On last June 4th, Chile's Puyehue Volcano erupted, after being dormant for fifty years. All events derived from the eruption have been reported from many sources, and forcing the cancellation of hundreds of flights in Argentina, Chile, and as far as Australia and New Zealand.

Although we are concerned about the situation of the inhabitants of the affected areas, like Bariloche and Villa La Angostura, there is little doubt that the region will soon be back to normal. Especially the area of San Martin de los Andes town, which despite the proximity of the event, has not suffered the consequences.

Since its inception, the eruption was characterized by the emission of ash and small pumice stones, depositing the thinner particles and ash in the area around Bariloche and Villa la Angostura, which were covered by more than 20 inches of it. With the action of the westerly winds, the ashes and the fine powder composed of volcanic material are moving beyond Buenos Aires in the east, and Esquel, El Bolson and further south.

 The constantly changing wind direction modifies the position of the ash plume, depositing the fine powder in the north of Bariloche and into the neighboring Neuquen Province. The areas around Junin de los Andes and San Martin de los Andes were slightly affected, dropping just ten millimeters of ash or less.

The reason why the entire area of San Martin is out of the ash plume is that the predominant wind direction is towards the volcano. Nothing could be easier!

Fortunately, it began raining and snowing immediately afterwards in the entire area. The rainfall continued for almost a week and much of the airborne ash decreased rapidly. The eruption still continued, but very weakly. These days began flowing lava, indicating the beginning of the end of the eruption.

To get an idea about what will happen to our environment, rivers and lakes, we have information about recent eruptions, such as Chaiten in 2008, Hudson in 1991, and Puyehue volcano in 1960. These have released material with similar characteristics, and therefore similar results for the environment are expected.

We have been touched by the magic wand: the eruption arrived with the end of the fishing season, with the onset of the rains and snow, to give a rapid process of ash washing.

Through the eyes of our passion and activity, we can guess that we will have an upcoming hassle free fly fishing season. All our infrastructure of services will be available to our guests.

Meanwhile we are still working, providing information and taking new bookings for the 2011-2012 fishing season.

Above you can see, the new satellite image of August 21, which shows the low emission of ashes and the area affected by the plume during the first weeks of the eruption.

Today the conditions have changed, the cities affected by ashfall have recovered slowly. Rain and snow that falls during the winter have resulted in a rapid process of washing.

Rivers and lakes remain clear and transparent, its pure waters continue providing shelter for salmonids, which stay healthy after-spawn.

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