Adventures of fly angler in Poland

On Sunday we had one more spey casting training session in the morning. After lunch, the course officially ended. We thanked Piotr, Igor and Gosia for organization of the training and accommodation. All was very well organized.  On the way home, I decided to hit the river again in search of graylings.  Marcin, another student from the courses, accompanied me . We drove to the very picturesque area, where river winds, surrounded by wall of forest. There's few riffles with fast water, and some deeper holes. I started to fish with nymphs in the slow run, under the overhanging tree branches. I immediately got 3 strikes by graylings, but all fish were lost. I moved downstream to the fast riffle.  I got couple of fish, but all was small. Behind the riffle, in the deep water, I got "proper" grayling. That was very beautiful fish. I walked upstream. The colors of autumn forest are fascinating. This place was so beautiful, that I wanted to stay there l...

There's a geological formation in Poland, called Kraków-Częstochowa Upland , also known as the Polish Jurassic Highland or simply Jura . The term related to Jurassic geologic period. There are a number of rivers that originate from the Jura, among them the Warta, Biała Przemsza, Pilica, Dłubnia, Szreniawa, Prądnik, Wiercica . Jurassic rivers have something in common. In their upper part, they are mostly small streams, 3-15 m in width. Bottom is sandy with patches of gravel.  Access to the water is challenging for fly fisherman. Banks are covered by dense bushes, or forest, and there's a lot of logjams in the stream flow. Warta is one of the longest Polish rivers. It's length is 808 km. But in the upper part it is a typical small trout stream. Before this trip, I investigated access points to the Warta in Google maps. It is not easy task. River is surrounded by dense bushes , and there's a lot of private property around, and no paved roads going to the river, wit...