...and the beat goes on! Here another cover plus some more in the line. The famous Chasing Silver Magazine is showing the flank of a Rio Gallegos seatrout illuminated by the last rays of light. 

Photo: Stephan Gian Dombaj 2009

Our last bunch of cover-publications was just a few weeks ago - check them out:

http://www.flyfishingnation.de/2012/03/16/bonefish-tarpon-trust-cover/

Ladies and Gentlemen, Guerillos and Followers of this page!

I am more than stoked to announce another covershot! No. 26 already this year, but this one is something special. We care about what we love and that's why we are supplying organizations like the Bonefish and Tarpon Trust with an unlimited amount of images. Conservation is king... check them out:

www.tarbone.org

It is week number four here in Las Buitreras and we are facing the peak of the toughest drought that this area has seen in 15 years, which makes for inconvenient circumstances to swing some fur for chrome… circumstances that require a bunch of restless souls, firm believers, die hard fishermen and women or simply a group of Vikings! The dusty line at the horizon tells me that they are about to arrive. You better watch out Seatrout, ’cause these Vikings have traded their axes and speers for rods and reels…

As first leaders and flies hurtled unrecognized past their target, it was time to re-think. Flies need to be small and fast during daytime but big and hefty in the early and late hours. The norwegian double team and long term regulars, Bent and Sten, turned the adverse conditions to their advantage. Whilst Stan fished his way through pools, providing the top rod, it was Bent who backed him up with a personal average of 12 ½ lb. Well done guys! Performing under tough conditions shows character.

Per Frier, a well known face amongst chrome camps around the globe and one of our dearest guests from the very first year on, has seen this water in every shape. His extensive knowledge of our section allows him to keep the faith and fish though  tough conditions. Another average over 10lb. at the end of the week for him. Veteran status confirmed! Bring some more water next year.

If you wonder why Patrik Johannson’s images are displayed in this weeks report, I can assure you, everything is alright. Before he heads up to the northern part of Argentina to give those Golden Dorados in our 3^rd destination a hard time, he stopped by for another week on the Rio. The legendary pyjama will be displayed for public audience from 13-15 o’clock – every siesta!

First-timers Andreas and Tony were here seeking solitude without loneliness, as Mel Krieger used to say. Tony who happens to be the Loop Competition winner, has witnessed the incredible power of Loop’s field test targets. It’s good to know that the tackle has been tested under the most rugged and spectacular proving ground that a fly angler could imagine.

Frenetically trying to keep up with his son Markus, it was Thomas Hjelm who had finally caught the biggest fish of the week. A spanking fresh 14lb hen out of C-Pool! All the the hard work eventually paid off. Of course he’s also taking credit (at least 50%) in both of his son’s 12lb and 13lb fish that Markus had landed at the beginning of the week.  Stoked by this impression, Thomas went on to Jurassic to show those rugby Rainbows a thing or two.  Chrome, the only aphrodisiac that works everytime.

Well, is there any better way than finishing the week with a river-side Asado (Argentine BBQ) at one of our most productive pools, El Henrik? Two crucified lambs over an open fire, fine vino tinto, some bottles of river cooled beer and good company. If that’s not viking style, I don’t know what is…

Water

The miraculous Rio Gallegos watershed in all its beloved structural splendor can be both a curse and a blessing. First of all, the idea of catching a sea-run brown trout or seatrout up to 28lb+ on a single handed floating or intermediate line is a prolific weed; once planted it is hard to eradicate.  One only needs to speak with Rio Gallegos regulars who come back time and time again. Due to the overall quite shallow structure, the Rio Gallegos offers a vast variety of pools, runs, cuttbanks, ripples, deep and slow streches etc. – on the other hand it is vulnerable to  low water. The main factor affecting low water conditions is the water temperature, which can rise up to 18 degrees celsius.  High temps put the fish in the redds down and causes fish on the run to reverse migration towards the cooler water of the estuary or coastline.  The driest january since more than a decade and we were still catching cracking fresh fish. 100% of the fish were chrome – every single one of them! Yet again, Las Buitreras turns out to be the top location, even under very though conditions.

Stephan Dombaj

Camp Manager - Las Buitreras

• Top Rod: Sten Ruud (6)
• Biggest Fish: Thomas Hjelm (14lb hen – C-Pool)
• Top Fly: Copper John
• Top Pool: C-Pool
• Fish Over 10lb: 11
• Silver Fish: 100%
• Average Weight: 9,7lb.

Guerrillos, your man Esteban is flying high again. Sitting in an airplane being upset that KLM cityhoppers are obviously built for dwarfs and migets, I am listening to a very convenient mixtape that chills me down. Almost missed my flight because I was confusing the time by one hour. Arrived at the desk 4 minutes before they shut it down, I just dropped my luggage full of lines and shit, swallowed my ugly plastic tuna sandwich down in desperate needs of some good old day tunes. Itunes was one reason for my delay, thanks Apple. Blaming an international company for my delay – pretty smart. I've heard even worse conspiracy theories, so take it or leave it. What a pitty that I haven't got the time for real fishing in Korea. If I get some time to sneak out for some sick fly action I will let you guys know. Well, the actuall reason for this journey is nothing less than redefining the soul of flyfishing with my man Tomas Ögren – new products ahead and the last shape is yet to be carved. Restless 10 hours later I found myself at Incheon Airport's arrival hall waiting for Tomas. I look like a giant fuck-up. Giant because of my 2Meter height and fuck-up because my attempted sleep-over had been replaced by 4 movies and a couple liters of cola... the red glasses cover it up a bit. The people here are treating us way too polite, I am both impressed and a little down that my european tainted  and rude cultural background seems to be pretty lost here...

