Fishing for Huchen (Danube salmon or hucho, hucho) in Slovenia in January

Being a fishing guide, I like Danube salmon fishing mostly. It is the biggest challenge for all fishermen. People often say that hucho hucho- Danube salmon is a fish of thousand casts. I would like to say that was true but if you are not experienced enough and you don’t even have much luck, you can never catch this gorgeous fish. Let’s make it clear: Danube salmon fishing is different than any other.

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Preparing for the Fly Fishing Season

Personally, I find the New Year’s post-partying period extremely boring and grim. It happens every single year that I get this F-type flu, which of coarse means the fly-fishing feaver that spreads rapidly between fishermen, peaking somewhere just before the new fly fishing season opening which usually occurs in April, somewhere even earlier, in March. All that time I do nothing but carefully watch water levels and tie flies. The rest of the gear must be already fully inspected and prepared by that time.

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Priprava ribolovne opreme za novo muharsko sezono

Po novem letu vsakič zbolim za influenco tipa F – v mislih imam seveda muharsko mrzlico, ki se hitro širi med ribiči in doseže vrhunec nekaj dni pred odprtjem muharske sezone, ki je ponekod že meseca marca, drugod pa aprila. Takrat sem slep in gluh za vse drugo. Edino, čemur posvečam pozornost, so vodostaji in umetne muhe. Druga pomembna oprema mora biti takrat že pripravljena in brezhibna.

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