A fish tail in Chilean Patagonia

So there I was in patagoochie,  camping out and just killing time basically.  My grub was running low so I decided to try my hand at a little primitive tankara fishing. Turns out I didn't have any fishing gear. Only a Gill net. Anyhow, I made a hook from a safety pin and used some artificial sinew as line. Being a bit of an ickthiologist I know a thing or 2 about trout.

I have fished for the in Maine, Montana  and Mongolia.  I  began turning over rocks looking for bugs etc. To use as bait. I hooked a few bugs on my pin hook and chucked it in the river. No luck.

I thought about different bait alternatives and remembered that my father used dough balls dipped in bacon grease, and in Thailand the locals use dough balls with shrimp powder in the mix.

 

So, I dug through my garbage bag and pulled out some mouldy bread and my tuna cams. I  dipped the bread in water then kneaded it into several dough balls. Next I swabbed out the tuna cans with the dough there were also several bugs in the cans so I just smashed them into the mix.

 

Finally ready I baited up my homemade hook and dropped it in an eddy behind a boulder. .....the about 5 seconds later;  Wham! I had a strike I managed to land him before he could wriggle off my barb less hook. I had a few other hits but didn't land another. It's ok,I was greatful for the one I had. I cooked it up in a soup with some Ramen. Twernt bad and a fitting meal for a Patagonia Wilderness adventure.