TROUT FISHING: Argentina - Junin

Estancia Quemquemtreu is located south of Junín de los Andes on 200,000 acres of Patagonia Steppe.  This traditional Argentina ranch employs about 25 gauchos and 10 in-house workers to run farm and guest operations.  Your hosts at Quemquemtreu, Paula and Martin Zimmermann, ensure that the customs of old Argentina estancias are as unaltered as the Patagonia frontier.  Anglers, hunters and polo players from around the world quickly realize the refined informality at this 100 year old ranch that allows them to relax as they were in their own home.

Quemquemtreu has both a fishing lodge and a hunting lodge on the ranch, each having a capacity for 10 guests.  The rooms have double or single beds and private bathrooms.  All visitors enjoy cocktails in the bar and showroom before or after dinner. Family style meals are served with all natural meats, vegetable and other foods produced organically on the farm.

Non-anglering guests at Estancia Quemquemtreu can enjoy a  polo match or short hikes to see wildlife such as red deer, rhea birds, condors and wild boar.  Bird watching is also an option with Quemquemtrue’s naturalist guide, Gilles who takes guests hiking or driving to the remote portions of the ranch.

Estancia Quemquemtreu is one of our guests’ favorite places to stay in Patagonia.  The authenticity and genuine people replace what some might seek in glitz and glamour, but leave us with a connection to a country that feels more like a friend.

Fishing at Quemquemtreu
The Collon Cura is actually an extension of the Aluminé River and runs along route 40 south of Junín de los Andes and north of Bariloche.  The river is famous for its large quality of hard fighting rainbows and browns which average 17inche and reach up to 15 pounds.  Fish hold in riffles, under branches and along the banks of this slow, deep river. Streamers tend to be slightly more effective then large dries or nymphs.  Wild boars, condors and deer are common sights in the early and late hours.  On the Quemquemtreu tributary flowing though the ranch anglers can stalk big hungry trout with dry flies from November to January.