Adventures of fly angler in Poland

In September 2017 year, Slovakia hosted World fly fishing championship.  River Bela was chosen as one of WFFC locations. This is one of the finest grayling rivers, holding plenty of fish in 30-35 cm size, with occasional specimens up to 50 cm. I planned that trip together with my friend Sergey. River level promised to be good, despite of chances of rain. We met in the morning at Borová Sihoť hotel near the river, where we bought the licenses.  Also, licenses can be bought in two fishing stores in the city Liptovský Mikuláš. Here are the addresses , where to get the license: Hotel – Camping Borová Sihoť Borová Sihoť, s.r.o., 033 01 Liptovský Hrádok, Slovensko Esox (fishing store) Kamenné pole 12, 031 01 Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovensko Starfish (fishing store) Ul. 1. mája 941/118, 031 01 Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovensko We started our fishing from the mouth of Bela, where it joins Vah. Catch and release part goes from the river mouth, to the highway bridge in village Dovalovo.

That was my fourth visit to river Vah in this year. Trout season in Poland closed, and in Slovakia soon to be closed. So, it's time to focus on graylings. Especially for this trip I tied some nymphs in smaller sizes, 14-18.  River level was 54 cm, quite comfortable. I started from parking near the bridge in Ivachnova. Nothing happened for an hour. Then I moved upstream to the "Pharmacy". After hour of silence, I got first fish. It was grayling. Not a big one, but quite good. They liked small green nymph on hook size 16. So I hooked few more. Later, some bigger fish joined.  Brown trout took San Juan on 4mm tungsten head. Nice, thick healthy fish, and strong fighter. I wanted to catch something on streamer in the deepest hole, where fast current slows down. But there were no takes. I switched to nymphing again. More graylings, as usually. I think they are the most beautiful fish in our rivers, with colorful big dorsal fin. a