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Río Futaleufú

Type
Freestone river, Chubut, Argentina
Season
Oct–Jun
Where the season comes from

FUTALEUFU o GRANDE (Río): PN Los Alerces - Chubut: Permitidas todas las modalidades. Habilitar la pesca a partir de 1° de octubre con devolución obligatoria hasta el comienzo de temporada general. Habilitada la pesca hasta el 30/06/2027

Our translation: FUTALEUFU or GRANDE (river): Los Alerces NP - Chubut: all methods allowed. Fishing opens from 1 October with mandatory release until the general season starts. Fishing allowed until 30/06/2027

Set for this water by name.

Exceptions on the page:

  • FUTALEUFU O GRANDE (Río) - PN Los Alerces - Prohibida la navegación. Pesca habilitada desde el 01/11/2026 al 30/6/2027 inclusive.
    Our translation: FUTALEUFU or GRANDE (river) - Los Alerces NP - Navigation prohibited. Fishing open from 01/11/2026 to 30/6/2027 inclusive (park section).

Reglamento de Pesca Deportiva Continental Patagónico 2026/2027 (Chubut, Neuquén, Río Negro, Parques Nacionales del Sur)
Comisión Consultiva de Pesca Continental Patagónica (Chubut, Neuquén, Río Negro and Parques Nacionales) · checked 2026-11-04. Dates change each season: confirm them there.

Live gauges
None listed
Listed by
1 authoritative list
Guides
1 name it
Shops
None listed

Today on Río Futaleufú

No live reading
Why there is no reading

No provider we read publishes a machine-readable feed on this water. We show no number rather than a guessed one.

Regulations & lists Guides & shops

The turquoise Futaleufú running between forested mountain slopes
Photo credit

The Futaleufú a few kilometres below the Argentine border, on the Chilean side. Photo: Elvis Boaventura, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

More about Río Futaleufú

The Río Futaleufú is a freestone river in Chubut, Argentina. Argentina's Instituto Nacional del Agua (INA) runs a Red Hidrológica Nacional gauge on it, station Futaleufú - Puesto Rios. This page covers the Argentine Futaleufú, from below the Amutui Quimei reservoir to the Chilean border at Trevelin. Also called Río Grande (Chubut).

Where to fish

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Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish. Most waters here need a rod licence or permit and often a beat booking or club ticket; the listing pages under Regulations say which.

Nothing on this page grants or implies access.

Restrooms near Río Futaleufú

Restrooms near Río Futaleufú

Restrooms within 2 miles of Río Futaleufú in a straight line, nearest first, with what anglers found when they went. The map says a restroom is there, not whether it is clean or open today.

No restroom mapped within 2 mi yet — add one you know.

Campgrounds, fishing access sites and boat ramps often have one that isn't on the map yet.

Restroom locations and map details: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License, read Oct 24, 2026. Ratings, answers and photos are members' own; who shared them is never shown, and every photo is reviewed before it appears. Visits older than 18 months no longer count. Distances are straight-line miles, not driving. Nothing here grants access to private land. Community guidelines.

More water near Río Futaleufú (6)

Sources OpenStreetMap via Nominatim (position)Overture Maps places (guide map points)

Where the map point comes from

Position: the OpenStreetMap feature “Río Futaleufú” (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), found with Nominatim; a point on or near the named feature, approximate.

We hold no access map for Chubut yet.

The map shows shops and guides nearby that publish a street address on their own website. Everyone else is in the lists below.

Regulations and official lists

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Each line is an official list that names this water. Those pages are the authority on seasons, licences, limits and closures for each beat or reach; read them before you go.

Guides and shops near Río Futaleufú

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Listings are unclaimed: confirm licensing, rates, dates and hours directly.

1 guide name it on their website

Guides

All Chubut guides

Shops nearby

No shop nearby yet.

All Chubut shops

How these are chosen

Guides whose own website names this water come first, nearest first. After them, fly-focused guides within 60 km whose website does not name it. Distances are straight-line.

Shops whose website names this water first, then fly shops within 100 km when the shop's website gives its location.

Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories.

Species

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The species the agency lists here; presence varies by reach and season.

Se permite el sacrificio de 2 (dos) ejemplares de Salmón del Pacífico mayores de 50 cm. Our translation: Harvest of 2 Pacific salmon over 50 cm is allowed.

Listed as: Salmón del Pacífico.

Listed by the agency

  • Pacific salmon

Gear checklist

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A steelhead and salmon fly-fishing checklist: a switch or spey rod (or 9′6″ single-hand) in 7–8 weight, Skagit lines and sink tips, swing flies, studded boots and cold-weather layers, with estimated prices and where to buy.

Steelhead & salmon

11′–13′6″ two-hand rod, 7–8 weight, Skagit head + sink tips · Steelhead and Pacific salmon

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Videos for this water (5)

Watch: reading a trout stream

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Seams, shelves and soft water, shown on real rivers.

Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.

  • How I Learned to Read Water (Fly Fishing)Embedded from YouTube · Mad River Outfitters · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
  • How To Read The Water with Tom RosenbauerEmbedded from YouTube · The New Fly Fisher · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
  • Reading the Water to Successfully Locate TroutEmbedded from YouTube · Orvis Guide to Fly Fishing · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube

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Watch: nymphing basics

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Indicator rigs, depth and detecting the take.

Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.

  • 90° Nymph RigEmbedded from YouTube · Huge Fly Fisherman · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
  • Casting with an Indicator & Better Nymphing TechniquesEmbedded from YouTube · The New Fly Fisher · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube

Not sponsored All videos on nymphing

Fish Tales

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Trip stories anglers chose to share publicly and tagged with Río Futaleufú.

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Sources for this page

Not a statement of access, fish presence or conditions.

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All 4 sources and dates

A water page organises discovery. It does not assert public access, legal access, current fish presence, guide availability or fishing conditions.

Live readings come from the named provider when the page is shown, under the licence shown on each card. Designations, species and the flagship note link to the agency or body that publishes them; this page copies only the list wording and the species names. Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories. Position: the OpenStreetMap feature “Río Futaleufú” (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), found with Nominatim; a point on or near the named feature, approximate. Water type is our own classification.