This week photo is about beautiful colors of trout. As you know , when trout are preparing for spanning the body colors goes rich and deep vivid. Here is a medium sized trout , male in fabulous gold and ultraviolet: He took the fly bellow, what a hungry fish:)
In 3 weeks of fishing in Lapland I had the chance to test 3 Premium Nymphing rods. I fished in all kind of rivers from mountain rivers ( big and strong ) to smaller forest river with lot of shallow pools and ginger clear waters. I used always a team of 2 nymphs and occasionally ...
August is a difficult month from the fishing point of view. The rivers are small with warmer water . More than that, the water is ginger clear and the fish are extremely spooky. Fishing all day is impossible, outside is too hot even in high mountains. For those who go fishing these days I recommend to ...
These 5 CDC Sedges are my best sedge flies. I have them in my box and I never go out on a river without these flies tied in all kind of sizes. All of them work great on all waters from Europe from late Spring till first part of Autumn. Some of them are ...
I consider Lapland the best part from Europe where a fisherman can go and enjoy of beautiful nature, wild fish and pure energy. No crowdy place, just forest and rivers. The villages are small, almost nonexistent, you have to drive a lot to find them and the population is ...
Baetis insects are essential food source for trout and grayling. Known also as swimming nymphs, these insects are swimming quite fast compared with other aquatic insects. For this reason trout try to hunt them in shallow waters. Between rocks and bottom structure , these insects are very difficult to catch. So late in ...
The story behind this nymph started long time ago, around 15 years when I met my Slovak friend - Peter Durisik. Peter is a great fly fisherman, former competitor and Slovak junior team captain and trainer. More than that is my favourite fly tyier . I love his tying skills and his consistency and how ...
After years of fishing in different rivers from Poland down to Italy, here are my recommended 11 nymphs for the end of June and all July. I have 4 types of flies : buggers caddis flies PT variants and micros (usually perdigon or frenchies) worms A bugger for me is a nymph with a spiky look. Practically ...
The Ager river is situated in Upper Austria and flows from the beautiful lake Attersee. The Ager is tributary of the mighty Traun, another great fly fishing destination from this beautiful country. When snow is melting or is a local heavy rain you will find this river favorable for fly fishing almost all the ...
Alm river is a beautiful tributary river of the famous Troun river. Alm is located in Upper Austria and is source of Almsee lake. The water is incredibly clear and the fish are highly educated due catch and release practice and because a lot of local fishermen are fishing there all days not only ...
