Adventures of fly angler in Poland

Another try on Skawa river "no kill" section near Wadowice. River was low, 104 cm and 5,2 m3/sec. But water was even more dirty than on previous weekend, almost opaque. In such water, the most reliable method is probably Czech nymph. I'm more into streamer kind of thing, but let's try with nymphing. I assembled my 11' 3wt rod Traper Guide nymph, and rigged with hot pink squirmy worm, or "Parkinson", how it's called in Poland.   Pretty soon, I got a first bite. That was decent rainbow, dangerous for my 0,12 mm (6X) tippet.  I played it carefully, allowed to spool out my reel a little bit, then ran downstream and netted it.  Luckily, I netted fish and it self-released from the hook immediately , already in the net.  Nice, strong, bright rainbow trout in perfect condition! After first fish, I switched to my streamer rod, rigged with OPST Smooth 175, 7,5' sink tip and colorful spurple streamer.  In my previous trip, I got 3 rainbows on...

Hi my friends! A week ago I received from Germany new micro skagit line OPST Smooth. It looks like ultimate streamer line for trout in small to medium rivers. We have limited possibilities of trout fishing now, because trout season is closed from 1st of September, and fishing with streamers is prohibited in most of the trout waters. But, there are few exceptions. Vah river in Slovakia (Jambor weir C&R section), which is open till the end of December. And, "no-kill" part of Skawa river in Wadowice, 45 km from Kraków. Skawa SK-3 is one of rare places, where one can fish for trout with streamers during season closure. C&R section goes from the mouth of tributary Ponikiewka (downstream from power station dam), to the bridge in the town Wadowice. It's stocked with rainbows, accompanied by brown trouts and graylings. Water level was 104 cm, flow 5,2 m3/s. This trip was suggested by fellow fisherman, Ziemek. We arranged a meet, and I arrived to the spot. Unfort...

Strong arguments for Vah river - top notch trout fishery. Main point of interest is rainbow trout, but also there's abundant brown trout and grayling. All species of fish can grow big for local conditions, so I call it "river of big fish". There's a chance to catch trout of a lifetime. Most of fish are in range 40-60 cm, but there are 70+ specimens for sure Saturday, 8 September. Conditions were perfect. Warm day, but not too hot, +16 +20 C. Water level 48 cm, temperature + 16 C. River was low and clear. I arrived to Krcma Rybarska in Ivachnova at 7.00 and bought a license for Vah C&R section in Besenova. There was nobody at the river this time. I started with two nymphs on Czech nymph rig. Anchor fly was heavy scud imitation, and top fly was small olive fly on hook nr 16 and 2,5 mm head. I don't have name for it, that's my own recipe. Soon after 3rd or 4th cast, I got a fish! Strong rainbow trout. I netted it carefully and released. S...