I am a little bit lost for words. Just found these two preview shots from the Skinny Water Cultures Factory on our facebook wall and well, not much left to say besides: Fucking, OMG! This stuff is just pure awesomeness! Vince, Chase and the entire SWC Crew - we owe you some heavyweight chrome!

Previewshots by Vince from SWC

H2o Magazine (It/Eng) Italy - Summer Issue 2011

A bilingual publication about fly fishing Jurassic Lake (Argentina)

Featuring: Solid Adventures, Whistler Flyfishing, Loop Tackle Design and Austrian Outdoor Sports

Story (english) and images by Stephan Gian Dombaj

Covershot by Stephan Gian Dombaj 2010

Translation into Italiano - H2o (Giorgio Cavatori)

Releasedate: Late June 2011

Pages: 10 + 1 (Cover)

Hand in hand with another hardcopy media publication we have got the chance for some free advertisement pages. Here are the final samples and yet we don't know which one to choose. Help appreciated...

Photo, Design & Postproduction: Stephan Gian Dombaj 2011

The Fly Fishing Nation is cutting the edge again. The demand for high quality imaging in both video and stills is breaking down the genre's wall! For the first time we were participating in a cultural documentation about the history of the adriatic pearl: Dubrovnik/Croatia. Focusing on the oldest pharmacy in Central-Europe we have been not only part of the filming crew but also the field supervisors, destination scouts and of course contributors liaison agents for that project. The entire project was based on the equipment-stock of the FFN. We came down with a couple of pelicases equipped with UW-housing, several prime lenses, couple Canon bodies, lightning equipment from Elinchrom (CH) etc... 

Of course, we are fish heads by heart - that's why we took some time off to hunt some mullet & trout. Here are some behind the scene shots!

The HD-Film, coming soon - stay tuned, we will upload it here too!

Behind the scenes footage by 

Stephan Gian Dombaj / 2011

Rabia Maddah / 2011

OLD SCHOOL:

Good news for all long-term FFN addicts out there. We found an appropriate way to imbed the old material from our blog page into our new site without linking etc. The imbedded material doesn't blend it 100 percently but it's nice enough to read thru. Right now we are working on that!

Take a look at the first imbedded once:

Gray Ghost Of The Flats

NEW SCHOOL:

Julian and Matthias were out for adiposed adventures - they got something to say:

Slovenian Bash 2K11

Paulo and Marvin teamed up for a decent season-start COE bash:

COE - Season Start

COMING SOON:

Tobias and Christian were digging for chrome at the south coast of Sweden!

Water was quite cold and the wind was blowing from the wrong directions. Christian Schmadtke and Tobias Spieler were fishing Swedish south coast for seatrout. Because of the low water temperature the fishes didn´t chase in groups as usual. Only a few little groups and mostly individual fishes were around. It was their first journey to that part of the Baltic coastline and they can say: "It wasn´t the last one!" Stay tuned for the entire story about the fishing, their catches and impressions of their Sweden trip.

"We are proud to announce that the brand new E-Magazine "Scale" teams up with our syndicate! Editor in chief, Hauke Barz - formerly known as the EIC. of the German "Hook-Magazine", continues the blooming cooperation we have had in the past. The reliable source for untamed guerrilla action, "The Fly Fishing Nation" will contribute to that bilingual (German/English) project from the very first issue, coming out in June 2K11. Stay tuned for the illest cooperation in viral media on the German-speaking market ever since!"

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Hola Guerrillos!

The 2nd Issue of the Loop magazine is finally online. Check it out:

http://loop-magazine.com/issue_1

Featured Photographers Ynge Ask / Scanout.com (Cascapedia) & Stephan Dombaj / FFN (Cuba) are sharing some stunning inside views from a pro staffers perspective! Don't forget to "like" it!

Hola Guerrillos! 

Since we got a lot of feedback on our freebie at the EWF fair we decided to create a new section for "FFN Fanware" starting with high res widescreen wallpapers with some cool shots from around the globe - for your daily dose of flyfishing at your desk. This section will be frequently updated - stay tuned.

There we go:

FREE WALLPAPERS

Stay wild,

Esteban

In cooperation with Austrian Outdoor Sports we are proud to present you an exclusive collection of freebie-prints for FlyFishingNation Fans at the EWF Fair in Munich next weekend! Come visit us at the FFN Booth on the 2nd floor and get your poster. Limited offer...

Our supporter "Austrian Outdoor Sports" is giving away a couple hundred 20 € voucher for their extensive webshop: www.aos.cc - get your FlyFishingNation voucher at our booth!!!

See you there!