Yan Kee Way Lodge Pre-Trip Information

Rates: 7 nights/3 full days fishing and 3 full days adventure touring is $3,100 per person (double occupancy)
Included: Lodging, meals, house cocktails, guides, fishing licenses, all airport transfers, and ground transportation to and from the fishing locations.
Not included: Commercial air travel, specialty liquor and fine wines, phone calls, faxes, and tips for guides and staff.

Fishing Equipment

Sinking Lines

There is one item of fly-fishing gear that you must bring: Fly line with a fast-sinking tip. Many of your casts when fishing wet flies will be made into deep, fast moving water. That is where you will catch most fish, especially larger fish. This is not to say that when fishing dry flies you will not catch large fish, as we catch many big rainbow and browns on surface flies. However, your odds of catching a large fish are much higher while fishing wet flies down deep.

Fast-sinking tip lines are made by several companies. Cortland calls theirs “Quick Descent.” It has a 24-foot sinking head followed by a tapered four to six foot floating section, backed up with a small diameter running line. Orvis calls theirs “Depth Charge.” Theirs has a 30-foot fast sinking tip, with a 70-foot small diameter running line. Scientific Angers calls theirs “Wet Tip.”

Whichever one you choose, it needs to be around 250 grain in weight and it needs to sink at a rate from 4—-51/2 inches per second. Of course the fly-line you purchase must correspond to the rod weight you will be using.

Floating Lines

You will also need a floating line sized to your rod. Bring a dry fly line that you have found best suited to your casting abilities, comfort level and preferences.

Rods

We recommend rods ranging from #5 to #7 weights. We use #5 weight, 9 foot rods, for dry flies ands nymphs and #6 or #7 weights, also 9 feet in length, for streamers and wet flies. Each rod should be set up with the appropriate lines specified for that rod length and weight. We also recommend an extra spool for your reel with your floating line on one spool and your sinking line on the other. This allows fast changeovers.

Flies

The following chart identifies the flies we recommend that you bring with you. Our guides will also provide you with some of the local patterns that we use during specific times of the season. For fishing at Yan Kee Way Lodge we recommend that you bring a fly assortment with a distribution comprised of 70% wet flies, 10% dry, 10% nymphs and 10% midges and terrestrials. Don't worry about loosing your best bugs. Our guides will be pleased to tie more flies for you during your stay with us.

DRY FLIES
- Adams - #12-16
- Blue-winged olives - #14-18
- Pale Morning Duns, Sulphurs - #14-18
- Para Duns - # 14-18
- Light Cahill - #12-16
- Humpy (yellow, black) - #10-14
- Elk hair caddis (tan, cream to yellow, rust) - #08-10
- Stimulator (yellow, orange under body) - #06-10
- Royal Wulf - # 10-14
- Black Gnat - #12-16
WET FLIES
- Woolly Bugger - #02-04 (dark green olive, black with black tail & hackles and different colors some with flash in tails - weighted)
- Hornberg - # 08-10
- Spruce fly (weighted) - #04-06
- Sculpins (green, gray, black, yellow, - weighted) - # 04 - 06
- Marabou Muddler (yellow, brown, white - weighted) - #04-08
- Leech Patterns (brown, yellow) - # 02-04
- Mouse Pattern (with tail, for big browns)
NYMPHS
- Hares ear (weighted ) - #12-16
- Hares flash back (weighted ) - #12-16
- Pheasant Tail (weighted ) - #14-18
- Scuds (weighted olive & gray ) - #14-18
MIDGES & TERRESTRIALS
- Midge pupa (olive, black ) - #18-22
- Gnat - #16-20
- Ants (Black ) - #16-18
- Beetles (Black or iridescent) - #14-18
- Spider (Rubber legs ) - #14-16

Equipment Rental

We have equipment available for those in your party who do not have their own equipment or for those who choose not to bring their equipment. We use Sage fly rods and Sage reels, with the appropriate fly lines. Should you wish to rent a rod and reel you must let us know, in advance, so that we may reserve one for you.

Sage VPS 6 weight 9 foot with sage reel and Scientific Angler's Express Wet Tip IV sink tip or floating line: $60 per day / $150 per week

Stocking foot Waders and wading shoes: $20 per day / $50 per week

Clothing and Personal Items for Fishing Expeditions

To assure your comfort on the water, we recommend that you bring the following minimum clothing:

a quality hooded rain jacket
warm sweater or pullover (such as a Synchilla product)
weight Capilene or polypropylene undershirt
medium weight Capilene or polypropylene long underwear pants
wool or polypropylene socks
fishing hat
small day pack
polarized sunglasses
sunscreen
camera and film with small zip lock bags to protect your camera
flashlight
personal medication
small water bottle

Food and Drink

All meals are included in your expedition package price.

Breakfast: Served at 7am and you will have a large selection of items from which to choose including fresh fruits, cereals, bacon, pancakes, eggs the way you like them, etc.
Lunch: Packed to your order and served on the river, wine or beer is included.
Dinner: Served at a time convenient to you, in our 100-seat Latitude 42º restaurant. Our restaurant is open until 11pm. Once seated you may order anything you desire from the menu; including specials of the day. One bottle of Chateau Los Boldos Latitude 42º house wine is included, per two persons, with your meal. You will have the choice of a Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Merlot, or Cabernet Sauvignon. Latitude 42º restaurant is known to have one of the best wine lists in Chile, boasting over 350 labels from over 50 different Chilean vineyards. Our extensive cellar of Chilean wines includes reserve labels not available in other restaurants or stores. Take advantage of this opportunity, as you will not be around as many excellent Chilean wines until you visit us again. These wines are, of course, not included in your expedition package.

Items Not Included

Below are listed a number of the items not included in your expedition package price.

Entry Fee: Chile requires you pay a $65 one-time cash entry fee in USD upon arrival at the Santiago Airport.
Excess Luggage: You are allowed 20 Kilos (44 lbs.) of luggage for in-county flights. If you are through ticketed from your destination to Puerto Montt and return, your International flight fares cover all of the baggage you boarded with at your point of departure. Other flights within Chile are subject to this weight policy and you will be charged per kilo for baggage weight exceeding 20 Kilos.
Laundry: We have full laundry service available, clothes left with the maid service will be washed and returned within 24 hours.
Bar: Bar drinks are not included in your expedition package and they will be charged to your room to be paid at the end of the week.
Phone Bills: All rooms are equipped with phones and have direct dial capabilities for local, long distance and international calls. You may use your long distance calling card or pay the hotel rate for long distance calls.
Internet Service: We have Internet service in our reception lounge. The first 15 minutes per day are at no cost to you. Subsequent minutes are at your expense.
Souvenirs: You will have the opportunity to buy gifts to take home.
Tips: Not included in your package price. We suggest that your tips be given to the head guide or receptionist at the end of your stay in an envelope that will be provided. Your tip will be disbursed among the guides, maids, waiters, drivers and other “behind the scenes” personnel that have provided services for your stay. We also encourage that you make specific mention of anyone that you feel has done outstanding job for you. The decision to provide a tip is entirely up to the client. Those who provide tips generally leave an amount that equates to 10% to 15% of their total package price.
Local currency: The local currency is the Chilean peso. The exchange rate per U.S. dollar has fluctuated between 560 to 600 pesos during the last 12 months, maintaining an average around 580 pesos per U.S. dollar. If you require pesos, we can arrange to exchange dollars for you.