Adventures of fly angler in Poland

13 May I attended meeting of "I Love DH" movement enthusiasts. It was on the parking in Nowa Wieś.  There was grill, tables, drinks, and tackle demonstration provided by Maciej Gałgański, owner of the brand Ego. Maciej brought some new rods for the field test. Robert Karlewski, organizer of the meeting, casting Ego Innovative Glass 8'6" 6 class rod with Tactical Skagit head. Here's my attempt, captured on the video: snap-c, snap-t and perry poke. After semi-official part, we went fishing. Robert agreed to be a guide, and shown me some his favorite spots. We drove to the spot, so-called "Straszna góra" (scary mountain).  It's a stretch with fast water, cobblestones, and submerged trees on the other side. It looks very "fishy", but we had no contacts. I found that Skagit line (either with DH or SH rod) is the best for this river. There are many obstacles, bushes, trees, high banks, and wading is very limited, so it'...

12 May I took 430 km trip to the city Toruń on the Northern Poland, to meet with Polish enthusiasts of double hand rods and spey casting. Double handed rods are still exotic in Poland. Not so many fly fishermen practice it. Drwęca is a big tributary to Wisła, and spawning river for baltic sea trout and occasionally, atlantic salmon. Double handed rods traditionally was a standard for fishing anadromous salmonids on all parts of the world, so it's natural choice that Drwęca became a citadel of movement "I Love DH" in Poland. 13 May there was planned demonstration and test-drive of new tackle from Ego Fly Fishing company: new rods, fly lines and other stuff. Particularly, a highlight was new glass rod Ego Innovative Glass 8'6" 6wt, and new shooting head Ego Tactical Skagit 260 grain. I came to the river early, and found a place near A1 autostrade bridge. There's parking in the forest, accessible through "secret" maintenance road (not drawn o...