What does the All Inclusive fly fishing program near Coyhaique include?

Seven nights and six full days of guided fishing out of Coyhaique, Saturday to Saturday, fishing Sunday through Friday. It includes local partner accommodation, all meals and drinks, 4x4 transport and daily transfers, a bilingual guide, catarafts, flies and the Sernapesca licence. Flights to Balmaceda, insurance, gratuities and personal gear are not included. The price is USD 6,500 per angler, for the full seven nights.

Is January a good month to fly fish around Coyhaique?

January is usually the strongest terrestrial and dry-fly window of our season. Flows have settled, grasshoppers and beetles are on the banks, and the long days keep fish feeding into the evening. The day itself is still decided by water and weather.

How did Cindy and July find Chile Fly Fishing?

They stopped at our stand at the Denver Fly Fishing Show in February 2025. After a couple of hours of conversation, both of them booked, and they fished with us in January 2026.

A January Fly Fishing Week in Coyhaique, Chilean Patagonia

Q: Do you release the trout?

Yes. We release every trout we land, all season. Aysén's rules allow anglers to keep a limited number of fish on rivers between December 1 and February 28, but we do not.

The short answer

Cindy and July, two anglers from Colorado, fished a full All Inclusive week out of Coyhaique, Chilean Patagonia, in January 2026, in the middle of our High Season. They had met us at the Denver Fly Fishing Show in February 2025 and both booked. They fished Lago Azul, Río Azul, the Río Ñirehuao, Lago Elizalde and the Río Simpson with dry flies, nymphs and small streamers, and the trout were browns and rainbows.

When: January 2026, High Season, one full week. The photos here were taken January 11 to 13.
Where: Coyhaique, Aysén Region, Chilean Patagonia. Two lakes and three rivers.
Program: All Inclusive, seven nights, both anglers.
Anglers: Cindy and July, from Colorado.
Fish: brown and rainbow trout.
Techniques: dry flies, nymphs and small streamers.

What does an All Inclusive fly fishing week out of Coyhaique look like?

It is six full days of guided fishing, built around one small group. The All Inclusive is seven nights, Saturday to Saturday, with fishing Sunday through Friday. It takes up to two anglers per date and one group at a time, so a pair of anglers fits it exactly. Local partner accommodation, all meals and drinks, 4x4 transport, a bilingual guide, catarafts where the water asks for them, flies and the Sernapesca licence are part of it. Flights to Balmaceda and your own rods and waders are not.

Cindy and July took the full week in January 2026. By then the long days of High Season were on: around Coyhaique the light runs close to 15 hours around the solstice, and in January the evenings are still long. A friendship was born that week, and it is still going. They enjoyed it so much that they want to come back.

An angler in a dark hat and sunglasses stands in shallow water holding a golden brown trout with dark spots, a forested mountainside behind, Coyhaique, Chilean Patagonia — Gold flanks, dark spots.

A smiling angler in a cap and mirrored sunglasses holds a rainbow trout with a pink band along its flank, a forested river bank behind, Coyhaique, Chilean Patagonia — A rainbow, with its pink band.

An angler in a dark hat and sunglasses stands in clear water holding a spotted brown trout, forested slopes behind, Coyhaique, Chilean Patagonia — Another brown.

What is the local side of a week like this?

It is a table, good food and time to talk. Cindy and July shared an asado, a Chilean barbecue, and lived the local culture through the week. All meals and drinks are part of the All Inclusive.

The asado is not in the photos. The lunch is: a table with an orange cloth set beside the truck in open, dry grassland, camp chairs, a cooler and a wooden board of snacks to share.

Two anglers in waders sit in camp chairs at a table with an orange cloth and a cooler, beside a white pickup truck with its door open in dry golden grassland, Coyhaique, Chilean Patagonia — Lunch beside the truck.

A table with an orange cloth beside a white truck, set with a wooden snack board, a knife and fork and wooden plates, an angler in a hat seated at the truck, Coyhaique, Chilean Patagonia — The snack board.

Which waters did Cindy and July fish near Coyhaique?

Five: Lago Azul, Río Azul, the Río Ñirehuao, Lago Elizalde and the Río Simpson. That is two lakes and three rivers in one week, all out of Coyhaique.

Lago Azul and Lago Elizalde are two of the seven lakes we fish out of Coyhaique, floated by cataraft, an inflatable frame boat on two pontoons that carries two anglers.
The Río Simpson is Coyhaique's river. It is a freestone that holds brown and rainbow trout, and it is one of the three rivers we float by cataraft.
The Río Ñirehuao winds across open steppe north of Coyhaique. It is wading water only, so we fish it on foot, and it holds mainly brown trout. In summer its grass banks are where the hoppers come from.
The Río Azul was the fifth water of the week.

Which water to fish on a given day is the guide's call, made that morning from flow and wind. You can see what each river is doing on our live water conditions page.

An angler in waders casts a fly rod across a calm, clear river lined with reeds and golden grass, under a blue sky with white clouds, Coyhaique, Chilean Patagonia — Casting across a meadow river.

Two anglers in waders carrying fly rods walk a trail through yellow-green steppe scrub toward rolling hills under a wide blue sky, Coyhaique, Chilean Patagonia — On foot, through the steppe.

What flies and techniques work around Coyhaique in January?

Cindy and July used three: dry flies, nymphs and small streamers. That is a good January kit around Coyhaique.

Dry flies. January and February are usually the strongest terrestrial and dry-fly window of our season. Flows have settled after the spring thaw, grasshoppers and beetles are on the grass banks, and wild brown trout that spent spring on nymphs move to the banks and look up. Our guide to the best dry flies for Coyhaique lists what goes in the box.
Nymphs. A nymph covers the fish that will not commit to the surface, and on the lakes dragonfly and damselfly nymphs do much of the work. See our nymph guide for Coyhaique.
Small streamers. They cover deeper water, or fish that are holding lower, which is when we change over from the surface.

What they eat is the question behind all three, and what trout eat in Chilean Patagonia answers it. For the whole season, see summer fly fishing in Chilean Patagonia.

In one photo an angler holds a big insect in her open palms. Every trout here goes back to the water: we release every trout we land, all season, even though Aysén's rules allow anglers to keep a limited number of fish on rivers between December 1 and February 28.

A large dark insect with long legs and antennae rests in the open palms of an angler in a wide-brim hat and sunglasses, a grassy valley and mountains behind, Coyhaique, Chilean Patagonia — A big insect, up close.

An angler in a cap bends over clear river water and gently releases a spotted trout, a landing net in the foreground, Coyhaique, Chilean Patagonia — Back to the water.

How do you book an All Inclusive week out of Coyhaique?

Start with a conversation, then the booking page. Cindy and July did the first part: they stopped at our stand at the Denver Fly Fishing Show in February 2025 and we talked for a couple of hours. Both of them booked, and they fished with us in January 2026, eleven months later.

Today the first step is our booking page: pick your dates, up to two anglers per date, one group at a time. Our season is October 12 - April 30, and January and February dates are the first to go. What the All Inclusive costs, and what is not in it, is in what a fly fishing trip to Chilean Patagonia costs. How you get from the US to Coyhaique is in getting to Coyhaique.

Prefer one day first? Another pair of clients fished a second Full Day on Lago Azul.