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Big hucho hucho gets away...

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General Region	Slovenia
Specific Location	Sava Bohinjka near to Bohinjska Bela
Dates Fished	04-07 december 09
Time of Day	10.00 pm
Fish Caught	Hucho hucho
Conditions & Hatches	Clear water but quite high, to clear to fish with flyrod... after one cast the fish goes down and stops feeding

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Luc384
Belgium / zoersel

Posts: 14

Luc384 on Dec 10, 2009December 10th, 2009, 12:34 am EST

Water to clear to fish with flyrod for huchen (taimen)... after one cast the fish goes down and stops feeding, we changed for a spinner on advice from our guide.. not what we wanted but it beats going home without a catch and it's still fishing..
After a short drill the hucho took his freedom, but we did manage to get it on film..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHfbxnYeaPo

enjoy,

Luc

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Tilman
Gemany

Posts: 37

Tilman on Dec 10, 2009December 10th, 2009, 3:06 am EST

Wonderful Water , as i already commented on youtube ;)

Do you know how much the day ticket was ? Or how much a weeks fishing would be ?

I just looked at google maps and this is a 6,5 hour drive from my home (and i live in germany on the border to france).

"Live and Learn" - Mr. Spock

http://www.directupload.net/galerie/154319/LfyCOrbM3j/0

Martinlf