Second half of August fishing forcast

14/08/201915/08/2019 Matej Gartnar

Hi all! On the beach or at the river fly fishing!? Both sounds tempting This post is looking to the second half of the August and is guessing the fly fishing conditions you can expect.. Video will show you the levels of the Sava Bohinjka is in a very good shape considering being in the middle of the summer – perfect levels! Often showers are reducing the amount of the swimmers and are keeping the water fresh and on a good level – great recipe for some nice fly fishing. Weather will not be changing much till the end of the month – not more than 28 degrees and with showers in between… Looking this, pretty well we can guess the fishing conditions till the end of the month.

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Week 8-10 am and 17-19pm
Saturday 8:00-12:00
Sunday 8-10:00

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Fishing weather wizard forcast

Rainy Sunday is gone – EVERYTHING FINE

29/07/201931/07/2019 Matej Gartnar

As first we were afraid that the strong rain on Sunday 28th July will be messing up with the river levels of the north-west of Slovenia – but behold: seems like the soil was so dry that all of the fallen rain was absorbed and the river colour and levels remaining untouched – clear and nicely fishable! This coming week of July 29-August 3rd will be having mix of the weather circumstances, from showers to sun and cloudiness which is a great recipe for the Fly fishing – at least in the summer time. Less swimmers on the river due to unstable weather is a welcome information too! If it happens you are on the area shortly – no fear, GO! on the fly fishing!!

Wether fishing wizard guessing..

Seems like the Friday might bring some stronger showers… the rest seems more or less ok – even good for the fly fishing if the river stays clear! No swimmers and no boat traffic probably also better fish activity than under the strong summer sunshine… pretty well we have a GO for the end of the week fishing..

Stormy Sunday July 28th

26/07/201926/07/2019 Matej Gartnar

Another end of the week is here – fly fishing rolls with a normal pace but visiting fisherman should keep an eye on the coming Sunday July 28th when we expect some heavier T-storms in the nord -west and east parts of Slovenia.. (Soca, Sava Bohinjka, Savinja, Baca, Idrijca etc..) While today Friday 26th already heard some Thunders, rain still keeps away.. Very steamy air pushed the fly fishing into the earliest morning hours which can be the very best part of the day! Many fly fisherman are on the area with their families or wife, GF, BF etc along, so compromises needs to be taken.. (different nations, the same patterns of behaviour hahahha).. hitting the rivers at 5:30 am, returning to breakfast at 1000 and late afternoon till the 2100 – that works best! Sava Bohinjka, Soca, under the pressure of the regular folks but mostly during the day time.. mornings are quiet and fine..

Levels so far – normal for the time of the season and not yet too low.. Trout is picky and either hits on the midge or big Goddard caddis – sizes in between more or less do not get their interest.. Grayling hunters – early mornings try with some small klinks or red-tags down on #18-20.. few nice catches reported in during last few days – all using the mentioned flies..

Sava Dolinka not yet cooperating well, since the power station dam Moste uses a weird time-table for opening the turbines – during the night closed, opens at 800.. spoils the day nicely :-/ The rumours are out that this might come from the silent cooperation between the raft Companies and the Dam Co.. the following prefers to have higher levels during the day to perform the drifting boat tours easier.. hack – again fly fishermen pulling the shortest straw.. :-/

Stay in touch early next week, when we report back what has happened during the Sunday`s T-storm performance and with the latest river situation.. and have a great cold end of the week!

What flies to use at the moment

Fishing weather wizard saying

Fly fishing news are back in July!

18/07/201918/07/2019 Matej Gartnar

Dear all fly fishing fans, true – we kept you off the news for a few weeks – sorry for doing that! Nothing new in fact was going on by the Sava Bohinjka, weeks and weeks or steady fly fishing condition, trout were landed, grayling as well, hatches late evening-night almost during the day small nymphs or streamers – that is it what has been happening in the last 3 weeks.

Sava Bohinjka fishing July 2019 from Fly Fishing in Slovenia on Vimeo.

