It is on the banks of Santa Susanna river that St. Francis of Assisi would have been inspired to compose the Canticle of the Creatures. For the beauty of the landscape and the exceptional flow of water the spring was declared a natural monument in 1977.
The Arctic char is the fish found at a highest latitude on Earth. On the Italian Alps the char is present since the glacial era. After the glaciers retreated, large char population remained inhabiting alpine lakes and streams above 1000 meters altitude.
Mixed Hatches, Parallax Oversight, The Drift, Cock the Snook
The global dun is an imitation of small and medium mayfies that, after emerging, ride the surface before becoming airborne. If the devil is in the details this fly is definetly not a saint.
Up north there is an island where pike leave is the mighty salt water of the Batlic sea
The Große (big) Lauter is a chalkstream in Germany that has good hatches of the real Mayfly (E.danica) between end May and mid June
The Asp is most of the time an elusive ghost. But when the day comes, it is a day you will remember for a long time.
Almost mid May, a report on the benthos in a small stream.
The six-piece 8-foot is in the rucksack along with a box of flies, a reel and the vest. The rod must fit in the rucksack, you must avoid external tube holders that can get stuck in difficult passages.
Great imitation of a dragon fly or damsel.
If the Mediterranean sea can offer good game fish, it ain't easy to catch them. I ventured out with the boat and had a great day fly-fishing with poppers.
When Asp hunt close to the surface there is no other imitation that can compete with this fly.
