I spent a day on Lake Como on a recent trip to Milan. While I didn't have time to fish, the foothills of the Southern Alps looked like a promising area for
angling. Has anyone here fished the area? I'll likely be returning next June and would consider taking a rod. I realize that runoff could be an issue that
time of year. Jim
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Fly Fishing Northern Italy
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Posts: 4127 11/11/2009 20:03 Moderator |
Check out my article on Fly Anglers On Line, I fished the "Sud Tirol" about 4 years back... great spot!!! Holler if you want more specifics.
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Posts: 541 11/11/2009 21:34 |
In addition to Ralph, another source of info could be the Italian Bamboo Rodmakers Association. Some of their members post here. Do a search on their
organization and their website will pop up. They seem like great guys and I'll bet some of them would consider your target area their home waters. Lee
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Posts: 935 11/12/2009 04:29 |
I would certainly get in contact with the Italian Bamboo rodmakers as advised. These guys know the good waters probably better than anyone else here and if you
are lucky you might get access to some private water which is always your best bet.
The flyfishing in Italy albeit cannot be compared to what you find in Austria e.g. but it is at least decent and there are more and more fly-only and catch-and-release areas. Some rivers I know are the Seisia, the Ticino (which is in Switzerland but close to Italy), the Toce (flows into the Lago Maggiore; you would need someone with local knowledge there. I spent a whole day searching but never found anything even remotely resembling a fish. very nice area though), the Maggia (again in Switzerland as far as I am aware but again very close to Italy and the Lago Maggiore area). And of course you have the Eisack, the Passer and the Etsch in Southern Tyrolia which are famous flyfishing waters that can still offer good fishing on a good day in beautiful surroundings. |
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Posts: 350 11/12/2009 12:29 |
Next Spring, the Missus and I are doing a tour of Tuscany, and we will have one free day at the end of the tour. I toyed with the possibility of doing a
one-day or half-day guided fly fishing trip on the free day, but we will be a little too far from some of the better areas to make that work. If the free day
had come early in the trip, I could have fished in the Lucca area.
More to the point, I simply ran a google search "fly fishing Italy" and got a number of possibilities. A couple of the guides are also bamboo rod builders and will provide you with all the gear you need - including rod, waders, etc. I also would specifically try to contact some of the forum members from Italy and see if they could give you some advice. The suggestions already given here are exactly what I would do if I was going to be fishing in Italy. We're sort of falling into a little pattern with our trips - we take a tour that hits some of the highlight places in Italy, then the next year we return on our own to more deeply explore the places we liked the best. When we head back to Tuscany a second time, I hope to take a day for fishing. That's one of my dreams! Have fun looking for more info and planning your trip, and keep us posted as to what you find out. Dean D
"I used to be clueless, but I've turned that situation around 360 degrees."
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Posts: 27 11/12/2009 12:34 |
I live in Germany and usually end up fishing western Slovenia in the Triglav National Park, it's about 2 1/2 hours from Lago Como. I usually run into
Italians fly fishing. Slovenia is probably the best fly fishing in Southern Europe. Check out this site, www.lustrik.com , I've fished with Rok and one
of his guides a few times and had a great time.
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Posts: 209 11/12/2009 12:56 |
I'll second the Slovenia statement by kaveman59. I was in Italy wandering around the Brenta Dolomites (around Molveno) and got the urge to fish. After
asking around I hopped on a train to Trieste, hitchhiked to Gorizia, walked across the border, rented a car and stayed at a campground in Kobarid where the
owner of the campground hooked me up with a guide that didn't speak English (most people do there). The one word he could say quite well was
"barbless". Definitely on the top of my list in places to visit again.
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Posts: 165 11/12/2009 13:36 |
Don't neglect the possibilities of the home region of some of my ancestors, Piemonte. As Cavour said of the Piemontese: "their tongue is French and
their minds are English." Italian Savoy offers the fine wines of Alba (barolo, etc.), white truffles, great scenery and cuisine, and FAR fewer American
tourists than Tuscany. There are many trout streams such as the Tanaro (near Cuneo) pictured below. France is nearby---hell even a dash to the Pyrenees is
possible.
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Posts: 1750 11/13/2009 01:20 |
Alaric11 - I cannot recall their name, but the 'Fly Fishing Club Of Rome' was really friendly and helpful. Maybe you know their "real" name
and how to contact them. I've long forgotten. Also, in the hills around Rome there is an odd subspecies of Brown Trout that are simply gorgeous. Is fishing
still available for them?
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Posts: 54 11/13/2009 17:11 |
I live in Italy. Probably Slovenia is a little better, but also in the Northern Italy you can find very interesting rivers. About every well know river has
some parts stocked with farm fishes and it is very easy to fish something. Where there are only wild fishes the situation is more difficult. For me the best
rivers are in the North East, in the regions named Trentino and Alto Adige. Here you can find the more interesting of the Italian wild trout, named Marmorata.
Could be also very big (8-10 pounds) but is very difficult to fish exemple over 2-3 pounds with the fly. If you need more informations let me know. Sergio
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Posts: 2373 11/13/2009 17:39 |
Thanks for asking the question, Jim. As you all can see, this is a great board still, warts and all.
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Posts: 42 11/13/2009 20:51 |
About a month ago I had a fantastic time just across the border in Austria (3o mins. from both Italy and Slovenia). Those two days made my season... All the
best, Idar
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Posts: 781 11/16/2009 16:16 |
Yes Creaky, this is still a great board. Thanks to all. Jim
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Posts: 147 11/17/2009 15:23 |
Hello Gentlemen,
there are many place where is possible to spend a couple of days fishing in nice place in Northern Italy - that for wefishcane - around Como. In particular the Valtellina valley with the Adda river and Mastellone. The right contact for you is Alberto Poratelli, rodmaker and IBRA Vice-President. This is the email postmaster@aprods.it lstshkr, the rigth person to contact if you like to fish in Tuscany, and in particular around Lucca, is Moreno Borriero info@damlin.com He is a professional guide and bamboo rodmaker. He live in Lucca. If you want to see some pictures of Italian Rivers you can go to the site of the Bamboo Journal http://www.rodmakers.eu/ and read the no.3 September 2009. By the way, if you are in Italy in May, we have the 6th Italian Bamboo Rodmakers Gathering on the banks of the Tiber river the 21th, 22th and 23th. Best regards, Marco |
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Posts: 783 11/18/2009 12:47 |
Marco, What a beautiful publication! Thank you for the contacts. Jim
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