“I TIE FLY PATTERNS


THAT MATCH THE UNIQUE LOCAL BAITFISH.”


Common rudd were introduced to the lake in an attempt to provide more food for commercially valuable


pike. Now there are so many rudd in the lake that it is hard to get a pike to take an artificial bait. Lucky for us, the rudd are easy to fool. This one fell for a small nymph pattern.


For pike I use a long streamer or popper. Then I switch to Adams dry fly, small streamers or a nymph pattern for perch and rudd. This is a drag- onfly nymph that I designed. The rudd seemed to like it.


Traveling light makes it possible to fish isolated, weed-choked waters. An inflatable SUP, fly rod and fishing vest are all that we need to explore Lake Cerknica.


People have always struggled to live with Lake Cerknica. The Romans called the lake Lugeon Palus or “sad lake”. The Roman Catholic Church claimed fishing rights in 1319. When the lake drains, fish are often left high and dry for easy picking. In 1655 the lake dried for five years and there are records of people carting off fish in wagons. The famous Slovene scientist, J.V. Valvasor made the first study of the lake in 1689. His report won him admission to the London Royal Society. Many scientists have followed producing countless studies and reports on the lake’s unique ecosystem. For over 100 years, locals have tried to drain the lake and control the flooding. Heavy rains through the summer of 2014 pushed the water level higher than normal for longer than normal, flooding local villages. When the lake is low, farmers graze cattle on the grass that grows on the fertile lake bottom. ~


34…KAYAK ANGLER


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