Fishing Italy (My wife things I'm crazy, but...)

[DaveSurfs]

Hello Everyone,

You'd think my wife wouldn't be surprised after seeing me surf and fish in El Salvador, Costa Rica, and Ireland over the past few years, but she thinks this is a bit of a stretch.

We're headed to Italy in a couple weeks and have been looking for fishing options while traveling. I have a 2 days in Bologna, a few in Florence and most of the trip will be in Rome.

I pinged the guys at Fly Fishing Italy (http://www.flyfishingitaly.com/) and am awaiting a reply, but wondered whether or not some of you know of any other resources to check? 

Thanks & Tight Lines,

Dave

[namfos]

If you're on LinkedIn check the Fly Anglers in Business group - I seem to recollect a few from Italy on the group.

Mark

[John Bilotta]

Email some of the IFFF instructors listed under Italy. That should be able to help you.

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[Yambag Nelson]

I'm going to Italy the first week of july and won't be fishing, but my general sense just from reading about the country is that any decent fishing would be further north than you will be.  I'm sure there is the Rome/Tuscany equivalent of 4 mile run (i.e somewhere you wouldn't dream of fishing unless you really didn't have anywhere better to go) but doesn't seem like there is much otherwise that would be worth bringing a flyrod along.

On Monday, May 30, 2016 at 8:11:06 PM UTC-4, John wrote:

Email some of the IFFF instructors listed under Italy. That should be able to help you.

On May 30, 2016, at 11:16 AM, DaveSurfs wrote:

Hello Everyone,

You'd think my wife wouldn't be surprised after seeing me surf and fish in El Salvador, Costa Rica, and Ireland over the past few years, but she thinks this is a bit of a stretch.

We're headed to Italy in a couple weeks and have been looking for fishing options while traveling. I have a 2 days in Bologna, a few in Florence and most of the trip will be in Rome.

I pinged the guys at Fly Fishing Italy (http://www.flyfishingitaly.com/) and am awaiting a reply, but wondered whether or not some of you know of any other resources to check? 

Thanks & Tight Lines,

Dave

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[Yambag Nelson]

That said, please share if you find something awesome as I will be in those areas (Rome, Siena/Tuscany) and would maybe consider bringing a rod if there was something that was really can't miss.

[Casey Peltier]

Actually, it's called the River Arno. It flows right through the center of Florence, and folks fish for Carp. With bait. Right there in front of God and Everyone. There is a swell little store that caters to the local anglers. Cross the Ponte Veccio and turn right on the first big street, upstream from the bridge. When we were there the selection of fly rods was limited to Fenwicks. The Brag Board has to be seen to be believed...

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[DaveSurfs]

Thanks everyone. I appreciate the insights and suggestions. I'll continue to look for options and will certainly let folks know what I find in Italy.

Thanks Again,

Dave

[DaveSurfs]

Hello everyone, 

Back from Italy and had a wonderful time. I'm sure some of the things I learned are old hat to many of you, but with less than a year total fly fishing under my belt, I was more than happy to soak up as much learning as possible.

Building in a day to fish was a great idea and I couldn't have been taken better care of by my guide from www.flyfishingitaly.com.

My guide was Alessandro Sgrani (http://www.flyfishingitaly.com/sgrani.html) and he was fantastic.

After an easy pick up at the library steps in Florence, we drove about 90 minutes out to eastern Tuscany near the town of Anghiari to the head waters of the Tiber River (the same river that ultimately flows through Rome). We stopped near the river to square away licensing for this special section of the Tiber, and to pick up sandwiches and water for our lunch later in the day. (Fresh crusty bread, spicy soppressatta ham, and fresh provolone....awesome!)

Another 10 minutes or so and we were on the river. The river in this part of the country is about 10-15 yards wide and ankle to chest deep. The bottom is mostly river rocks about 1-2 fists in size. Alessandro rigged a double nymph setup by but it was different from others I've seen. Instead of tying the tippet for the lower nymph to the bend in the hook of the upper fly, he tied what I would describe as a dropper loop (pardon my saltwater spinning gear reference) about 18-24 inches above the lower nymph and the dropper loop extended about 6 inches off the tippet. He used a piece of fluorescent line tied in about 3-4 feet above the lower nymph as the indicator.

Alessandro held school pointing out current seams, eddies, pockets in front of rocks, undercut banks, logs, and really helped me refine the way I looked at and covered the water. Where and when to hold the rod high, twitching the rod tip to add action to the nymphs, one nuance to the place after another. We roll-casted our way along about 800-1000m of stream as we fished through the day, only saw two other anglers who were never any closer than 50 yards to us, and disappeared shortly after we saw them.   We caught about 2 dozen fish 6 or 7 of which were Grayling, the rest Brown Trout. Late in the day we stopped for lunch and were interrupted by thunderstorms, and although we spent 45minutes waiting for the storms to pass had great conversations about all the places Alessandro has fished, and all the places I've surfed. Alessandro was very interested in our local Shad run and I told him he was welcome on the Rappahannock or Potomac any Spring.

Several pictures are attached. Please ping me if you're traveling to Florence or want to know more. I would absolutely do it again!

Tight Lines,

Dave

[arthur...@gmail.com]

Great to see you today Dave!

Thanks for sharing this was an awesome trip report.

Art

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[GSFeder]

Great report, Dave. So glad you took the leap and it worked out for you!

Cheers, 

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[Jim White]

Dave,

Great report!

Tell us about that fly reel. What is that lever? Is it an auto wind?

Cheers,

Jim

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[Dave DiEugenio]

Yes Greg, great question. I'd never seen anything like it before. Alessandro spent 5 years on the Italian National Fly Fishing Team and said the speed on the retrieve was helpful when you had to rapidly change things up to re-tie or to move to a new location. You pull that lever with your index finger and the reel retrieves all the line you have out. I really didn't ask about the mechanism, but I assume you are loading some kind of a spring as you draw line off the reel and the lever causes the spring to release and commence the retrieve.

Thanks,

Dave

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[Carl Z.]

It's a "semi-automatic" reel. Just google "semi-automatic fly reel".  Neat things.  The companies that make them are French and Italian. 

Carl

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[Dave DiEugenio]

Thanks Carl!

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