I'm 31 years old and from Argentina.  A big part of my free time is spent living in contact with nature and creating hand crafts.  Those activities of interest is what recently led me into the world of fly tying and fly fishing.  

I especially found Torill Kolbu's fly patterns very interesting so began tying using her style, with diverse kinds of wool, thread and chenille.

I'm very lucky to be living in Argentina, with such diverse habitats and landscapes as Patagonia.  

My dream is to fish Rio Grande, Tierra del Fuego during the next season and to fish the Dorado (the tiger of the rivers as it is known in Argentina), at the Iberá Marsh.

These pictures were taken in Lago del Sol,  Benavídez (Km 7,5) Buenos Aires.  There you can trout and ´´pejerrey´´ during all the year.

This introduction was written in May 2004.  

  Note by Ed Gallop:  Although Eleonora said she is new to fly tying, you wouldn't know it by examining her flies.  They appear to be tied as well as any I've seen.  It was a pleasure photographing them.

Eleonora's fly submission, Argentinean Turquoise Wet Fly, won first place in the Free Fly category of a 2004 fly tying competition organized by The Argentinean Association of Fly Fishing.  Pictured below is the same except there was no tail on the winning fly.