Adventures of fly angler in Poland

 Skawica is rather small mountain stream , a tributary to Skawa, which originates on slopes of Babia Góra mountain, and joins Skawa near Maków Podhalański.  The upper stretch of the river in Zawoja has "no kill" section, which is particularly interesting for fly fishermen. Unfortunately, the best time for this stream, when it was stocked intensively, passed. Lack of protection, poaching, and low water periods, made fish population scarce. But, the stream itself is very picturesque.  The river runs in deep canyon. The access is limited, due to rugged terrain, and lack of parking space. The river surrounded by private property, and there's very few places, when fishermen can leave a car and descend to the water.  Skawica in headwater section is very high gradient stream, with many small waterfalls and rapids. Plunge pools behind the waterwallf usually are obvious holding spots, because between the rapids river is very shallow, especially in the mid-summer I used euro n...

I was already on Skawa couple of times, and I like it very much, because trout in Skawa are very keen on dry fly. This time, I decided to explore unknown parts of Skawa, where it meets Skawica. There's no access roads going to the river. I found nearest parking spot in the field. The river was close, but separated by line of forest from me.  I assembled my rod, and headed to the water. After some bushwalking, I met the Skawica river.  It is large tributary to Skawa.  Fishing in Skawica closed from 1st September to 31 of January, because it's a spawning stream for brown trout. Water in Skawica is very clear. But in the main river, Skawa, it's always a bit turbid, and has green tint. On the junction, there's fast pocketwater. I covered all pockets with small nymphs. No reaction. I proceeded downstream, casting nymphs almost perpendicular to the current, and let it swim downstream. There was a deeper hole between these rocks.  Sure there must be a t...