Join us Fall 2025
Cross the Dorado off your bucket list
Join the Reno Fly Shop on a hosted trip to the Upper Parana River and Ibera/ Isoro Wetlands in search of Golden Dorado! Aden Breckner from RFS will host the trip to Argentina with an opening of seven available spots. This unique adventure will provide the opportunity to see multiple habitats Golden Dorado inhabit.
SET Fly Fishing will facilitate every aspect of the trip and assist in coordinating flights. You will fish two of the three available lodges during your trip.
Trip Dates
November 1-8 (allow for 1 day travel on each side)
Trip Schedule
November 1: Fly from Buenos Aires to Corrientes with drive to lodge
November 2-4: Three (3) full day fishing
November 5: Early morning drive to the second lodge (2 hrs). Full day fishing
November 6-7: Two (2) full day fishing
November 8: Drive to Corrientes and fly to Buenos Aires.
Cost
The cost for the trip is $6,340. To secure your spot, a 50% deposit ($3,170) is required. SET Fly Fishing handles all payment and transactions. When you are ready to book, stop by or call the Reno Fly Shop and we will facilitate communication with SET Fly Fishing. The final 50% ($3,170) is required 90 days prior to the trip date. Airfare is not included in trip price. SET will assist you in setting up the proper flights.
Lodge 1:
LA ALONDRA’I
La Alondra’i, is our home base for the Ibera Wetlands. This is a nature reserve, donated by Douglas Tompkins and home of a rewilding project. SET is the only outfitter licensed to fish in the west boundary of the wetlands. As a complement to your stay at La Alondra’i, we have three remote camps located inside this marsh. This allows our guests to fish different waters daily without the need to go in and out of the wetlands every day. You’ll have more time on the water, plus the experience of spending the night in the middle of a nature reserve. This fishery offers plenty of Dorados between 4 – 15 pounds, with the possibility of hooking larger fish. We use almost exclusively surface patterns such as Poppers, Crease Flies, Mice, T-walks etc. These often produce fast and explosive surface strikes.
Lodge 2
THE ITATI LODGE
No one can say they have truly fished for dorado unless they’ve fished the upper Parana River, which is the tail water of the Yacyreta Dam, providing predictable and stable water conditions. This is where you will find the largest dorado in the world.
Our Itati Lodge is located on the banks of this massive stretch of water, comparable only to the Mississippi, with boats located only a few hundred feet from your room. Here you will fish the main and adjacent channels, casting to structures such as sunken trees and rocks in search of a trophy-sized Golden Dorado. Every day you will have chances at dorado raging from 15 – 25 pounds, and every season we catch several 30 pounders. Bigger fish are there as well, with occasional dorados over 40 pounds.
Lodge 3
JETU ́U
Jetu ́u (Casa de Esteros) is our newest lodge, located on the banks of the Isoro wetlands. This lodge offers the opportunity to fish a classic marsh environment created by overflow of the mid-section of the Parana River, not from rain as in the Ibera wetlands. Having access to the Parana River also allows us to fish for numerous other species such as Pacu and Pirata, if the time of the season is right.