Hence onward we are getting into the real summer with the typical summer conditions – and here is where the Fauna fishing news steps in again;

Summer brought a lot of folks on the river banks doing all kind of different things out there.. Keep in mind that very early morning 06am till lets say 10-11am you will have all of the river for yourself, while from 11is till 18th better keep away or seek for remote corners or you will be embraced by the BBQ families, kids throwing stones, half nude woman (that we allow) and other distracting factors..
The upper areas of the Sava Bohinjka – namely fishing club Bohinj suffers a lot from the kayak, boat, sup etc river traffic while having also the lowest levels of all 3 fishing clubs.. not saying you should not go there to fly fish but if so – read the above line.
Institute part of the Sava Bohinjka doing well, levels fine and temperature of the river still cold enough to give the fish some fighting power.. positive feedback we receive on a daily basis!
Bled fishing part of the Sava Bohinjka – doing fine as well. Not many anglers on the river but during the day proximity of a tourist town Bled brings some international visitors in different forms and brain capacities – top-less females we tolerate. Again – 06am be on the river if possible..
Sava Dolinka finally getting in shape after all the spring she suffered snow melt or rain levels.. the one seeking a true robinson fishing – take the Sava Dolinka.
Big Sava river – getting more and more interesting target while the levels of the Bohinjka slowly dropping and the Sava Dolinka getting clearer.. keep your radar on that one too!
Krka river – low and grass growing up
Unica river – fine but early morning and late afternoon
Radovna river – great, with enough level, NO BOAT traffic, NO swimmers and few anglers/day only. Always fresh breeze in that valley – surely a place to be if you are a fly fisherman visiting in July..

Flies to use during this period….

going dry fly than midge is a must during the day, small gnats, micro red-tags grizzly colored etc… Streamer works as well.. olive, white are dominant colours these days… nymphs no larger than #16 reducing the shine to minimum if possible. Fluorocarbon 6X even 7X is a must. Load it in the Fauna fly shop – we always keep a fresh stock!

Weather fishing wizard saying

July is quite fresh comparing with the previous years – good for fishing we must say! More active fish and a bit less swimmers in the river.. But the storms are behind every corner if we may say so – light rain shelter jacked must be close all the time. Overall the weather is supportive for the fly fishing purposes and tours. Easily you can plan a day or two if you want..

Storm and opaq water colors Sava Bohinjka

12/06/2019 Matej Gartnar

Huuh.. yesterday Tuesday afternoon we have had a propper shower in the nord-west Slovenia! Several rivers jumped up and turned into a hot chocolate! But today, Wednesday morning, drama is over and the situation is getting back to normal.. Sava Bohinjka in the Bled and Institute part will be semi-clear during today, while up in the Bohinj area will turn normal colored already during the day.. Consider that this shower did not add to lowering the levels of the Sava Bohinjka which will keep the strong currents trend that is lasting since the early June when the sun triggered a bit of the snow melt.. But overall – fishing conditons can be declared NORMAL from tomorrow onward. Weather till Sunday seems jolly good!! Radovna river – fine, clear just stronger current. Idrijca river – fine, Soca a bit opaque due to yesterdays storm.. we will be in touch later today or tomorrow morning with more video of the upper areas…

Fishing news June 12th from Fly Fishing in Slovenia on Vimeo.

One of the more effective ways of the fly fishing in the latest weeks;

Intense hatch of a Fly Fisherman!

06/06/201906/06/2019 Matej Gartnar

Hi back fellow fly fisherman! Sorry for not being able to post the news sooner, but the Fauna Fly Shop is in these days under an immense pressure of the “hatching anglers” if I may call many different visiting groups in that way

It has become very obvious now, how the super wet and cold May month was keeping down many fly fisherman seeking for some spring time fly fishing.. and now, when the green lights “go fly fishing” are finally turning on – everybody wants to be the 1st one to arrive on the spots! Well, there is enough of space on those many Slovenian rivers, but meeting some other anglers will be a daily must in the weeks to follow..

