Adventures of fly angler in Poland

Białka Tatrzanska became my favorite fishing destination in 2016. This time I headed to the same place in Nowa Biała, where I already was two times.  There's spectacular views along the river. At some places, you can see Tatra mountains, still covered with snow in May. The river flow is very fast, you should use wading stick to cross the river safely.  I caught few small trout on nymph in the tailout.   Later I switched to streamer and now my favorite Winston Biii TH-MS trout spey rod.   Caught a few fish on it. There were a lot of takes on black woolybugger, but many fish came off. Only 3 or 4 landed.  I spend only 3 hours in the morning and drove to home. 

 I like to indulge myself with gifts related to fly fishing. I think my wife hates me for that, because shopping for rods and reels became my bad habit. But, my birthday is coming in 2 days, and I ordered some serious gift - a Winston Boron iii TH-MS, trout spey rod. 11'  (3,35m) length, 4wt class.  The rod looks gorgeous, with dark green blank, and matched Nautilus FWX reel. It was my first proper fishing with new Winston. I tried already to cast it on Raba river near Kraków, but didn't catch anything. Now I prepared more seriously. I rigged it with Airflo Scandi Compact shooting head (300 grain), and bright green OPST Lazar mono shooting line. There was few strong takes. Unfortunately, 5 or 6 fish came off the hook.  The fish in Białka are very strong, despite of the size, because they accustomed to live in very heavy current.  Unfortunately, size of the fish didnt impress me. But, the rod is joy to cast and fish. I mostly used black woolybugger and caught few...

 I booked a guiding tour with Wojtek Kudłacz, known as "Fly Fishing in Poland".  We planned to fish two mountain rivers in Podhale region of Poland: Białka Tatrzanska and Biały Dunajec.  First, we arrived to Białka. It's famous for it's crystal clear water, wild character and natural flow. Unlike most rivers in Poland, there's no hydroelectric dams on Białka.  I started to fish in very beautiful pool with turquise colored water. There were few takes, but only one fish landed successfully.  Wojtek taught me, how to hide myself and fish from low to the ground positions. Fish is very spooky in Białka due to very clear water and high visibility, especially on sunny days. We moved downstream to the very interesting pool. Here , I fished from kneeling position, to stay low to the ground. I had only couple of small trout there. River in this place has an outlet, which goes to hydroelectric power station. Remember, I said there's no dams on Białka?  Actually, there...