Adventures of fly angler in Poland

29th was my birthday and I expected a gift from Mother Nature, you may guess which one . But Nature understood me not in the way I expected. Every day is a gift of life, isn't it? I got one day license for Association of 1926 part (Skarrid to Clasonborg). River is smaller there, so I primarily used my 11' trout switch rod. Actually, I found only one place, when my big DH rod 14' is usable . The rest is too small. This whole stretch is very beautiful. Some parts look like somewhere in England - similar to surroundings in Oliver Edwards' fly fishing films.  River also looked quite shallow in many places, so my big tube flies were left in the car. I primarily tried small featherwing flies on double hooks, similar to "Silver doctor" variant pictured. First place I fished in, looked more like a regular trout stream. I had some bites from what I think was small brown trout. There was no fish strikes in first spots, so I moved to next one...

There is no Part 3 because I wasn't fishing much 27.05 and there was no photos. I was in Korsholm shop, browsed great assortment of fly rods: Loop, Zpey, Hardy. Sage, and many more. Also I checked Loop Classic reel and mounted on my Winston Microspey - perfect match... thinking what tackle to sell to free some funds. So, part 4. Early in the morning, I started from the end of Borris association water - the place called Sving for Norden. Despite early hours, I met two fishermen on the Skjern association side (opposite from mine). I fished 3 nice spots, and when I walked to "Solle sving", I found that my phone is missing. Last time I used it for navigation, to walk from car parking to the river. Fuck! Shit! I had no good words for this situation. I had many valuable information in this phone. In bad mood, I walked back to the car. Phone wasn't in the car. It's obviously fell out on my pocket. I hoped that maybe some angler found it, and will bring to DCV. I...

On the 2nd day, I decided to get up very early, to avoid crowds. I stood up at 4:00, and was at the river at 5:00 something. I stayed in Troldhede/Kibaek, so it was a 7 kilometers from my accomodation to the nearest place in the river - Ahlergaard farm and wooden bridge.  Not very often you can see an airplane, when going fishing. There was nobody at the river at this time. I walked downstream on the left bank. There was no wind, and my left side single spey cast is much better than right side, so it was less stressful for me. Good spey casting practice is very important - I feel I have not enough of it, so i'm stuggling when casting from "wrong" positions or wrong side of the river. With Skjern in particular, casting can be challenging, because you cannot wade in most places, there is a reeds or grass near the bank, which fly line can catch during D-loop formation, so you need to place anchor farther from the bank. Specifically for this trip I...

Before this trip, I heard opinions that river is ugly, looks like artifical channel, water always dirty-brown, too much fishing pressure and low numbers of fish. Most of this not true. River is beautiful, especially in upper part. Water is clear, and in sunny day you can see many details on the bottom. It is deceptive, because bottom consist of brownish-orange mix of sand and clay, and when you see through the water to the sand without any structures, you think it is color of the water, or river is bottomless. Conditions was low and clear at the moment. Fishing pressure is high, that's true. More popular places are always busy, but there's always alternatives... most people are lazy and fish near the bridges or parking access spots . If you not afraid of walking distance, you can find a solitude. In the first day I got a guiding session from   Svend Erik Øgendahl   at Gjaldbæk bridge. This is the most heavily fished section. I fished mostly right bank, because the...

At Saturday 20 May, Vision Polska (hurch.pl) organized "Casting Day" - an event for fly fishing enthusiasts. Program of the day included -Demonstration of Vision gear: fly rods, lines, reels -Demonstration of various fly casts. -Session with instructor: cast errors corrections, fly presentation in various conditions -Beer, grilled sausages, barbecue. and it's all for free. I came the day before, and checked some my favorite places. At the spot across Maria Ligas hotel, there was mayfly hatch, and fish raised for insects from 20:00 till dusk. But I didnt get license for that day, so I just watched it. I stayed overnight at Maria's and started fishing on Saturday from 4.30. I prepared 2 rods : for short nymphing and for streamers. river level was 205 cm, and temperature around 11 C. In this deep hole, fish often stays close to the bank, and with short nymphing, it's easy to reach holding zone. After few casts I got one small trout on Polish wow...