El Bolson has another National Park, Los Pueblo, close by - only a 45 minute bus ride from town that is supposed to have decent fishing so we checked it out. It is a very laid back town - a bit hippie - that has great food and even better microbrews. After getting settled and doing some laundry we explored the town and found the best Empanada place we have been to yet. We ate 6 between us and then went immediately back and got 13 more; they were unreal. The next day we ventured to the park and did some fishing. Ben got a couple bites and we saw some people catching some fish on a spin rod, but we never landed anything. But the scenery is nice, we had lunch on the river bank, and picked some wild blackberries before taking the bus back to town. We ate at a place called Jauja that had the best rabbit I have ever had - braised in a stout beer and Ben naturally got a steak. Since ice cream is so big here we decided to get some fresh vanilla to put our blackberries over for desert - a great meal overall.
The next day we went back to fish further up the river. We could see a huge pool of fish feeding but could never get our rods far enough out to them. Ben finally waded out to a small sandbed and tried catching them with both the fly and the spin rod, almost dunking his waders in the process. Still no luck so we moved on. By mid afternoon, Ben had to have another try at that pool and crossed the river to try the other side. Still no luck - the river beat us. So we headed back to town to eat more good food and try more microbrews. Tomorrow we are heading further north to try and actually catch some fish!
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