La Villa de EMB Fishing Report – Week 2

La Villa de EMB Fishing Report
Week 2
Jan 10-17, 2026

The second week is over, we had 5 guest , olegas that was already from the previous week, two of us and two argentines, one of the argentines left before.

At the beginning of the week we use floating and intermediate lines (sunray,green machine,emb).in the middle of the week with the rains the river rose and we started using sinking lines.

The week ended with a high but clear river. This week there were many more fish, but the fishing was slower.

We landed 32 fish, 5 over 15 pounds.

Top rod of the week was olegas anusas  with 13 fish on the net.

Omegas anusas  got the   biggest fish with  16 pounds.

Water Conditions

Water color and visibility: clear.

Water temperature: 8c   to 12c  .

Water level: high in at the end of the week.

Weather Conditions

Wind speed ranges through the week: the wind wasn’t  strong .

Air temperature ranges through the week : 7c. to 18c.

Wheather observations (sun, rain, fog, etc.):rainy week.

Fishing Conditions

Flies that are working the best: Different sizes of sunray shadows, small salmon  flies, nymph ( scuds,red tail, emb, prince, pheasant tail), green machine , for the last hour (intruder, leech, sunray ).

Floating scandi with intermediate o slow sinking polyleaders, using sunray, salmon flies, emb, green machine.

Sinking lines with  nymph o streamers,  (nymph,emb, yukbug,girdlebug,woolly buggers).

Fly lines (tips, heads, lengths, densities, etc) that are producing the best: Skagit heads with different lengths of T-20,17,14, 11, scandi with polyleaders .

We recommend bringing two rods, one to use with scandi and another with skagit lines.

Length and strength of tippet and leaders: 7  to 12  feet. 15 to 20 pounds.

Most of the fish are in middle part of the river.

All very fresh fish.

Fish catch statistics

Number of anglers for the week: 4.

Total number of fish landed for the week: 32.

Weight of the biggest fish landed for the week: 16 pounds .

Number of fish landed over 15 pounds: 5.

Number of fish landed over 20 pounds:0.

Average weight: 8 pounds.

Notable catches:good fish with floating line on top.

Diego Motter -Head Guide
La Villa de Estancia Maria Behety