Visit to Rudawa, OPST micro skagit
The goal of this trip was to test my new "micro skagit" setup for small streams.
I got an Ego LW4 Glass rod 7'8" 4wt, OPST commando 175 grain, and 4' sink tips (S2 and S3).
To the end I attached 6' leader , and tungsten bead streamer.
Rudawa is a small river near Kraków, Wisła tributary. There is some brown trout and graylings in it, but river is not very productive. Bottom is sandy with gravel in some places, and river banks are very steep, so water access isn't very easy.
Water was very clear, level at Balice 243 cm, flow 1,8 m3, water temperature 5 C. Quite enough for trout to be active in spring.
Beside of the size of the river, there's a lot of deep spots, and good trout holding water. But there was no bites.
The setup was quite comfortable on 4wt rod, and I was able to use it for roll cast, single spey, waterborne casts, and occasionally overhead. It looks like a winner for fishing in small (but deep) rivers, where it's required to throw moderately heavy streamers with 3,5 - 4,8 mm head (5/32" - 3/16" ) .
Let's see how it will work in more "fishy" river.
I got an Ego LW4 Glass rod 7'8" 4wt, OPST commando 175 grain, and 4' sink tips (S2 and S3).
To the end I attached 6' leader , and tungsten bead streamer.
Rudawa is a small river near Kraków, Wisła tributary. There is some brown trout and graylings in it, but river is not very productive. Bottom is sandy with gravel in some places, and river banks are very steep, so water access isn't very easy.
Water was very clear, level at Balice 243 cm, flow 1,8 m3, water temperature 5 C. Quite enough for trout to be active in spring.
Beside of the size of the river, there's a lot of deep spots, and good trout holding water. But there was no bites.
The setup was quite comfortable on 4wt rod, and I was able to use it for roll cast, single spey, waterborne casts, and occasionally overhead. It looks like a winner for fishing in small (but deep) rivers, where it's required to throw moderately heavy streamers with 3,5 - 4,8 mm head (5/32" - 3/16" ) .
Let's see how it will work in more "fishy" river.
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