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Two lodges of our own, and one we work with
Córdoba for the birds and the Paraná for the mixed bag and the dorado — both ours. Patagonia for the trout, at a partner house. Two of the three are called Bravo, and that is very nearly the only thing they share.
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Rio Bravo and Bravo Sur are not the same place
It is worth saying plainly, because the names invite the mistake. Rio Bravo sits in the province of Santa Fe, on the Paraná — a warm, wide river where the quarry is duck, dove and perdiz above the water and golden dorado in it. Bravo Sur is some 800 miles south of it, in Neuquén, at the foot of the Andes: cold, clear rivers running off the mountains, and trout on the fly. Different provinces, different seasons, different tackle, different kind of week.
If you want both, they can be run as one trip — the two rivers, one after the other. But choose them for what they are, not because the names rhyme.
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Which one, and when
Everything below is the same information you would get on the phone, laid out so you can compare it in one go.
| Lodge | Sierra Brava | Rio Bravo | Bravo Sur |
|---|---|---|---|
| Where | Northern Córdoba | Santa Fe, on the Paraná | Northern Patagonia |
| Run by | Sierra Brava | Sierra Brava | Stone River Lodge, a partner |
| Airport | Córdoba (COR) 1 hr 15 by road | Santa Fe / Paraná (SFN) 2 hrs by road · 1 hr flight from Buenos Aires | Chapelco, San Martín de los Andes Transfer included |
| Shooting | Dove and pigeon | Duck, dove and perdiz | None |
| Fishing | None | Golden dorado | Trout, on the fly |
| Season | Dove all year Pigeon May to September | Duck May to August Cast & blast August to April | 1 November to 31 May |
| Rooms | 10 doubles, 18 guests | 8 doubles | Four suites, eight rods |
| Best for | Volume, and a group that wants the whole lodge | A mixed week — feather in the morning, dorado after | Anglers who want empty rivers |
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The lodges
Each one, in short
Sierra Brava — Córdoba
A Pony Express staging post from 1874, renovated. Ten rooms, eighteen guests, a gun room of more than a hundred guns, and dove on the wing every month of the year.
Rio Bravo — Santa Fe
Eight rooms above the Paraná, with a fishing dock at the bottom of the garden. Duck from May to August, dove and perdiz alongside it, and golden dorado in the same water.
Bravo Sur — Patagonia (partner lodge)
Four suites and eight rods on the riverbank in northern Patagonia, reached from Chapelco. The Aluminé, the Chimehuín and the Collón Curá, plus private water almost nobody fishes. Run by Stone River Lodge, who we work with.
Not sure which
Tell us the week you have, and we will tell you where to spend it
Dates decide most of it. Duck only flights from May to August; the trout rivers open in November. Give us the month and the rest is straightforward.