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Report at a Glance

General Region	Slovenia
Specific Location	Kupa River
Time of Day	From sunset to sundown and sometime even after
Fish Caught	Mostly Grayling and a few brown trout
Conditions & Hatches	Reasonably low fresh water, very sunny with sometime as much as 18 different flies hatching at the same time.

Details and Discussion

Slocum	July 5th, 2017, 11:37 pm
France Posts: 9	Early june, we've travelled 18 hours from France to fish in the Kupa river, at the border of Slovenia and Croatia. A well preserved and beautiful fresh river in the middle of low mountains covered by conifers and boradleaf. Here are some pictures of my trip, also including a bunch of reptiles & amphibians, as I'm very interested in them. Almost no brown trout pics, we caught just a few and we weren't able to take pics of them except one. < /> < /> Kupa river, with its beautiful surrounding : < /> < /> < /> We fished mostly with dry fly but a few grayling were caught on nymph, like this one : < /> A juvenile Natrix tessellata, a semi aquatic non venomous snake feeding on fish, tadpoles and small amphibians. The equivalent of your garter snake or your water snake. < /> < /> The day after we went to the source of the river, in the Risnjac National park in Croatia. < /> < /> < /> < /> < /> Buying local flies : < /> < /> < /> < /> < /> Natrix natrix persa shed : < /> < /> < /> Back to Slovenia : < /> < /> < /> Now the main reptiles/amphibians chapter. Zootoca vivipara : < /> Common toad, Bufo bufo : < /> Lacerta agilis : < /> Amplexus of Bombina variegata : < /> < /> Bufo bufo, again : < /> Tadpoles feeding on dead toad. No waste in energy in the Wild : < /> Juvenile Natrix tessellata : < /> < /> < /> Bombina variegata again : < /> < /> An adult specimen of Natrix tessellata : < /> < /> < /> < /> Sorry for this little interlude. Back to the river and fly fishing : < /> < /> < /> < /> < /> There were some Huchens too. Some of us did saw some following a grayling they catch, but to fish them at this time of year wasn't allowed and we didn't have the appropriate rod and line anyway. Hope you liked that short report of a very good trip ! Go there if you can, it's beautiful.
Troutnut	July 6th, 2017, 12:23 am
Administrator Bellevue, WA Posts: 2723	Awesome report and pictures, thanks for posting! I love Slovenia and would highly recommend it to anyone. The whole country is a great experience, including the fishing.
	Jason Neuswanger, Ph.D. Troutnut and salmonid ecologist
Slocum	July 6th, 2017, 7:37 am
France Posts: 9	Thanks Jason ! This is a great Country for sure. Awesome landscape, and a great variety of fauna and flora. I just regret that we weren't able to visit the Risnjac National park a whole day. My comrades wanted to fish, fish, fish...
Jmd123	July 6th, 2017, 10:58 am
Oscoda, MI Posts: 2530	Beautiful! Love the reptiles and amphibians! Different species but pretty much the same things we see here, except here in Michigan lizards are rare. (The most common is the five-lined skink, the juveniles of which have lovely electric-blue tails.) But all lovely creatures...and spectacular scenery! Thanks for sharing. Jonathon
	No matter how big the one you just caught is, there's always a bigger one out there somewhere...
Partsman	July 6th, 2017, 3:24 pm
bancroft michigan Posts: 386	Thanks for sharing your wonderful European flyfishing! Beautiful pictures, I love the rivers and mountains, and the cabin was very relaxing to look at. It looks like the kind of place I would love to visit and enjoy some good wine and food and fishing. Mike.
Martinlf	July 6th, 2017, 6:46 pm
Moderator Palmyra PA Posts: 3157	Fascinating. Thanks so much for sharing!
	"He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'" --Fred Chappell
Slocum	August 13th, 2017, 12:05 am
France Posts: 9	You're welcome ;)
Cibolaj	February 4th, 2018, 6:17 am
Croatia Posts: 2	https://youtu.be/c3Tm6lqcCZM Kupa at winter... Just.. wow
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Fish1	February 21st, 2018, 11:21 pm
Ljubljana, Slovenia Posts: 2	KUPA is the name if you enter the river from Croatian sice of the border. From our side ( Slovenian) the name is KOLPA! Just to meke things clear.. :-) F

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