Adventures of fly angler in Poland

 This trip to Dunajec was rather short and unusual. When I arrived, the rain started. It was very poor visibility.  The prognosis for the day was poor, but I decided to give it a try. In the same place, as in my previous trip, I caught a nase. It was a biggest nase fish I ever caught, 50 cm. My personal record.  I called the fish Queen Of Rain, after Roxette song. After tough fight, it landed in my net, and returned to the home pool.  There were no other takes and no other fish caught. The rain became stronger and my fishing ended prematurely. In this trip I discovered a power of this nymph. It's especially good for nase. Also, for trout in turbid water.

 Dunajec is great fly fishing destination, where you can always catch something in any time of the year. I loaded my car with all my gear - rods for streamer, nymphing and dry fly. But I never had a luck with dry fly in the summer time. It's more a big thing in spring. In the mid-summer my main methods are streamer and nymph. In streamer fishing I like the dynamics and pace. Euro nymphing looks like more passive, but with it you can catch more than a trout.  I started to fish with nymphs in a hole below adventure park in Krościenko nad Dunajcem. This place is particularly famous for many swinka ("pigfish"), or nase.   When I arrived to the spot, it was occupied by family of mallard ducks. But they didn't mind my presence. After few small brown trouts, I had a snag on the bottom. I was ready to break off my fly, but "snag" started to move. It's a big fish!  I played it carefully, even ran a little bit downstream to avoid breaking off the fish. And it safe...

 After my unsuccessful trip to Sweden, I returned to Poland, my second motherland. Białka Tatrzanska became my favorite destination in this year, and I decided to visit it again. I woke up at 3:00 , and at 4:40 was already fishing.  My primary gear was Winston Boron iii TH-MS 4wt, Airflo Scandi compact floating shooting head and long 11' leader.  No polyleaders, no sinktip, just straight tapered mono.  The water in Białka is very clear this time of year, and is fish able to see woolybugger swinging in the upper water column from 1,5 m deep hole.  Here it comes, wild Białka brown trout. I caught a few on black woolybugger. Not a big fish, but nice entertainment. Then I crossed the river and started to fish the run, where I caught big brown month ago.  Olive zonker, same rod, same fly line. Cast diagonally downstream, swing the fly to the bank, strip.. Baaang!  There's something bigger on the other end. I had a deja vu. I think I lived this moment before...