Il Pescatore Completo | The Complete Fisherman | Patagonia

A homemade 15-foot cane rod, lines meticulously braided from the tail of a stallion, simple flies tied by hand without the aid of a vise—this is pesca alla Valsesiana. Originating on the small mountain streams of northern Italy, this simple, beautiful style of fishing has been in practice since at least the 16th century.

Led by the sport’s elder statesman, Arturo Pugno, it is still practiced by a small number of devotees on those same streams, using the same materials and techniques employed since the beginning. It is fishing at its most basic and refined, and it is only mastered by anglers Arturo Pugno calls “complete fisherman.”

The new Patagonia film, Il Pescatore Completo, introduces us to this timeless angling technique, its enduring maestro and the special places where it is practiced with the same devotion and reverence as it was centuries ago.


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[MC__]

Don't ever cease to produce these short films, Patagonia.

[tommyflyfishing]

Questo video é pura poesia, impossibile non emozionarsi se si ama la pesca. Pescatori come Arturo andrebbero clonati per stare ad ore ad ascoltare le loro storie ed i loro racconti.

[albertobrizzi]

Non è un video di pesca... Questo è un capolavoro.... La pesca dovrà sempre restare una tecnica semplice., più le tecniche e le attrezzature avanzano e più vedo che i pesci si tornano a prendere con le esche e le tecniche di un tempo.... Complimenti per il filmato e un GRAZIE ad Arturo per avermi fatto sorridere con gioia durante i suoi racconti

[rowanschindler]

I’ve never cried to a fly fishing film. Until now.

[MyPancho]

For years, I have followed Yvon Chouinard, fly fishing in the carrib and around the world. In my 60+ years of fishing I have never been stunned in this way by a story of fishing or fisherman. Truly a change in my perception of what it means to be a fisherman. I can barely contain my tears from the realizations I experienced from the truths of this film. I was introduced to fishing by my father in Vicenza, It. My memories are mostly from Central Texas as I aged, I can only praise the efforts to publicize the immense importance of the craft of aboriginal fly fishing as an art. Thank you so very much for this beautiful act of beauty...

[WildernessChanneling]

growing up both rock climbing and fly fishing in the foothills of vermont makes this film seem like it was made just for me! Yvon Chouinard is someone special to admire, his love for the world is shown through his engagment with it. I hope to grow up to be the same!

[Sciarrano]

Una poesia proposta sotto forma di documentario. Questi 18 minuti e 37 secondi sono poesia e memoria. Da pescatore mi ritrovo nel bambino che sempre sul fiume a pescare e nell'uomo adulto che non vuole smettere mai di pescare.

[Portugal.TheMan]

How many times do you think I can watch this same video?

[bimteck]

this was the most relaxing video I have ever watched on YouTube.

[triptaka]

Arturo is the river,
he is the fish,
he is the bird,
he is the hazel,
he is the valley,
he is the water,
he is the horsehair,
he is the fly,
he is complete,
for he is himself.
This was a beautiful film, thank you Yvon and the Patagonia team.

[dougdunkle]

Nearing seventy-five myself I"ve never come close to approaching this level of simplicity and naturalism in my fly fishing. But the older I've gotten the years of days I've been blessed with have deepen the love and appreciation I have of the trout and their river and stream homes. Immersing one's self in the nature of the moutains is a sacred and mystical live.

[reinholdschomacher]

Es ist der emotionalste Film, den ich je gesehen habe.

[justusfelixwehmer]

Yvon and Team, you have produced one of the most spiritual, inspirational and beautiful pieces on fishing I have ever seen! I am so grateful you let us listen to Arturo, who reminds us as fishermen and human beings: be mindful and respectful in whatever you do. Set yourself a frame of values and seek perfection in it. Works for life, works for fishing. And clearly: is is not about what you catch, but how you catch it. Who cares about size, when anybody could have caught it...
So, thanks again for this masterpiece! I will never forget Arturo‘s warm and wise brown eyes.

[Devrominums]

This is amazing. The pure “complex simplicity” of this technique is astoundingly beautiful. I am a young man of 35 years, barely old enough to remember a time before the internet, but it makes me so sad to know we are losing these masters of the art. We are losing the fisheries and we are losing the simplicity of fishing. We need to start to fight for this stuff or will be lost forever. Maybe it’s up to me... or you to make our own rods and line and learn from the river... just like Arturo. Much love

[skypieper]

This video got me into fly tying. Looking forward to using my flies I've been tying all winter with wild Mallard, Pintail, Shoveler, and Teal feathers.

[isabelladavarallo]

Bravo Arturo! Sei un personaggio carismatico e di grande simpatia

[fishingambassadeur]

Un capolavoro, spiega molti concetti chiave, questa è la vera pesca, il vero spirito di un pescatore che nonostante l'età continua a camminare lungo la sua seconda casa... Il Sesia.

[jahstationsoundsystem]

thanks thanks thanks! i can watch it all the day and still emotion me!

[keeeix]

This movie is incredible, what a beauty. Its all about the philosophy of living a simple live and taking care of nature.

[KladosVentures]

Absolutely gorgeous film about a man's ability to be one with a watershed, a mountain, a way of life.