Streamer on Dunajec, hike to waterfall
Most rivers in Southern Poland were blown up after prolonged rain. But Dunajec started to drop 3 days ago. It was promising.
When I arrived to Gołkowice, water level was a bit high. Level 170 cm and 50m3/s . I never fished it above 43 m3/s. But, my favourite stretch looked quite OK.
Once I arrived, I started to fish with my Skagit setup and streamer. First, I attached black wooly bugger with orange head. It was top producer in previous trip.
Soon, I got first fish, which was pretty nice brown trout. Thanks to fellow angler Michał, he made this photo.
First trout was quite decent size. There were also many small fish, I didn't make pictures of them, and released immediately.
The weather was excellent, a mix of sun and clouds.
Fish were biting from time to time, but not very often.
Fishing improved, when I replaced my streamer with white zonker. That was a catcher!
I caught 10 fish or so on that white zonker. This was probably the biggest trout.
Also, one rainbow trout joined the company. Look at this body shape - short, but very fat
Fishing became slow in the middle of the day. After 12:00, bites were very rare. I decided to go to the upper Dunajec section in Tyłmanowa.
On the way, I took a break, and visited Obidza waterfall. GPS coordinates of the waterfall are 49.496036, 20.5032948.
Waterfall located on the small stream, which is a Dunajec tributary. It can be reached by dirt road, which goes through private property (ignore this sign). At the end of the road, there's trail going down to the stream. Careful, this trail is very dangerous, because it's always wet and slippery.
After this short scenic excursion, I drove towards upper Dunajec. Stopped ad Tyłmanowa, where highway goes along the river.
Water level in upper section was 196 cm, flow 34,8 m3/s. Water temperature nearly 8 C.
This place particularly can be good for dry fly. There was massive caddis hatch, with many insects flying. But no signs , that fish were feeding on them.
I stopped for lunch at Karczma Dunajec in Krościenko. I had a conversation with other fisherman in the restaurant. He also said, fishing was good in the morning, but later stopped.
After lunch , I drove to another my favorite spots. Adventure park - nothing. There always was many fish in this place. But today , seems like they were not interested in feeding.
Then I drove to Księdzowe Pole. Last time I got couple of very nice trout there.
There was one decent fish, but I lost it. Absolutely no any fish takes after 14:00 and till the evening.
I fished until 17:30, but it was more like a casting exercise.
Caddis hatch continued, but I didn't see any splashes, or sign of feeding fish.
Where all the fish gone? Why they not feeding? Nobody knows (sigh)
Despite unlucky second part of day, there was decent fishing early in the morning.
Dunajec never disappointed me.
When I arrived to Gołkowice, water level was a bit high. Level 170 cm and 50m3/s . I never fished it above 43 m3/s. But, my favourite stretch looked quite OK.
Once I arrived, I started to fish with my Skagit setup and streamer. First, I attached black wooly bugger with orange head. It was top producer in previous trip.
Soon, I got first fish, which was pretty nice brown trout. Thanks to fellow angler Michał, he made this photo.
First trout was quite decent size. There were also many small fish, I didn't make pictures of them, and released immediately.
The weather was excellent, a mix of sun and clouds.
Fish were biting from time to time, but not very often.
Fishing improved, when I replaced my streamer with white zonker. That was a catcher!
I caught 10 fish or so on that white zonker. This was probably the biggest trout.
Also, one rainbow trout joined the company. Look at this body shape - short, but very fat
Fishing became slow in the middle of the day. After 12:00, bites were very rare. I decided to go to the upper Dunajec section in Tyłmanowa.
On the way, I took a break, and visited Obidza waterfall. GPS coordinates of the waterfall are 49.496036, 20.5032948.
Waterfall located on the small stream, which is a Dunajec tributary. It can be reached by dirt road, which goes through private property (ignore this sign). At the end of the road, there's trail going down to the stream. Careful, this trail is very dangerous, because it's always wet and slippery.
After this short scenic excursion, I drove towards upper Dunajec. Stopped ad Tyłmanowa, where highway goes along the river.
Water level in upper section was 196 cm, flow 34,8 m3/s. Water temperature nearly 8 C.
This place particularly can be good for dry fly. There was massive caddis hatch, with many insects flying. But no signs , that fish were feeding on them.
I stopped for lunch at Karczma Dunajec in Krościenko. I had a conversation with other fisherman in the restaurant. He also said, fishing was good in the morning, but later stopped.
After lunch , I drove to another my favorite spots. Adventure park - nothing. There always was many fish in this place. But today , seems like they were not interested in feeding.
Then I drove to Księdzowe Pole. Last time I got couple of very nice trout there.
There was one decent fish, but I lost it. Absolutely no any fish takes after 14:00 and till the evening.
I fished until 17:30, but it was more like a casting exercise.
Caddis hatch continued, but I didn't see any splashes, or sign of feeding fish.
Where all the fish gone? Why they not feeding? Nobody knows (sigh)
Despite unlucky second part of day, there was decent fishing early in the morning.
Dunajec never disappointed me.
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