Small streams – tenkara style paradise

In Slovenia, we have many small streams just appropriate for those »small stream freakz« who enjoy fishing alone in intact nature and tenkara style using some small nimph or dry fly.  I must admit that i am one of them. I like hidden spots, where you almost climb the rocks from one pool to another and searching for some wild brown or marble trout.

Those spots are just like you would return in time of your childhood, exploring really hidden places and fishing only with a wooden stick and 3 meteres of your fishing line…for sure best experience ever.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flyfishing with hidden paths

In Slovenia we have many river just perfect for a flyfishing. But the last 5 years there is so much preasure by the fishermen  from all over the world, that some rivers can be overfished. Those rivers are Soča, Sava Bohinjka, Idrijca and some others. So you can imagine that fishing on those rivers is very difficult cause fish became so shy that they ignore nimphs and also dry flies, hatches are short like 10 minutes before the dark and so on…

So that is why we fish other rivers also nice green colored with very nice intact nature surrounding. We call it »hidden« rivers, which are mostly fished only by few locals fishermen. Flyfishing at those rivers is like a poetry. Fish are active almost the whole day, they are not shy, so they take nimph or dry very aggresive.

When we flyfish we flyfish with hidden paths.

Flyfishing as a primarily conection with nature

We, the people have survived thousands of years hunting and fishing for food. Actually is in our genes.

In the past hunting and fishing was just for survival, for the community we lived in, but now is more like searching for some outdoor experiences and reconnection with nature. I think that people search more like just being out there, than searching for trophies.

At the end of the day, actually it does not count how many fish did you catch or how big where they. All it counts is a story, made in a intact nature, majestic rivers or small creeks and of course moments of fish taking your flies.

It is best when you make story with us, the hidden paths.

Tržiška Bistrica river never let you down

Me and a friend of mine had a very nice dry fly action at Tržiška Bistrica last Sunday.

When we came to the river we saw that waterlevel was really low. So first we tried some nimphing but after some casts we changed for a dry fly – stimulator. That really work just perfect that day, so we caught many brown trouts and some rainbows. We lost big fish app 60 cm, which took a stimulator also. We still managed to catch nice rainbow app 50 cm.

Good flyfishing, welcome.

Excellent flyfishing in hot summer weather

Previous weekend we fished 2 days. First day we spend time on Soča and Bača river, second day we fished Bača and Kneža river in the morning than we moved to Sava river same day.

At Soča river we fished mostly with dry flies – stimulators(grasshopers) and fish were striking stimulators like crazy. We mostly caught rainbow trouts. In the afternoon we moved to Bača river where we fished for marble trout with nimphs. We caught one app. 35 cm and we lost one app. 45 cm.

Next day we started early in the morning at Bača river. When we came to the river, I spotted marble trout app.  45 cm taking dry flies. Without hesitation i tied stimulator. It was difficult to cast precisely so first cast was bad, because stimulator felt on the surface just 1,5m behind the marble trouts back, but for our big surpise a marble trout turned around and took a stimulator without hesitation…wowww!!!

Next marble we caught at Kneža river. I saw it standing on a shallow sandy pool. We sneek behind th rock and when we were ready we casted a nimhp. It happened the same as before…marble trout took it without hesitation. We landed in our net app. 50 cm long marble trout. Just perfect!

In the afternoon we did 2 hours  ride from Bača river to Sava river. Actually we were running for graylings. When we came there it was 2.00 in the afternoon. We spotted graylings from the bridge taking dry flies. I tied red tag. First cast and …take! We landed app 40 cm grayling in our net.

That was perfect flyfishing…see you soon! 

Hiking and climbing mountain Škrlatica

 On Saturday we did one of the toughest hike in Slovenia – Škrlatica 2740 meters above the sea level, 1800m of ascent.  Officially paths up to the top and back down would take you 12 hours, but we did it in 7,5hours that day. At first the path is quite easy, walking trough the forest. After 2 hours of walking  you come to the high walls and balvans, than the climbing area starts via ferrata.

There is no mouintain hut on a top, and there is no spring for fuelling your plastic bottels  with water so you really need to take app. 4 liters of water with you. That is why Škrlatica is so tough but the views on a top are just fantastic . We were deeply touched by the beauty of sorrounding mountains. We had a realy nice weather and a great day.

Graylings from Sava river

Sava river is largest river of Slovenia. I prefer fishing in the upper parts of Sava river where it has some really long runs whit rock and shallows and deep pools on the other side.  For me personaly the most enjoyable flyfishing is for graylings. They are good challange, because their takes are so fast. Ussually you have only  one second to strike it in time… For sure the best is when they take dry flies, but also with nimph is fun. With nimphs we use »chech style nimphing« , so short line.

Come and try luck.