TOUGH NEGOTIATOR
Two anglers with Patagonia River Guides fish a braided piece of water in peak austral summer. Terrestrial fishing small Patagonian water on a relatively windless day in Argentina is quite a contrast to a January afternoon in Idaho. Photo: Nick Price
“Jon Hsia almost called it a day about 15 minutes before we hit the boat ramp to wait for our Uber shuttle in Minneapolis. Instead, he tied on one of his Game Changer flies and hooked into this battle-scarred smallmouth. It was blind in one eye, built like a tank and flexing its fins because we tickled its belly. I can never get enough of these Mississippi River smallies.” Photo: Justin Carfagnini
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