Fly Fishing

Valentin · Location: Vienna

Hi Tom,

ok, there are two waters next to Kitzbuhel (a small pond and a small river) which I would not recommend since they are not flyfishing waters and you rarely even see fish there. I would suggest that you go to Mittersill, 28km from Kitzbuhel and pay a visit to Hotel Braurup, www.braurup.at . There is a bus that goes to this place from Kitzbuhel couple of times a day and you might ask for itinerary at your hotel. Believe me, the waters from this hotel are the best waters of the whole area there

cheers

valentin

Valentin · Location: Vienna

Hi guys,

there is a very iteresting water opened in Austria (area of Salzburg) 2-3 yrs. ago. This river is called Fuscher Ache and its one of the tributaries of the famous Salzach river. The river flows through the highest mountains of Austria, just beside the mountain Kaprun, in the famous Grossglockner area. Of course, in 2006 and 2007, the river was visited by few curious fisherman only since no rea advertisement was made for it. I went there twice last year and managed to catch some very good trouts (photos will follow soon) and I am going back there in April. This water belongs to the Porsche family and it hasn#t been fished for over 50 yrs. Now, a chain of three-four hotels in the villages nearby the river have managed to collect the money and rent out the river for a 10 year period. It is really unbelievable what monster fish you find there and at least one of those is caught per day. It is full of fish everywhere, a lot of deep pools, waterfalls, fast flowing sections and small streams flowing into it wre you can also fish. The main species are Brown Trout and Brook Char, however the number of huge Rainbows and Graylings has been increased drastically. In the very low part of the river, just before it gets to Salzach, the Danube Salmon and Barbel can also be found.

Guys, this river is excellent for fishing in March and April and then Mid-September till the End of October. That's when the river has its normal water level and flows nicely through the Grossglockner area. From May till mid September, fishing can be done only in the poolsand the shore of the river since the water is very high and fast, from th snow melting in the highest hills of Austria. Honestly, I have been more successful on the high water fishing the shores of the river ad the pools than when the water was low/normal.

For more information you ca go to ww.zacherlbrau.at or just google for Fishing in Fuscher Ache.

Marcel, Troutbone and the others who are often fishing in Germany might find it very convenient. It is very close (0 min drive) to the famous touristic resort for Dutch people, the Zeller See.

Valentin · Location: Vienna

Hi,

beginning of April I decided to go to Fuscher Ache, one of the very interesting waters of Salzburg area. The fishing season had just started, the weather was nice but the water still extremely cold. Asked the fishing guide at the hotel about hot spots, flies, fishing in general and the answer was: Graylings are not active, brown trout is still hiding, so the only option was to fish for rainbows and brook trout.

First day I visited therecommended hot spots but beside a 34cm brown trout and two small brooks I was not really successful. I had hooked two huge ranibow but lost them because of the very thin leader.

Next day I went for rainbows, used a thicker leader and the results were better. This time I went to my own hot spots I remembered from last year. The problem was the very fast water and also dirty water from the snowmelt. In addition, there was a new bridge being built so it made the water even more dirty.
However, fishing close to the shore with white streamers was not so bad.
here comes the first rainbow of the day

Then I decided to visit my favourite waterfall, a spot which is never fished by other fisherman since it is not in the recommendation list of the owner:)
It brought me good fish last year so decided to visit it again

5 min later I had the first Waterfall Rainbow:)

and the second

then tried to fish few km above the bridge which was being built where the water was clearer but also faster

few meters down and I had another rainbow

then went to one of my hot spots known as fishing spot "The street". It is called like that just because you can fish from the street, by just dropping the nymph 10cm offshore. Lost two good brooks and one rainbow and finally had a rainbow of the size I wanted, 50cm but thin for its size

and then

another nice one

last day I had couple of more rainbows

the only day when the water got a bit clear in the afternoon

I will be going there again next Monday, this time for a week.

TroutBone · Location: Bavaria, Germany

Valentin
I'm planning on a do it yourself guided trip this year in Austria again, no hotels this time if i can help it, but looking for a decent place south of Munich into Austria, a River that I can wade into as well as a camping place near the river, any suggestion?

Valentin · Location: Vienna

Hi Troutbone,

sorry for the late reply, just came back from my one-week fishing holiday. Will post the photos later:). Hm, most of the rivers I fish belong to different hotels and are fishable by hotel guests only. However, there are also rivers where you can just get a day, three-day or weekly card and wade into them. I have to check about camping possibilities but please provide me with more info:
-What time are you planning to go?
- how far from Munich?
- are you driving and camping with a tent or?

will get back to you with concrete information just I need the above mentioned details since some of those areas have restricted periods for camping

cheers

Valentin

Valentin · Location: Vienna

Hi guys,

I went back to Fuscher Ache two weeks ago and stayed there for a week. The water was good most of the time except for the two very rainy days when fishing was almost impossible.
I had many fishes but didn't make to take pictures of all of them since we were two of us fishing with one camera:)

here are some of the photos

the restaurant in the garden

first rainbow

rainbow 2

third rainbow came just 1 minute after the second one, exactly on the same spot, behind a big rock

my favourite waterfall (too much water)

nice spot but full of small charr

changed the nymph and put a rubber leg prince and one big rainbow was on 5 min later

decided to visit also the small lake which is created from the river but it was boring:). Easy fishing and the huge fishes were not fighting at all:(

day three - decided to fish the fast flowing sections of the river, mainly shallows and hooked couple of brown trouts

day 4 was not bad either

couple of rainbows and brownies

waterfall nr.2 (caught NO fish)

and then came into this fast flowing part. you can see the trees & bushes on the left bank and that was the shelter of huge brown trouts. unfortunately lost 4 very big ones and managed to hook two, one good and one very big one

more fish caught in a pool approximately 50m from the fast flowing section next day

the surrounding area

nice brown caught on size 16 dry fly (although dry fly fishing was nearly impossible)

another one

and my last fish caught on a dry fly while searching for graylings

last day started with a charr

and some more caught as well

It was a good fishing holiday, looking forward to the next one

kicknsand · Posted: Sat 07/04/09 6:07 am Post subject: Hotel Braurup

I just reserved 3 days of fishing at the Hotel Braurup for the middle of July. I was told it is not the best time of year but my schedule only permits this time frame. Do you guys have any suggested waters for this time of year? What fly patterns should I look at tying up before I go?

Valentin · Location: Vienna

kicknsand · Posted: Fri 07/10/09 11:50 am Post subject: Thank you for the information

Thank you for the information. I hope the weather will hold out for me while I am there. I could use some time on the rivers. Is it recomended to hire a guide for the waters or are they easy to find with out much effort?

Valentin · Location: Vienna