With limited drift, anchor or fish static from sheltered positions. Work a bushy searching pattern on the bob and drop a contrasting nymph on the point. In the calm, a single dry fly or a slowly-fished nymph tends to out-fish an active retrieve.
If the main plan is not working, switch to a smaller, more imitative pattern fished slower and deeper. A change of drift angle can also make a difference.
Evening tends to be the best period in summer — stay late if you can for a sedge or spinner fall.
Flat calm suits bank fishing near features — points, weed beds, and inflows where fish patrol.
Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.
A good match for this venue — most conditions are close to what it fishes best in.
Small Bavarian alpine stillwater — the best clear trout-fly stillwater candidate in Germany. Brown trout, rainbow trout and some char. Fishable from shore or belly boat. Not the trophy-alpine romance of Eibsee, but a more practical and accessible fly-fishing lake.
WFD classification · DERW_DEBY_1_F588
Small Bavarian alpine stillwater — the best clear trout-fly stillwater candidate in Germany.
With limited drift, anchor or fish static from sheltered positions. Work a bushy searching pattern on the bob and drop a contrasting nymph on the point. In the calm, a single dry fly or a slowly-fished nymph tends to out-fish an active retrieve.
If the main plan is not working, switch to a smaller, more imitative pattern fished slower and deeper. A change of drift angle can also make a difference.
Evening tends to be the best period in summer — stay late if you can for a sedge or spinner fall.
Flat calm suits bank fishing near features — points, weed beds, and inflows where fish patrol.
Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.
A good match for this venue — most conditions are close to what it fishes best in.
Small Bavarian alpine stillwater — the best clear trout-fly stillwater candidate in Germany. Brown trout, rainbow trout and some char. Fishable from shore or belly boat. Not the trophy-alpine romance of Eibsee, but a more practical and accessible fly-fishing lake.
WFD classification · DERW_DEBY_1_F588
