ABOUT WUIJOOR LODGE

In the northwest of the province of Tierra del Fuego, about 60 km southwest of the city of Río Grande, “Scikentapen Lodge” is located within the lands of Estancia Laura. The lodge was founded in 2023, using a remodeled ranch house that was built in the 1930s. A privileged place, immersed in the southernmost Patagonia of Argentina, surrounded by rolling foothills with native - Ñire and Lenga – trees, mountains, and valleys created by the course of the Menendez River and the Ona River.

The remote environment where we do our fishing is mainly composed of the Menendez River and a few steppe streams without trees on their banks. This river is home to a large population of Brown and Rainbow trout up to 2kg and the famous anadromous Sea Run Brown Trout up to 12kg. The river water is natural ally clear, greenish in tone. Fishing is very technical, since the river has very short and very deep pools where the trout seeks to pause, without wasting energy. This normally forces us to use short and sinking lines to be able to present our flies in the place where the fish are.

DATES

We have some pre-booked capacity for late February to early March 2025. Please message us to discuss joining our group at Wuijoor Lodge at this time.

Group bookings for Wuijoor Lodge are difficult to obtain for the remainder of the 2024-2025 season, however we may be able to place individuals. Otherwise the next available dates are from November 2025 onwards. Contact us for availability.

GROUP SIZE

Each group is limited to six anglers. If you are a single angler or two anglers coming together, we may be able to accommodate you within our February or November 2025 trips.

WHAT TO EXPECT

Given its characteristics, Wuijoor Lodge offers a variety of fishing situations like very few places can. By housing resident and migratory trout, it allows us to use different equipment and techniques to make catches - from fishing streamers with sinking lines to lighter switch rods in lower summer conditions.

The Menendez River also generates challenges and different situations for us every week since it can be quite variable in its flow and tone of water. When the rains are present, this forces us to put our cunning into play and try different alternatives to connect with these big fish.

The necessary equipment is a 6wt, 8wt or a Switch rod, although due to the river's characteristics it does not require very long casts. Using one-handed rods with Spey techniques or Spey cast lines adapted to a one-handed rod is one of the best options, but still, the river and geography challenges even the most experienced angler.

The fishing intensity is very good. The spectacular anadromous trout "Sea Run Brown Trout" of surprising size and an iridescent brown color that astonishes any lover of fly fishing, can be found from the fourth week of February until the last day of the season, April 15th. The most surprising and gratifying thing is the strength and fight that it gives, resulting in the fish sometimes achieving victory.