La Villa de EMB Report -Week 3

La Villa de EMB Fishing Report
Week 3
Jan 17-24, 2026

Another week is over, very nice group, they all know each other, the same ones come in recent years and a very good atmosphere is generated in the lodge.
The fishing was not good, we saw fish jump but didn’t take until las hour.
Fishing with floating lines and using green machine was the best way to get fish.
In the last hour we used sinking lines with larger flies( leeches, sun ray, intruders).
We landed 59 fish, 15 over 15 pounds.
Top rod of the week was Geoffrey fisher with 13 fish on the net.Paul Pritchard got the biggest fish with 20 pounds.

Water Conditions
Water color and visibility: clear.
Water temperature: 8c to 14c.
Water level:great level below Menéndez river, the upper part is low.

Weather Conditions

Wind speed ranges through the week: the wind wasn’t strong .
Air temperature ranges through the week : 8c. to 21c.
Weather 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 lower and middle part of the river.
All very fresh fish.

Fish catch statistics

Number of anglers for the week: 6.
Total number of fish landed for the week: 59.
Weight of the biggest fish landed for the week: 20 pounds .
Number of fish landed over 15 pounds: 15.
Number of fish landed over 20 pounds:1.
Average weight: 8.5 pounds.
Notable catches:great double hooked, 17 and 18 pounds.

Diego Motter -Head Guide
La Villa de Estancia Maria Behety