Iberá is one of the most important biological regions of Argentina. Ponds, rives, natural channels, islands and wetlands conform this huge ecosystem of more than 6,000 square miles, located at North East Argentina, in Corrientes Province.
This completely wild area encloses a very rich fauna. Some of them are the Marsh Deer (Blastocerus dichotomus), Yacaré or South American Caiman (Caiman Latirostris/ Crocodylus Yacare), Otter (Lutra longicaudis), Capybara (Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris), Howler Monkey (Alloutta caraya), Maned Wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus), Yellow Anaconda (Eunectes notaeus). More than 300 species of birds as herons, storks, cormorants, eagles, ducks, kingfishers, hawks, etc. Plants like the flowering rush, water weeds and water lilies form together actual plant islands, and in spring and summer of the Southern Hemisphere, make wonderful floating fields.
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Casting in Rio Corriente
In order to preserve Iberá, the Government of Corrientes, declared this wildlife sanctuary a Provincial Natural Reserve.
Rainfalls in Iberá are 1,500-2,000 millimeters every year. There’s no rivers that flow to the Iberá ecosystem, its waters born from rains. That characteristic and the sandy bottom are the reasons for its permanent transparence and purity. The water of Iberá flows (mainly) to the South West and forms the Rio Corriente (Corriente River), another great spot of fishing. This beautiful river runs slowly, through all the province during more than 200 kilometers. Finally flows into the big Paraná River.
This incredible region - Iberá and Rio Corriente - is the ultimate kingdom of the dominant predator fish : the Dorado. And the perfect place for any flyfisher that wish to catch the “river tiger”.
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