From: 12/11/2014
To: 12/11/2014
Type of Water: Freshwater
Species: Rainbow trout, Brown trout, Lake trout, Grayling , Marble Trout, Danube Salmon - Hucho Hucho
Flyfishing in Slovenia
From the perspective of a fishing guide i try to teach people how to re-cast, how to nimph, how the fish takes etc. Flyfishing in Slovenia with me as a fishing guide can be pretty much different as you are used to fish by yourself. No doubt that in Slovenia we have big natural fish and also endemic species like marble trout or adriatic grayling. It is not easy to catch them, therefore, i teach techniques how to sneak up on the fish back, that they do not notice you. That is key to successful flyfishing in Slovenia. So flyfishing with me can be really great adventure for beginners or for skilled flyfishermen.
Flyfishing for the marble trout is one of most exciting and also most challenging flyfishing for trouts. Marble trout is an endemic species found in Slo View more...Flyfishing in Slovenia
From the perspective of a fishing guide i try to teach people how to re-cast, how to nimph, how the fish takes etc. Flyfishing in Slovenia with me as a fishing guide can be pretty much different as you are used to fish by yourself. No doubt that in Slovenia we have big natural fish and also endemic species like marble trout or adriatic grayling. It is not easy to catch them, therefore, i teach techniques how to sneak up on the fish back, that they do not notice you. That is key to successful flyfishing in Slovenia. So flyfishing with me can be really great adventure for beginners or for skilled flyfishermen.
Flyfishing for the marble trout is one of most exciting and also most challenging flyfishing for trouts. Marble trout is an endemic species found in Slovenian rivers like Idrijca and Soča river and all the tributary rivers which flow into Idrijca and Soča river. Those rivers are most famous, but there are some »hidden« rivers where mostly the local fishemen flyfish for marble trout. Those rivers are Vipava river, Reka river, Rižana river etc. However, marble trout is our biggest trout, because it grows to a much greater size than all other species of trout in Slovenia. Some largest individuals exceeding up to 125cm in lenght an 20kilo in weight. Besides marble trouts there are also hybrids(marble x brown), which can often be simmilar to marble trout, but they have ussualy body covered with red dots, and also the can be visiually very varied. Also the hybrid can reasch 1m in lenght and 10 kilo in weight.
Flyfishing for marble trout should bu adjust to flyfishing for big predators. It is not like nimph or dry fly fishing. Sometimes in spring and with much luck you can even catch them with nimph or dry fly. But most of the time you have to put time in streamer fishing. The whole techniq must be based on heavy streamers which can reach the river bottom fast, also when searcing marble trout in deep rapids, dams, cascades etc. Streamers should be 6-10cm in lenght. I use mostly 7cm and 10gram heavy weight jig streamer, imitating a muddler.
Like for any other predator, the best conditions for marble trout are when river level is high, a little muddy, when river level is rising up, when raining etc. Best time for marble trout is in spring and also autumn. During the summer, chances for catching a marble trout are small, because in summer the river level is ussually low and when sun is up it can be very hot. So in summer you have chance only early in the morning. During the day you better try nimph or dry fly for grayling or rainbow trout.
Mastering flyfishing techniques is not the only condition that you should know for best flyfishing in Slovenia. When you flyfish for the first time new stream you should definitely need to hire a best fishing guide in Slovenia. In Slovenia we have so many rivers just perfect for fisherman who enjoy flyfishing alone (like Trebuščica river, Kokra river…) and also for group of fishermen who like big and wide rivers ( like Sava river, Idrijca river, Soča river…). Fishing guide will also choose appropriate river, regarding fishing skills and conditions on the water.
Tight lines,
Gašper Konkolič, fishing guide in Slovenia