My ears in the Fauna fly shop are widely open, and regardless the fact that I can not (saaaadly) go on the fly fishing every day, this is what I had learn from the fellow fishing visitors:

Short comments and fly fishing gossips:

Sava Bohinjka, the very upper area of the fishing club Bohinj, these days hosting many anglers, mostly German, Belgium and French fisherman.. why? the spring-like levels of the river are still strong in currents despite being crystal clear.. and the more up the river you go (Sava Bohinjka) the less currents you gonna be experience! This is the basic fact that the area is very populated in the last days.. and you can catch also some fine large Trout – so we heard.. Most of the larger fish is still down deep and mostly feeds on the nymph.. Dry will bring you enough catch, but will be smaller in size. Try to avoid the bridge in Brod and Savica – several French anglers literary occupied the area and is hard to get a free slot in between of them.
Sava Bohinjka – Institute (middle part) – Increasing traffic of Italian anglers forecast for the ends of this week, arriving with the dry fly action attempts.. The hatch today was happening strongest in the morning, 8:30 – 11ish, than the sun put the heat down and the fish went back down.. small but heavy nymph was the best reply to offer.. Larger trout also strikes hard on some smaller streamer imitation mostly of the white colour, presented close to the bottom.. (sink tips are a welcome gear to have). Wider configuration of the river bed in the Institute makes the currents feel a bit less strong than on the other areas.. Saturday and Sunday June 8,9 stronger pressure of the Italian anglers is to be expected – of course welcoming them, since we only saw a hand full of them in the May month 😉
Sava Bohinjka Bled area (lowest of all 3 clubs: BLED TROPHY part is almost sold out for the end of the week, with only few more rods left on the Saturday.. any intention to be one of them – do not hesitate to contact us via ph. or e-mail to book you in! Other areas out of the trophy are not really under the pressure since the currents are still strong and every body is thinking that in the upper fishing clubs will be a better fishing due to less current – eeeee… wrong! Bled regular parts are a good hide out away from the FF masses and the fish are as active than everywhere else… the one who has eyes – let him read!
Radovna river: almost neglected since the masses of Fly fisherman attached the Sava Bohinjka. But those few who went on the Radovna lately reported back a very positive news, fish not big but very active and almost nobody on the whole river length – not to mention a drop-dead gorgeous spring surrounding nature of the Radovna valley. You want to roam alone on your fly fishing day? Go to the Radovna river!
Savinja river: so we heard that the permits for the Trophy areas (30/day) are also sold out till Monday next week! Better make a call to their fishing club before staring your journey via Savinja! So you do not stay empty permit handed once arriving! Fishing should be ok if the river is sold-out!
Krka river: this is a area to consider! In the next day she will be reaching her optimal levels! And since the big eye of the FF is not looking at her – this might be a place to be! Fishing season on the Krka river is like 3 weeks ahead of the Alpine rivers area – hatches are stronger! We can provide the fishing permits, but they go for Eur 70,00/day. If you hit the right day – investment can be well rewarded by brownies feeding on the surface more than on the nymphs!
Unica river – still in the process of dropping down the levels to reasonable, not yet perfect.. have patient, once the levels drop – fishing will be exploading!
Idrijca – levels perfect but fishing demanding due to the low temperature of the river. Fish feeds quite selectively and if you want to be sure you gonna make a good quota – take the Trophy part permit.. on the regular one you might be suffering..
Soca river – getting back to normal, but suffering snow melt.. streamer and nymph ok – dry still not on the maximum.. but if you are on the area, go fishing – later weeks and lower levels will be bringing dozens and dozens of the anglers!
Lepena (tributary to the Soca river) – jam packed with the anglers – try to find some alternative, since the poor little stream can not take any more human inside..
Big Sava river – in short words – she is big. too big and too white since the Sava Dolinka is bringing white colour due to the snow melt and rain supplies gathered in the month May..
Sava Dolinka: where in the current is mostly white and not yet mature for some nice fly fishing.
Sava Dolinka Power station lake: belly boat area – reporting very good fish activity! Whater is white with some brown alga patches here and there – but you might score up to 20 good size trout/day! Green lights for the lake belly boaters shinning bright!
Sora – all fine, fishing fine..

