Independence day on Raba, November hatch
Saturday 11.11 was Polish national holiday - Independence day.
I was on the river, there was small hatch, but I got no fish. It was very windy, and very hard to cast.
There were no takes on nymph either.
I almost gave up with November fishing till better times. But, on next day, Sunday 12.11, wind calmed down, and sun was shining in the middle of the day. Air temperature was 5,5 C, water level 259 cm, flow 14 m3/s.
So I decided to go and check the river. It's not a long drive, 30 minutes, so even if conditions are not good, I have whole day to try another places.
Surprisingly , there was no wind. And fish was raising.
There was a hatch of small grey mayflies. Smallest insects are typical for this time of the year.
I picked grey CDC fly, to match what is hatching. It was slightly bigger than actual insects, but probably fish will eat it anyway.
First fish was a brown trout. Not small, quite average. Surprise , because most fish reacting to mayflies in this time of the year are graylings. I never had a trout on dry fly in this river.
Fish were raising here and there, in the whole run.
Then there was time for grayling.
And more and more. Graylings were very active, so river was kind of boiling.
I also got another brownee, but very small.
But main fish of the day were these "cardinals"
Some of them even jumped like a trout, when hooked. It was spectacular.
This is the "flats" - wide and shallow run with 30-50 cm of water. This is the best dry fly place, where fish feeding for insects.
This fly was the favorite today.
Who knows, maybe this was the last my fishing in November, or either in year 2017. Weather in late autumn usually not very pleasing, grey sky, lots of rain and occasional snow.
Thanks to Mother Nature for that gift of hatch.
I was on the river, there was small hatch, but I got no fish. It was very windy, and very hard to cast.
There were no takes on nymph either.
I almost gave up with November fishing till better times. But, on next day, Sunday 12.11, wind calmed down, and sun was shining in the middle of the day. Air temperature was 5,5 C, water level 259 cm, flow 14 m3/s.
So I decided to go and check the river. It's not a long drive, 30 minutes, so even if conditions are not good, I have whole day to try another places.
Surprisingly , there was no wind. And fish was raising.
There was a hatch of small grey mayflies. Smallest insects are typical for this time of the year.
I picked grey CDC fly, to match what is hatching. It was slightly bigger than actual insects, but probably fish will eat it anyway.
First fish was a brown trout. Not small, quite average. Surprise , because most fish reacting to mayflies in this time of the year are graylings. I never had a trout on dry fly in this river.
Fish were raising here and there, in the whole run.
Then there was time for grayling.
And more and more. Graylings were very active, so river was kind of boiling.
I also got another brownee, but very small.
But main fish of the day were these "cardinals"
Some of them even jumped like a trout, when hooked. It was spectacular.
This is the "flats" - wide and shallow run with 30-50 cm of water. This is the best dry fly place, where fish feeding for insects.
This fly was the favorite today.
Who knows, maybe this was the last my fishing in November, or either in year 2017. Weather in late autumn usually not very pleasing, grey sky, lots of rain and occasional snow.
Thanks to Mother Nature for that gift of hatch.
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