Adventures of fly angler in Poland

Since I got familiar with Dunajec, I started to visit it quite often. Particularly, I stuck to area near adventure park in Krościenko nad Dunajcem, because it's easy to reach, and you can fish both sides of the river. There's couple of places, where oit's possible to wade across to the opposite side. First, I started with nymphs. I had some success, but fish weren't big. I explored area near the bank, just under adventure park. There's a high bank with trees and bushes. It's only possible to fish from the middle of the river. I threw heaviest nymph to the rapids, just below big boulder. Oh, fish! Nice trout, bigger than my usual catch. Now I know where to search for bigger ones. They are sitting under whitewater, below the rapids.  But it's only possible with very heavy nymph, to reach the bottom in plunge pools. Here is that nymph, on the right. I got one more fish in the rapids with similar way. Next time, I decided to switch to st...

Białka Tatrzanska is a mountain river , originated in High Tatras, near Polish-Slovakian border. It's characterized by strong flow, generally high gradient, and very clear water. Brown trout dominates in Białka as the only species, able to thrive in cold and fast water. I also heard about some graylings, but never caught one in Białka. The river is typical freestone stream, which changes course often, after major flood. It has wide riverbed, surrounded by gravel bars. I left my car on the parking spot near the bridge in Trybsz. Then I walked downstream, probing every hole with Czech nymphing. When I reached natural reservation area (prohibited for fishing),  I found very nice deep pool, where many streams join together. It was kind of Eldorado. I got a first trout there. Then more and more. I caught 5 or 7 fish in that pool. I spotted there's fish feeding on hatching mayflies. Unfortunately, I didnt have dry fly rig with me. So I continued with E...

This was my second trip to Dunajec river. Now, it was self planned trip, without guide. I contacted with Wojtek Kudłacz, who prepared the license to me. Then I headed to Dunajec river in the city Krościenko nad Dunajcem. I left my car near adventure park. The river there has few deep pools, and fast rapids between them. This is the first time I tried my new Euro nymphing rod: Hends GPX 11'-12' (3,35m - 3,64m), rated as class 3-4. This rod has extender, which gives more 30 cm of length. I didn't like too much this extender, because rod with it is not well balanced, very tip heavy. So, I stuck with 11' configuration, as more usable. There were many fishermen in the river, but also many fish.  Someone constantly was playing the fish. Nice brown trouts.  I, as less experienced, had few bites , and mostly small trout. Well, not so small, but 25-30 cm trout is not that exciting, when I see that somebody playing 40-50 cm. I tried both sides of the river. T...