Our Collaboration with AEMS

I want to tell you how fishing became my great passion since childhood.

From a very early age my father would take me on his bicycle to go fishing to a nearby river, we didn't have a car so the bicycle was our means of transportation, there he taught me how to cast the rod. I immediately caught my first fish, but the real “hooked” was me and my passion began. As soon as I became independent I moved around constantly accumulating fishing experiences in different places, until I finally moved to Huesca and discovered the magic of the Pyrenees. There I spent my weekends sleeping in a sack and cooking the trout I caught. Over the years, I understood the importance of preserving our environment, and since then I have only practiced no-kill fishing.

My history with rivers has always been a love story. When I arrived in Galicia, I found a fisherman's paradise, but also many problems: poachers and illegal trout sales. Together with other fishermen. That motivated me to found with many colleagues the Galician Association of River Fishing, fighting for a law prohibiting the sale of wild trout. With effort, we managed to reach 2,000 members and the approval of the law in the Galician Parliament.

I was also part of AEMS Rios con Vida, a national association for the protection of salmonids. Despite the difficulties, our work bore fruit. We denounced a hydroelectric dam that had cut off the Xallas River, preventing the only waterfall that flows into the sea in Europe from flowing. Thanks to our denunciation, today that waterfall, the Fervenza del Xallas, is a tourist attraction.

AEMS has achieved that many rivers in Galicia are deathless, helping 20% of river recovery. This organization has been one of the driving forces in my life, but not the only one.

22 years ago, health problems forced me to leave my work in farms, and Galician Country Homes was born, with the mission to repopulate the empty Galicia and offer a more sustainable life. Starting out was difficult, but with hard work, the company grew. Today, with a passionate team, we offer solutions for those looking to escape urban life.

Our collaboration with AEMS is natural, the fruit of a shared passion and goals, it is in our DNA. My family, AEMS and Country Homes Group are the engines that drive my life.