Stillwater · Volcanic Glacial · Los Lagos, CL

Lago Todos los Santos

Lago Todos los Santos — Don Taufik (boat moored on the shores of Lago Todos los Santos)

Locals call it the Lake of the Emerald Waters, and the name undersells it — glacial melt off Tronador and the surrounding volcanoes gives Todos los Santos an improbable, almost lit-from-within turquoise, framed by dense temperate rainforest with barely a building in sight.

Fair · Trout
Sculpin · 12-14
A respectable few hours, if you choose your moments
Good wave on — drift country. A useful wave. Work the productive shore.
49% confidence
limited data

Lago Todos los Santos is often best in spring through autumn.

What moved it
  • WindE 7 km/hLight breeze · Gusts to 24 km/h
Today's fly
Sculpin
Sculpin12-14
Proven pattern for this period
Conditions on the water
Estimate
Wind
Light breeze · Gusts to 24 km/h
E 7 km/h
N
E
from the east
WaveRipple
Water temp10.5°C
Air temp12°C
CloudOvercast
Pressure1016 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm

No gauge on this water — readings are regional estimates from weather, not a live gauge.

How to fish it · for Trout
When
No strong hatch signals at the moment — general searching tactics should work best. The ripple is helpful — fish should move onto the feed and a slow-drifted team or single wet will cover water well.
Where
Set up a broadside drift and cover the water systematically. Work a bushy searching pattern on the bob and drop a contrasting nymph on the point. When no hatch is visible, a buzzer team — black stripped quill on the point, attractor or pearl-rib on the top dropper — is the default starting point on any UK stillwater.
The plan
Plan A

Set up a broadside drift and cover the water systematically. Work a bushy searching pattern on the bob and drop a contrasting nymph on the point. When no hatch is visible, a buzzer team — black stripped quill on the point, attractor or pearl-rib on the top dropper — is the default starting point on any UK stillwater.

Plan B

If the main plan is not working, switch to a smaller, more imitative pattern fished slower and deeper. A change of drift angle can also make a difference.

Watch for

Keep an eye on changing conditions — wind shifts and cloud breaks can trigger short feeding spells.

Boat — drift

A gentle ripple is ideal for drifting — broadside drift covering the wind lanes should be productive.

Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

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Through the year
0–3 scale · October highlighted
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Claret DunHatch
2
3
2
Heather FlyHatch
2
2
Black MidgeHatch
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
Murrough (Great Red Sedge)Hatch
1
2
1

Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.

Ranked for today
Trout fly box
Permits & access
Permit required — see local rules.
  • Argentine Patagonian continental permit (or Chilean Sernapesca licence) required
  • Rules vary by province, National Park and reach — confirm annexes before fishing.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Condition match
73%
Cloud50%
Wind100%
Temp60%

A good match for Lago Todos los Santos — most conditions are close to what it fishes best in.

Other water nearby · 3
Río Petrohué
< 1 km
0
Brown trout · Chinook salmon · Rainbow trout
Río Puelo
57 km
0
Brown trout · Chinook salmon · Rainbow trout
Lago Llanquihue
37 km
Brown trout · Chinook salmon · Rainbow trout
Gallery · 2
  1. Lago Todos los Santos — Don Taufik (boat moored on the shores of Lago Todos los Santos)
    Don Taufik (boat moored on the shores of Lago Todos los Santos)
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

Locals call it the Lake of the Emerald Waters, and the name undersells it — glacial melt off Tronador and the surrounding volcanoes gives Todos los Santos an improbable, almost lit-from-within turquoise, framed by dense temperate rainforest with barely a building in sight. It sits inside Vicente Pérez Rosales National Park and is reached mostly by boat from the Petrohué landing, which keeps pressure low and the shoreline wild. Brown and rainbow trout cruise the drop-offs and river mouths, and a streamer stripped past a sunken log here can produce a fish that makes the whole trip. Wind builds through the afternoon on open water, so mornings tend to fish calmer and safer than the middle of the day.

  • Lake
  • Volcanic glacial
Why this score
  • Wind conditions (ripple) closely match what this water fishes best in.
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