{"id":5140,"date":"2021-08-25T00:00:34","date_gmt":"2021-08-24T22:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/troutfishing-germany.com\/?p=5140"},"modified":"2021-09-14T10:33:53","modified_gmt":"2021-09-14T08:33:53","slug":"soca-tal-tag-1-marmorata-mit-der-nymphe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/troutfishing-germany.com\/en\/2021\/08\/soca-tal-tag-1-marmorata-mit-der-nymphe\/","title":{"rendered":"So\u010da Valley, day 1: nymph-fishing for marble trout"},"content":{"rendered":"

The night before our trip to Slovenia, I sat at my tying desk long after midnight, to fill up my fly boxes.<\/strong> My friend and \u201cdealer\u201d Christian Kuchelmeister, a professional fly tier, provided me with some tipps and warnings concerning the fishery in Slovenia. Christian had won several tying contests in Slovenia and had fished many streams and rivers some years ago. He advised me not to use any flash or glitter in the flies, because the fish were very cautious because of the gin clear water and the fishing pressure\u2026. And so I tied a box full of nymphs in sizes 14-18, mostly variations of caddis- and small mayfly larvae. I also packed a box of CDC dries, although my hopes were low to catch a marble trout on dry fly.<\/p>\n

Arrival<\/h3>\n

When, after a long car ride, we first crossed the So\u010da river on a bridge, it took my breath away! What a water, what a scenery! The feeling I had when I saw this river is hard to describe. It kinda felt like coming home, having lunch with Liv Tyler in St.Peters Cathedral and playing Jimmy Hendrix\u2019 guitar all at once.\"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

But as I was admiring the beauty of this unbelievably clear water, my dreams of catching a big marble trout shrank at the same time to the humble hope of catching anything at all.<\/p>\n

The next day we explored the valley with the family, and visited some of the natural highlights, as e.g. the So\u010da gorge, where the river has cut deep into the limestone, with vertical walls of many meters in height\u2026 very impressive, but a bit too crowded for my taste. Nevertheless, I did see the first fish there, in fact a good number of them! And big ones as well! So I was eager to start the fishing and try both my skills and my luck in these emerald waters!<\/p>\n