Fishing near Puerto Cisnes, Aysén

Puerto Cisnes sits on a small bay along the Puyuhuapi Channel at the mouth of the Río Cisnes, in the Aysén region of Chilean Patagonia. The Río Cisnes is the marquee fishery here — roughly 130 km of water flowing east to west from the Andean grasslands to the Pacific fjords, with canyon stretches, wide shingle beaches, and spring-fed lagunas along the way. Brown trout and rainbow trout are the main targets, and closer to the coast chinook salmon also appear in the system. The broader Aysén region is one of Chile's premier fly-fishing destinations, with the Río Simpson, Río Palena, and surrounding lakes and streams all within reach.