Reda, "No wading" stream

When I was in Wejherowo, I tried small river Reda, which flows into the Baltic sea.
There is some brown trout and grayling population, as well as other "coarse" fish probably (perch, pike).
River is very small and mostly shallow. But there's some deep holes, up to 2 m in depth.
Despite of recent rain, water was crystal clear, and the bottom is seen almost everywhere.


First location I tried near horse riding farm. Farm owners built the fence around the bridge and the river, making access limited. I found a hole and entered inside.

The river was very cute, but I didn't see any sign of the fish.


I moved 5 km upstream. There is Catch and Release section. It has "no wading" restriction to the end of May, because this section of the river has grayling spawning grounds.


Reda has very winding course here, with many deep holes, and shallow riffles.  I've seen some fish in the riffle, probably graylings. I didn't bother with them, instead I tried to seduce trout with streamer.

There's a lot of places like this, where trout may hide under the bank in deepest water. But fish didn't take.


But the river is very charming, I immediately fell in love with it.


I even found a place, where it's possible to cast a dry fly. I tried to seduce fish with caddis imitation.


I moved to another spot once again. Near road bridge, there's nice riffle, which contains "a lot of fish", as one local fisherman said.  But it was almost impossible to cast from the bank.
I didn't violate "no wading" rule, and didn't want to disturb graylings.


In another time, I would run a wet fly or micronymph here, and caught a few graylings. But not in this time of year.

Despite of zero result, I liked Reda very much. It is a kind of streams, which always touch my heart.

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