{"id":2498,"date":"2014-10-24T14:50:39","date_gmt":"2014-10-24T12:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ribiskekarte.si\/blog\/?p=2498"},"modified":"2014-10-24T16:56:02","modified_gmt":"2014-10-24T14:56:02","slug":"guiding-on-the-rizana-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ribiskekarte.si\/blog\/guiding-on-the-rizana-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Short guide through the river Ri\u017eana"},"content":{"rendered":"
The river Ri\u017eana<\/a> is a small karst river originating under the edge of the karst region and flowing into the Gulf of Trieste. For more than 50 years the RD Koper has been managing this area providing for co-natural breeding of the trouts and thereby preserving the indigenous trout population. In the heavily overgrown riverbed of the river Ri\u017eana the dominating species are brown trouts of the \u00a0special color called Ri\u017eanski kri\u017eanci. The fly fishing season on the Ri\u017eana starts already in March and ends in December. Long fly-fishing season has its own charm in each time of the year. The best conditions are when the water levels are between 1 m 3 \/ s and 4 m 3 \/ s.<\/div>\n
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In the Ri\u017eana the wild fish, that are very timid and not used to human proximity, dominate so it is extremely important to keep a careful approach.<\/div>\n
Let’s start our 12 km journey where the river becomes the river Ri\u017eana – at the spring – below the village Hrastovlje, which is converted into a water reservoir for the entire coastal region. The spring is an excellent starting point for fly fishing as it has a regulated sandy parking lot next to the water (here<\/a>). The river is more narrow, deeper, and fast here, which provides an excellent habitat for rainbow trouts and large marble trouts.<\/div>\n
The river then calmly continues its way past the village of \u017dgani and flows under the bridge Averski most – this is the largest bridge that crosses the river Ri\u017eana – underneath it there is a larger pool, which is suitable location for fishing with a dry fly. It also has a parking space (here<\/a>) and \u00a0access to water is possible following the overgrown path right next to the bridge.<\/div>\n
After the bridge \u00a0Averski most the river descends into the valley Kortinska dolina. Here we have several starting points where you can leave your car. The first is under a large road sign (here<\/a>) and the other at an old house (here<\/a>). The Ri\u017eana’s current is the calmest here due to a number of smaller dams. The fishing here when \u00a0water level is low can be very difficult and only suitable for experienced fly fishermen.<\/div>\n
The channel then turns towards the village of \u00a0Ri\u017eana where it is the best to leave the car in front of the old village inn (here<\/a>) and cross the river on a small bridge and then continue along the left bank on foot: there are paths through the fields.The river narrows and speeds up in the village which can be very dangerous when the water level is high.. It is the area of the river where many beautiful brown trouts were caught.\u00a0 When the flow gets faster a smaller streamer (wooly buger) proved to be very successful.<\/div>\n
After the village Ri\u017eana downstream, we have the next starting point at “\u0160tepan\u010di\u010d,” where we cross the railroad by car and then leave it on the narrow road (here<\/a>), where the dam was built. The river in this section varies; from rapids to the deeper pools, which makes fishing exciting and dynamic.<\/div>\n
We now move on to the next starting point : the local rural touristic place, where we leave the car at the garbage bins (here<\/a>). We continue on foot, crossing \u00a0the courtyard of the farmhouse and find ourselves at the place where we have good access to water and numerous pools and rapids. After the farm the river begins to slow its course down and is very popular for fly fishing all the way up to the fishing lodge of the RD Koper, where it is also possible to leave a car (here<\/a>).<\/div>\n
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The most successful flies on the river Ri\u017eana at the beginning of the season-when the \u00a0the water level is high- are various streamers or heavier nymphs in natural colors.When the water level is lower , we use lighter nymphs (# 8 # 14) and F-Flies\u00a0( # # 14-18). In the warmer part of the season the gray gammarus flies were very successful and in the evenings various soft hackle \u00a0flies or larger dry flies.<\/div>\n
In conclusion I would say that the river Ri\u017eana represents a great spot for fly fishing challanges for every fly fisherman and every effort is richly rewarded with \u00a0beautiful catches of \u00a0wild trouts.<\/div>\n
<\/i>To find out more about fishing regime on the river Ri\u017eana, click here :\u00a0www.ribiskekarte.si\/en\/rd-koper\/rizana-a<\/a><\/i>