Adventures of fly angler in Poland

 It became very hard to catch rainbow trout due to hot weather and warming water. They slowly moving under the surface, but refusing any offerings. I managed to catch smaller one, on small wet fly under the surface.  I also hooked big one on tenkara rod, but it snagged in the vegetation , and I lost it. It looks like I should stop fishing on Brzegi till September .

 It became very hot for beginning of May. The weather affects trout activity, it feeds very selectively, or barely feed at all. Brzegi heavily owergrown by water lilies, which cover the whole shoreline, with few exceptions.  This is bad for fishermen, because you can't pull the fish through the vegetation without snags.   I started early morning. First I tried my favorite hopper-dropper rig. The take was so powerful, so indicator fly disappeared underwater. The fish was very strong, and bigger the average. Unfortunately, I lost it when the line snagged in the vegetation. Later attempts didn't produce bites. Rainbow trout were slowly cruising under the surface.  I switched to small wet fly (soft hackle type), and I got first fish on it.   Not bad start.  I've seen fish swimming slowly near me, like in aquarium. I rigged tenkara rod for fishing up close, because it's more suitable for sight fishing in the short range. With tenkara rod, you can preci...

  Today I spent few hours on known trout river near my town. I took tenkara rods only, no fly rods with reels, to avoid temptation to use it when i can't catch anything. In my bag were Dragontail Hellbender, Daiwa Expert LT36, and my new all-red shiny Tenryu Furaibo TF39. The first thing I usually do on the water is "prospecting". Spotting where the fish are, insect activity, signs of fish feeding on the surface or subsurface. I spotted big brown trout from the bridge. About 55-60 cm. It was hanging in shallow water, about knee deep or less. I also spotted another 2 trout, slightly smaller, but they were hiding under sunken tree. This big one stayed in the open water. I watched this beauty for few minutes, before decided to descend to the water. Due to this trout size, I rigged my "big fish" rod - Dragontail Hellbender. First thing I started, I cast slowly sinking kebari fly subsurface, on level line and long tippet. I tried to do "fly first" prese...