Well, you see what can a man learn by working in the fly shop! Surely the above is valid for a few days only, than everything might be changing, but in general I believe the actual situation is well described!

Weather fishing Wizard saying: up to the balls you will be freezing, above the belt you will be boiling! And that is true, water temperature very low, while the Sun will be reaching up to the hey- 34! degrees on Tuesday next week!

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Video of the Sava Bohinjka June 5th

sava-bohinjka-june-5 from Fly Fishing in Slovenia on Vimeo.

Video of the Radovna river June 3rd

JUNE IS HERE! Fly Fishing finally see some sun!

01/06/2019 Matej Gartnar

May declared as the most wet and cold since 1991 – IS GONE! June started lovely, sun and levels in the process of dropping down! Early days of June will still be seeing some showers and T-storms locally but they should not be messing with the levels of the main rivers.. Let us hope this will become true! So far – so good! Today Saturday 1st we have already have lots of action on the smaller rivers and the tributaries, while main rivers (Sava Bohinjka, Soca, Idrijca, Krka(very high) will be dropping in the next days.. Today all main rivers were already clear, except the Sava Dolinka and the big Sava river, but having strong spring-like currents. Also the temperature of the water remaining low – around 10 degrees.. (the Radovna river 6 degrees haha).

Bottom line – GO! we had wait long enough.. hatches are already there, but because of the stronger currents dry fly fishing still a bit down.. should be improving in the next week.. stay tuned!

Fly-fishing-news-Slovenia-June1 from Fly Fishing in Slovenia on Vimeo.

Weather wizard looks really happy

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Rain kind-a stopped – levels still high

30/05/2019 Matej Gartnar

As it should stop to rain today – haven`t quite yet.. most of the rivers still up, but some already in the stage of dropping down the levels.. smaller rivers will be the first to drop the levels and get clear, larger ones will follow in the next days, IF THE RAIN stops permanently of course.. Weather guys are not to believe, every morning new forecast out showing some drizzle rain again also in the days to follow..

Yesterday was in the news, that we had just had the most wet and cold May month in the last 28 years – since 1991! If in any comfort for ya

Latest view on the Radovna river – tomorrow it should already be clear and 1st teams will go on the fly fishing..

RADOVNA-MAY30th from Fly Fishing in Slovenia on Vimeo.

Weather fishing wizard seems happier for the next few days..

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Wooow fly fishing situation – bad again!

29/05/2019 Matej Gartnar

If yesterday, May 28th still enabling some fly fishing and the rain not hitting down hard, this night and morning Wednesday 29th, the sky pissed down hard and the levels of ALL Slovenian rivers jumped high and too high for any reasonable fly fishing. The moment of this typing is still raining all over Slovenia, but should stop in the afternoon and only drizzle or dry tomorrow, Thursday 30th. But the levels of the main river will need like 2-3 days to recover, while smaller rivers (Radovna, Baca, Trebuscica, Lepena, Trziska Bistrica etc..) might be clear on Friday, keeping stronger currents. Bottom line – in best case, the Saturday and Sunday will enable normal fly fishing while Thursday – Friday … so-so or no-go.. stay in touch!

Sava Bohinjka May 29th from Fly Fishing in Slovenia on Vimeo.

Weather fishing wizard guessing:

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What type of fly to us if you go to the rivers shortly:

The D**N rain is back!

27/05/201927/05/2019 Matej Gartnar

This morning, Monday May 27th it started to rain again and we are now waiting what shall be happening with the rivers? Rain forcasted also for tomorrow so it does not show too good! Keep in touch with our office since the situation is changing hour by hour and is hard to type the latest “what is going on” so fast… for the moment Sava Boh. Radovna, Baca, Trebuscica etc are still fishable, but how long it will last – we only guess.. stay in touch we shall be posting regularly in the days to follow!