Mid-week fishing attracts more people
I took day off on my work in the middle of the week, to make a trip to Dunajec river.
My assumption was that I'll be almost alone on the river. How wrong I was!
The level of Dunajec is extremely low , 147 cm and 18,9 m3/s. This is usually level of end of August, for spring normal flow is 32-50 m3/s. We didn't have rain for a month, and there was no snow melting. Not good for fish and river health.
When I came to the place, there was already 7 fishermen in one run. I caught my first fish there, then decided to change place.
I drove to more remote location, where I parked my car in the forest, and walked about 1 km to the hole.
Hooray, I'm alone! That place is really... nice!
I started from rapids, where deep hole begins. Trout hiding in the rapids too, but it's hard to get them out of there.
Soon, I got really nice, thick brown trout
This long and deep run you can fish over and over again.
I have very special line for this place - Guideline ULS 3D Intermediate/Sink5/Sink6 shooting head. It belongs to "skandit" family, short head between skagit and scandi, optimized for single hand or 11' trout spey rods.
I hooked so many fish, I didn't count. Only after first pass from the top to the bottom of the hole, I had 10 fish on my hook.
I tried various streamers: black, white, but most of the trout bites were on "mallard and claret" zonker.
At the end of the day, this streamer became so badly bitten, so the body and wing became two times thinner.
The best fishing was the first two hours when I came to the spot. Then there came two other fishermen with spinning gear, and the fishing inspector from PZW Nowy Sącz. He checked licenses in all of us.
Fish were still biting, but too many unhooked in the water. Sometimes after spectacular jumps.
Later, a lonely man was searching for something along the river. I asked what's he looking for, he said he searching dead body in the river. A bit scary. Later, the police helicopter flew low over the river course.
Then I switched to the riffles. Very fast, knee-deep water, often ignored by many fishermen.
Since the water level was very low, I walked to the rock in the middle of the river.
Great place to cast both sides. I hooked many fish there, but only one came to my net.
For the riffle I used other type of Guideline ULS 3D: floating/intermediate/sink2. Perfect line for swinging wet fly or small lightweight streamer. Also, it is a joy to cast.
At 3PM or so, I tired, and returned to my car. There's an interesting view along the way: old riverbed.
After short break, I drove to Upper Dunajec section. But there was too crowded. I thought I caught enough fish for the day (40 or 50), and I drove to the home.
This wonderful day on the river will always stay in my memory.
My assumption was that I'll be almost alone on the river. How wrong I was!
The level of Dunajec is extremely low , 147 cm and 18,9 m3/s. This is usually level of end of August, for spring normal flow is 32-50 m3/s. We didn't have rain for a month, and there was no snow melting. Not good for fish and river health.
When I came to the place, there was already 7 fishermen in one run. I caught my first fish there, then decided to change place.
I drove to more remote location, where I parked my car in the forest, and walked about 1 km to the hole.
Hooray, I'm alone! That place is really... nice!
I started from rapids, where deep hole begins. Trout hiding in the rapids too, but it's hard to get them out of there.
Soon, I got really nice, thick brown trout
This long and deep run you can fish over and over again.
I have very special line for this place - Guideline ULS 3D Intermediate/Sink5/Sink6 shooting head. It belongs to "skandit" family, short head between skagit and scandi, optimized for single hand or 11' trout spey rods.
I hooked so many fish, I didn't count. Only after first pass from the top to the bottom of the hole, I had 10 fish on my hook.
I tried various streamers: black, white, but most of the trout bites were on "mallard and claret" zonker.
At the end of the day, this streamer became so badly bitten, so the body and wing became two times thinner.
The best fishing was the first two hours when I came to the spot. Then there came two other fishermen with spinning gear, and the fishing inspector from PZW Nowy Sącz. He checked licenses in all of us.
Fish were still biting, but too many unhooked in the water. Sometimes after spectacular jumps.
Later, a lonely man was searching for something along the river. I asked what's he looking for, he said he searching dead body in the river. A bit scary. Later, the police helicopter flew low over the river course.
Then I switched to the riffles. Very fast, knee-deep water, often ignored by many fishermen.
Since the water level was very low, I walked to the rock in the middle of the river.
Great place to cast both sides. I hooked many fish there, but only one came to my net.
For the riffle I used other type of Guideline ULS 3D: floating/intermediate/sink2. Perfect line for swinging wet fly or small lightweight streamer. Also, it is a joy to cast.
At 3PM or so, I tired, and returned to my car. There's an interesting view along the way: old riverbed.
After short break, I drove to Upper Dunajec section. But there was too crowded. I thought I caught enough fish for the day (40 or 50), and I drove to the home.
This wonderful day on the river will always stay in my memory.
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