We`v had a bit of everyting in fly fishing April 2024
You did see that April started cold and wet - even snowy on some areas of the Alps, while by April 14th, Ljubljana saw 26 degrees - which fits better to end of May! Did this wild temp. jump affect our fly fishing? Sure.. Hot temperatures triggered early snow melt and levels were pretty smoky and having strong currents. But we.v adapt - choosing the right flies of course.. As expected Leechies were doing a great job down under, while nymphs had to be smaller but heavy.. perdigones on 14-16 depending of the river were a good choice! Dry flies - due to cold water larger species not hatching yet.. if you wanted to battle the surface - small BLACK pattern had to be offered! At the time of this update weather turned to rainy and cold - for a longer period so let.s see what second half of the April delivers....