The Faceless Flyfisherman - A history bit

Some 30 years a go the government of Rio Grande do Sul introduced rainbow trout to the Aparados da Serra rivers trying to improve fisheries of its rivers.
It was a time of less concern with exotic species "invasions" and I guess it was sincere iniciative to improve the life of the citizens of that region.
Away from surfcasting, amateur sport fishing was far from been popular. Much less the use of artificial lures and flies.
Without a better management the fisheries disapeared with the years of overfishing and the lack of a better water conditions.
Altough it is the coldest part of Brazil, climate and altitude does not produces enough cold water year round to support a major spread of the fisheries, comparing lets say to Cordoba in Argentina. That stands in similar latitude but wich mountains are much higher.
But with good management, it showed it had potential.
In 1995 sports fishing was booming in Brazil.
Peacock Bass reached to the status of "The Amazon Ambassador", the Pesca e cia. tv show host was becaming a celebrity, new magazines popped in the stands. And of course, A River Runs Through It coined a new generation of flyfshermen that were all waiting with the "hope that a fish will rise".
The closest place people here was doing their flyfishing for trout was San Martin de Los Andes.
Two friends, decided to hunt the original late seventies trouts going fishing the mountain rivers of Bom Jesus and São José dos Ausentes.
They did not found much trout but did found a river. A place to start again.
These two heroes, Irineu Rocha and the legendary brazilain cartoonist Iotti, of Radicci fame, are our modern days Lewis and Clark.
The Silveiro River in São José dos Ausente in the lands of the Fazenda Potreirinhos and the Fazenda do Cachoeirão (the big waterfall) dos Rodrigues are for most brazilians flyfishermen , home away from home.
The fisherman started their pilmigrage winter after winter in raising numbers.
The farms jumped to the status rural tourism farm/hotels becaming lucrative bussiness in a ecomically depleted region.
The fishery, a fly only, mandatory catch and release, sustained itself with the management of the land owners and fishermans alike. Surviving years of hot , dry winters and blossoming in cold winters with fair precitations.
I started talking about that because I could not fish there these season after 10 years. And Its breaking my heart.
But its stories is worth been told and I don't want to loose these memories.