Adventures of fly angler in Poland

 Dolina Będkowska is family-oriented commercial fishery near Kraków.  It was recently stocked with big rainbow trout, 60-70 cm, before spinning competitions. According to recent reports, there was excellent spin fishing for trout few days ago.  But, something changed. I started with spinning gear, trying various crankbaits and silicone worms. No response from fish. I saw many trout slowly swimming along the bank. They refused most of the lures offered. I noticed that there's a lot of fish cruising along the banks, just under the surface. Maybe they are feeding on insects?  It's time to change tactics. I rigged Vision Sisu 6wt fly rod with 2 flies. Big dry fly on top, which serves as strike indicator. Under dry fly I attached 50 cm leader with small nymph on 18 size hook.  I started throwing my flies where I could see the fish moving under the surface. A few careful pulls, a pause. Fish on!   After short fight, I brought it into the net. The tactics pro...

My daughter asked a few times when I will take her fishing.  I usually go to mountain rivers, which require waders' boots, and some serious skills.  But there's the other type of fishing - family-oriented commercial fisheries. One of them is popular Dolina Będkowska near Kraków.  It has few ponds, stocked with various fish, a restaurant, a playground, and a store. After skating lesson with my daughter, we headed to the Dolina Będkowska.  My fault was that I took only one fishing gear set.   I thought that only I will be fishing, and my family will be watching it. How wrong I was! My wife asked me to give her a rod. There was a lot of rainbow trout in small pond. You can see in polarized glasses, how they trying to attack a lure. My wife eventually got very excited about it, and refused to give me rod back! Once they left me for 10 minutes to play with cats near restaurant. There are many cats living in this place, and my daughter loves kittie...