Learn Fly Fishing in Bariloche & Junín de los Andes (Patagonia)

Honest level: Intermediate -> Advanced — ask the school exactly how far that goes in the time you have.

Schools in Bariloche & Junín de los Andes (Patagonia)

Checked by hand against each school's own course pages. No school paid to be listed.

• Patagonia River Guides
  PRG North multi-day guided lodge program (San Martín / Junín de los Andes)
  Patagonia River Guides runs multi-day, English-speaking guided fly-fishing programs from estancias and lodges across northern Patagonia's Chimehuín, Aluminé, Collón Cura, Limay, and Malleo rivers, with customizable three-day-to-three-week trips and wilderness 'Unplugged' camps.
  https://www.patagoniariverguides.com/
• Set Fly Fishing
  Spring Creek Lodge and float-camp trips on northern Patagonia rivers
  Set Fly Fishing offers guided northern-Patagonia trips out of Spring Creek Lodge with private guides and 4WD access, plus multi-day camp trips floating the Aluminé, Caleufú, Chimehuín, Collón Cura, and Limay rivers.
  https://setflyfishing.com/en/fly-fishing-patagonia/
• Jurassic Lake Lodge
  Full- or half-week trophy rainbow-trout program (Lago Strobel)
  Jurassic Lake Lodge sits on the remote shore of Lago Strobel with exclusive access to the Barrancoso River mouth, running full- and half-week guided programs (October–April) for the trophy rainbow trout the fishery is known for.
  https://www.jurassiclake.com/

The credential

Hands-on river competency in casting, reading water, entomology and presentation; a path toward FFI Certified Casting Instructor for those who continue · Certifying body: Fly Fishers International (FFI) — Casting Instructor Certification Program; guiding is licensed state-by-state (Montana Board of Outfitters)

A recognised qualification an outside body stands behind is not the same as a certificate a school prints itself. We name which it is — you should ask the school the same.

Also for Fly Fishing

What I check before I send you anywhere

I'm Arnaud. I cook for a living, and I've spent fifteen years on the water — so I know the difference between a real school and a good-looking website. I built the Atlas because I got tired of the second kind. Here is what a place has to clear before it goes on here, and what I'll tell you straight when it doesn't.

• The craft is actually alive there. A working scene, with people who do this every day — not a demo put on for visitors.
• There's a real teacher behind it. Named, still practising, and certified where the craft has certificates.
• The credential is what it claims to be. A state diploma and a certificate a school prints itself are not the same thing. I check which, and I say which.
• I tell you how sure I am. Most pages here are verified by hand. A few say "still checking" — I'd rather admit that than pretend.
• Nobody pays to be here. No commission, no selling the trip. The order on this map is the strength of the community, never the size of the wallet.
• If I wouldn't send a friend, it isn't on the map.