Patagonia: Angler Walkabout Series - Book 2

By MR Julian Wicksteed

Book Overview

Prepare to hook into the ultimate off-the-grid adventure with PATAGONIA, the thrilling South American installment in Julian Wicksteed's acclaimed Angler Walkabout Series.
Equal parts raw hitchhiking travelogue and fly-fishing obsession, this memoir takes you on a wild, thumb-guided trek through the wind-scoured highways and jagged peaks of South America's most legendary frontier. With nothing but a backpack, a fly rod, and an unstoppable thirst for discovery, Wicksteed battles ferocious elements, navigates the hospitality of eccentric locals, and casts into untouched, glacial waters teeming with monster trout. Strap in for a high-stakes journey where the next ride is always a mystery, and the next cast could land the fish of a lifetime.

Julian Wicksteed's hitchhiking and trout and salmon fly fishing adventure exploring the southern and northern extremities of the American continents begins in Patagonia - the southern tip of South America. With five months of hitchhiking, camping and fly fishing ahead of him; his adventure starts in Argentina's town of Bariloche and meanders south along the Andes mountains towards Ihla Tierra Del Fuego, the southernmost extremity of the Americas. Passing river after river and lake after lake, the fly fishing is exceptional and he catches some of the largest trout he has ever come across. He then returns north on Chile's southernmost road, the Carratera Austral, where the breathtaking Patagonian scenery continues to provide a backdrop for interesting dialog with the local rural people (and stray dogs) met along 'the road less travelled' - not to mention fly fishing for trout and salmon that is second to none. Published by ANGLER WALKABOUT Publications. It is requested by author & publisher that this book is not resold on Amazon.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1492128260
• ISBN13: 9781492128267
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 442 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"