Steelhead & salmon
11′–13′6″ two-hand rod, 7–8 weight, Skagit head + sink tips · Steelhead and Pacific salmon
Open the checklistRío Manso
- Type
- Freestone river, Los Lagos, Chile
- Season
- Nov–May
Where the season comes from
Cuenca del río Puelo y río Rahue, incluyendo los ríos y arroyos afluentes y efluentes, región de Los Lagos. Del segundo viernes de noviembre al 31 de mayo del año siguiente
Our translation: Puelo river basin and Rahue river, including tributary and outflowing rivers and streams, Los Lagos region: from the second Friday of November to 31 May of the following year
Set for the Puelo basin. Season runs to 31 May; trout are catch-and-release.
Exceptions on the page:
Lagos Llanquihue, Rupanco, Puyehue. Ríos Maullín, Rahue, Pilmaiquén y Puelo, sector bajo, medio y alto, desde el sector los Hitos (lago Inferior) hasta la desembocadura del estuario Reloncaví, inlcuyendo los ríos Ventisquero, Manso, Traidor y Puelo Chico, exceptuando ríos y arroyos afluentes y efluentes, región de Los Lagos. Del primer viernes de septiembre al segundo jueves de noviembre
Our translation: Lakes Llanquihue, Rupanco, Puyehue. Rivers Maullín, Rahue, Pilmaiquén and Puelo (lower, middle and upper sector, from the Los Hitos sector (lago Inferior) to the mouth at the Reloncaví estuary, including the Ventisquero, Manso, Traidor and Puelo Chico rivers), excluding tributary and outflowing rivers and streams, Los Lagos region: from the first Friday of September to the second Thursday of November (mandatory catch and release)
Medidas de administración de pesca recreativa en Chile 2026-2027 (PDF, v20261104)
SERNAPESCA · checked 2026-11-05. Dates change each season: confirm them there. - Live gauges
- None listed
- Listed by
- 1 authoritative list
- Guides
- None listed
- Shops
- None listed
Today on Río Manso
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.
More about Río Manso
The Río Manso is a freestone river in Los Lagos, Chile. Chile's National Fisheries and Aquaculture Service (SERNAPESCA) names it in its recreational-fishing measures for 2026-2027. The Chilean Río Manso, tributary of the Puelo (Cochamó, Los Lagos); not the Argentine Manso upstream.
Where to fish
About this
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 Manso
Restrooms near Río Manso
Restrooms within 2 miles of Río Manso 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 Manso (6)
- Río PetrohuéLos Lagos · Freestone river
- Lago LlanquihueLos Lagos · Lake or reservoir
- Lago YelchoLos Lagos · Lake or reservoir
- Río FutaleufúLos Lagos · Freestone river
- Río MaullínLos Lagos · Freestone river
- Río PueloLos Lagos · Freestone river
Regulations and official lists
About this
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 Manso
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Listings are unclaimed: confirm licensing, rates, dates and hours directly.
Guides
No guide within 60 km yet.
Shops nearby
No shop nearby yet.
Species
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The species the agency lists for the Puelo river basin, which takes in this water; presence varies by reach and season.
Cuenca del río Puelo y río Rahue, incluyendo los ríos y arroyos afluentes y efluentes, región de Los Lagos. … Captura y retención de 1 ejemplar de salmón salar, salmón coho o salmón chinook.
Our translation: Puelo river basin and Rahue river, including tributary and outflowing rivers and streams, Los Lagos region … One Atlantic salmon (salmón salar), coho salmon or Chinook salmon may be caught and kept.
Listed as: salmón salar, salmón coho, salmón chinook.
Listed by the agency for the Puelo river basin
- Atlantic salmon
- Coho salmon
- Chinook salmon
Fish these in the US
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Matched on the fish the agencies list for both waters first, then the same water type, an official designation or flagship listing on both, and a similar mapped size where USGS hydrography covers both.
At most two waters per country. A shared fish is a listing, not a promise: presence varies by reach and season.
Like the Río Manso? Same fish, US waters.
Featured sport-fishing waterPhoto credit
The Rogue Wild and Scenic River, Oregon (BLM). Photo: Bureau of Land Management, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Fly-fishing only
Blue RibbonPhoto credit
The Boardman River in the Brown Bridge Quiet Area, near Traverse City. Photo: Phoenix-Five, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Class 1 trout streamPhoto credit
The Bois Brule River at the County Highway B landing (Winneboujou), Wisconsin. Photo: Kriz420 (Wikimedia Commons user), public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Steelhead / salmon waterRepresentative photo · not Genesee RiverPhoto credit
Oatka Creek at Le Roy, New York, looking north from the Main Street bridge. Photo: Andre Carrotflower, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Genesee River.
Featured sport-fishing waterRepresentative photo · not Clearwater RiverPhoto credit
The Snake River near Oxbow, Oregon, with Oxbow Dam in the far background. Photo: Adumbvoget, public domain, cropped, via Wikimedia Commons Not Clearwater River.
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.
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 Manso.
No stories from here yet.
Sources for this page
Not a statement of access, fish presence or conditions.
All 2 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. No gazetteer we use holds a point for this water, so no distances are shown. Water type is our own classification.