my wife. He and Carola created a fabulous, memorable trip. Lunches on the rivers were spectacular. Their patience and kindness with a learning fly fisherwoman much appreciated. Important to note here, the Argentine web site which one must navigate from home before your trip is not at all clear even to someone who has to speak spanish every day (we live in Tucson). It would have been VERY EASY to have goofed up the Argentinian Reciprocity Fee section of their website and to have been turned away at the border. Carola and Jack took care of all that for us. Carola knows everyone at the border and is friendly with the folks you must interact with who speak a dialect. Jack supplies equipment to the guards so they love him. On crowded days you would have to wait in line outside in the cold, rain, and wind, but not if you are with Jack and Carola. There is no cable, no internet, just a wooden building with a fireplace and you could literally spend a half day there if you were behind a tour bus crossing, with only two guards working. The Argeninians just don’t care. Trout cares. The hotel they arranged in San Martin de los Andes was immaculate, friendly, and we made abundant use of the indoor pool, spa, steam, sauna, and internet. The Argentinian guides and drivers Trout arranged were punctual, skilled, and bilingual. Highest praise for them and to the Trouts for all they did for us. We will be back!
Clyde Robinson, Davida Arambula
Visited March 2013
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What can I say here? I told Jack via email that this trip was the trip of a lifetime for me (thus far, I’m still a youngster), and he and his fantastic wife comprehensively over-delivered. At much discomfort and hassle to both Jack and Carola, the two of them spoiled me with incredible hospitality, long hours on the water, fantastic food and impromptu, context-heavy tour guiding. In 6 days with Team Trout, I fished 5 rivers all over the Lakes District in Chile and caught 5 species of fish, including some seriously gorgeous sea-run browns and solid silver Atlantic Salmon.
Doing guided trips is an expensive endeavor, so I’ve always tried to maximize my money by getting as much instruction and insight from a guide as possible. Jack didn’t disappoint in this regard – he helped and encouraged me as I gradually refined my casting technique, and I’m happy to say that by the second-to-last day on the water with him, I was ripping off one 50-foot double haul after another, placing the casts exactly where I’d wanted them. This was a quantum leap for me, and a huge step in my education as an angler.
It’s hard to say what the highlight was for me. It may have been the 5lb. NFL football of a brown that I caught on the trippy Rio Maullin, or it might have been towing across a lake, James Bond-style to catch a slow 4-mile float on private water, or maybe it was the scenery. After some reflection though, I’d say that the highlight was the camaraderie. Jack and Carola, as we’d say where I’m from in Minnesota, “aren’t half bad.” Which, if you listen to a lot of Garrison Keillor, ought to strike you as high praise.
Jack and Carola went so far above and beyond to accomodate me and my Dad on our annual father-son trip that it defies logic. From making us hotel recommendations to pointing us in the direction of killer food not covered by guide books to driving me all around the Lakes District, Team Trout are incredibly good at what they do. Jack even listened to me prattle on about my beer obsession and surprised me with one of the most incredible beers I’ve had – Kunstmann Gran Torobayo – during lunch my last day out.
If it’s not clear yet, I cannot recommend Team Trout highly enough. They’re diligent, hugely friendly, funny, sweet, hard-working and genuinely warm people. It says a lot about Jack that he’s been guiding for 20+ years – you’d never survive that long if you were a jerk, or if you weren’t great at what you do.
Book a trip with Jack and Carola – as many days as possible – and bring your Ibuprofen. Your casting hand is going to need it.
“JACK TROUT – A FLYFISHING GUIDE SUPERHERO!”
Reviewed April 2, 2012
Jack Trout should have his very own Superhero television or comic book series! This gentlemen and goodwill ambassador from America is a combination of legendary frontiersmen like Davey Crockett or Daniel Boone and modern day crime-buster characters like Batman or the The Green Lantern.
In real life, Jack and his wife and business partner Carola – a soft Chilean beauty with a fierce Mapuche bloodline – operate (in this writer’s opinion) the very best hands-on fly-fishing guide service in the Western Hemisphere – Jack Trout International. But that “real life” description doesn’t begin to do justice to their larger-than-life personalities, energy and enthusiasm for their trade. In addition to Jack’s daily taming of Chile and Argentina’s wild and beautiful rivers and streams – catching and carefully releasing endless numbers of magnificent Browns, Rainbows and Salmon – he’s also educating everyone connected to or interested in fly-fishing by demonstrating the very best business practices in an industry notorious for its marginal standards. He does this with the zealousness of a crime fighter – chasing down evil-doers from poachers to litterbugs to just plain bad seeds in the industry in order to preserve the pristine nature wherein he works.
I just spent ten incredible days with Jack and Carola being guided and taken care of and shown the most beautiful places on God’s green Earth. I’ve been very fortunate in my 62 years of life to have traveled extensively around the world and have experienced every level of expertise and professionalism in the travel world from top to bottom. My family and I were one of the first groups to spend a full week on the world-renowned Nomads of the Sea expedition in 2007. That was a one-of-a-kind, fantastic experience. But I can honestly say that ten days with Jack and Carola was the best fishing and touring vacation I have ever experienced!
In a short testimonial, a person can’t fully explain what the “best of the best” is. I can only express that this couple should be starring in their own TV Reality series titled –
The Adventures of Jack Trout: Fly-Fishing Guide Superhero.
We have something in mind for you this fall and winter, let us be your guides. Jack & Carola Trout and the Team Trout Guides.
http://www.jacktrout.com/index.php/tours/guides-instruction
Typical meal in Argentina with Malbec wine to compliment.
Our lodging in San Martin de los Andes Argentina.
The power of what dams can do, we need power, but we need solutions for what we have lost with the runs of salmon and steelhead in California. Thanks for watching, Jack Trout