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[cool][font "Poor Richard"][green][size 3]Every fly fisherman has heard of Patagonia. A region covering parts of Chile and Argentina. But do you know whay the actually name means?
Patagonia. Named by Magellan, in 1520 when his fleet (which was the first to sail round the world) stopped over at San Julian Bay on the Patagonian Atlantic coast to spend the winter. The word comes from the name that they gave the native Tehuelches: PATAGONES. Which means:
"People with Big feet " The word derives from PATACHI due to the enormous size of their feet. Which probably seemed larger than they actually were, due to the fur boots that they wore. The native Tehuelche Indians seemed gigantic to the small sized sixteenth century Europeans. Or possibly Big Foot!
I guess that the fish are kind of big that is probably the big attraction. Are your bags packed & ready to go?
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I lived in Argentina and spent about 1.5 years in Patagonia - and yes the fishing was fantastic ! So were the skiing, hiking, camping, moutaineering, climbing, scenery, food etc.

To answer your questions, in a word - YES, I knew what it meant, and if you're headed that way, have room, need a guide or translator, my bags are packed !
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[font "Poor Richard"][green][size 3]Thanks for the feed back Fishhound. By the way where is Hound Town located????? Anyone else been to Patagonia?[/size][/green][/font]
[font "Poor Richard"][#008000][size 3]Saw a special last night on NG about the search of Big Foot in the Patgonia region. Rather interesting about the different theories and actual findings.[/size][/#008000][/font]
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I'd love to get down there. I'm hoping my father-in-law will take me as a translator

Trent
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