On Topic: Fly fishing the Nera in Italy
 

ROFFistanians,

Sorry to interrupt all the political and scatological content, but
I just got back from our trip across the pond and thought I'd share.
I'll post more photos of the trip in general once I have time to go
through them all, but here's a bit about the day I spent fly fishing
on the Nera River in Umbria.

We were in Hungary and Italy for two weeks, and Carol encouraged me
to take a day to go fishing while we were there. As it turned out,
Carol's contact in Cortona (who we rented a house from) has a friend
whose brother (Luca) is a fly fisher, and he was more than willing to
take me out for a day on the water.

I had researched the Nera a bit before the trip, and identified an
area that looked like my kind of fishing. As it turned out, Luca took
me to the exact area I had been researching, a beautiful stretch where
the river is narrow, crystal clear and densely overgrown, and the
fishing is mostly dry fly, and all catch and release.

We got an early start, and after stopping at a "bar" for coffee and
some sandwiches to throw in our vest for lunch (nothing much, just
prosciutto and aged provolone on freshly-baked focaccia), we went to
the Lengambiente (environmental protection agency) "office" to buy my
daily license. (This stretch of river requires that you check in
before fishing, as it limits rods in that stretch to 10/
day.)

With that done, Luca, his friend Luigi and I hit the water. It was
almost like being back in the Smokies. The stream was about 30' wide
at its largest, completely overgrown with various deciduous trees, and
it runs fast and cold. (Pics of the Nera: http://uweb.txstate.edu/~cv01/nera01.jpg
and http://uweb.txstate.edu/~cv01/nera02.jpg)

We all took off in different directions to get some room to cast
and explore, and I was totally enchanted by the place. The mountains
(foothills, actually) are beautiful (http://uweb.txstate.edu/~cv01/
nerahills.jpg), and I was so distracted by my surroundings that it
took me a while to even start to concentrate on fishing. When I did,
it was a bit frustrating at first, as I had been advised to use a 15'
leader, and with a stream that was not much wider than that, and no
room for a proper backcast, I was struggling with placing the fly.

Eventually I got back into it, and even managed a strike from a
small fish which I promptly missed. I continued exploring and after a
couple of hours, I came upon Luca's friend Luigi fishing an open area
with a minor hatch going on and rising fish. (A shot of Luigi at the
spot: http://uweb.txstate.edu/~cv01/luigi.jpg) I watched while he
caught several nicely colored "trota fario" (brown trout). They were
all in the 8-12" range, which evidently is common for that area, with
a few fish going upwards of 20".

I sat down on the bank to watch and eat my lunch and marvel at the
beauty of the place. (I was likely grinning ear-to-ear, and I
remember thinking "this is the life".) After a little while, Luigi
invited me to come and fish the spot, and even gave me a fly that was
a perfect match to the insects that were hatching. I don't know what
it is called, but it had a quill body, dark brown hackle and dark dun
tail and wings. I used that fly the rest of the day until the quill
was unwrapped, the tail was gone, and the hackle and wings are just
barely hanging in there. (In fact, I put it away at the end of the
day as a souvenir.)

In the next hour or so as we moved up stream, I caught a half dozen
fish, and had that many more strikes, while Luigi was catching 2 for
every one I caught. Towards the end of the day, we rounded a bend and
came upon a classic undercut rock ledge and pool, but this one had a
special Italian twist: Up on the hill above was what appeared to be
the remnants of an aqueduct (http://uweb.txstate.edu/~cv01/
nerapool.jpg). We fished that stretch for a while to finish out the
day, and were rewarded by more beautifully colored trota.

My hosts were very gracious, as they continually offered me the
best spots to cast to, and seemed just as happy when I was catching
fish as when they were. Luca spoke a bit of English, Luigi almost
none, and my attempts at Italian were spotty at best, but as cliched
as it sounds, we were proof that fly fishing transcends language and
cultural barriers. I felt like I had made two new and truly good
friends.

The river is as pretty as any I have seen, and I hope to be able to
return. In fact, when we got back to the house in the evening, I told
Carol that maybe we should consider retiring in Italy. :-)


Chuck Vance

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Sorry to followup my own post, but I'm not sure these url's wrapped
properly:

http://uweb.txstate.edu/~cv01/nerahills.jpg

http://uweb.txstate.edu/~cv01/nerapool.jpg


Chuck Vance

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Conan The Librarian wrote:
ROFFistanians,

Sorry to interrupt all the political and scatological content, but
I just got back from our trip across the pond and thought I'd share.

And thank you for doing so. Sounds like a wonderful time and the
stream looks gorgeous.

--
Ken Fortenberry

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"Conan The Librarian" wrote in message
...
ROFFistanians,


Nice TR snipped...

My bride is reading a book on travels to Italy. Based on your TR, I'll
encourage her to continue looking into a vacation to the area.

Thanks,
JT

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On Oct 21, 6:33*am, Conan The Librarian wrote:

What a beautiful little river thanx for the report.
Dave

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In article
,
Conan The Librarian wrote:

ROFFistanians,

Sorry to interrupt all the political and scatological content, but
I just got back from our trip across the pond and thought I'd share.
I'll post more photos of the trip in general once I have time to go
through them all, but here's a bit about the day I spent fly fishing
on the Nera River in Umbria.


Yeah, whaddya doing posting OT stuff like this?

Thanks very much for the TR. I go to Italy often (my gf is from
there)(&I'll be picking olives for my oil in Tuscany in a couple of
weeks) but I've hardly ever fished there. Your post has both filled my
heart with joy and made me feel ashamed.

Many thanks

Lazarus

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Conan The Librarian wrote:
Sorry to followup my own post, but I'm not sure these url's wrapped
properly:

http://uweb.txstate.edu/~cv01/nerahills.jpg

http://uweb.txstate.edu/~cv01/nerapool.jpg


Chuck Vance

They did, and thanks for the report.

Tim Lysyk

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Conan The Librarian wrote:
ROFFistanians,

Sorry to interrupt all the political and scatological content, but
I just got back from our trip across the pond and thought I'd share.
I'll post more photos of the trip in general once I have time to go
through them all, but here's a bit about the day I spent fly fishing
on the Nera River in Umbria.
snip

Excellent, Chuck. Thanks.
--
TL,
Tim
-------------------------
http://css.sbcma.com/timj

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On Oct 21, 11:32 am, "JT" wrote:
"Conan The Librarian" wrote in ...

ROFFistanians,

Nice TR snipped...

My bride is reading a book on travels to Italy. Based on your TR, I'll
encourage her to continue looking into a vacation to the area.

I'd highly recommend it. Tuscany and the bits of Umbria that we
saw were beautiful, the people were very friendly, the weather was
perfect and the food and wine were outstanding. We stayed in the
valley below the hill town of Cortona, which some of you might
recognize if your wife dragged you to see "Under The Tuscan Sun". :-)


Chuck Vance

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On Oct 21, 2:27 pm, Lazarus Cooke
wrote:

Thanks very much for the TR. I go to Italy often (my gf is from
there)(&I'll be picking olives for my oil in Tuscany in a couple of
weeks) but I've hardly ever fished there. Your post has both filled my
heart with joy and made me feel ashamed.

Many thanks

You're welcome, and I am envious. What area of Tuscany will you be
visiting? We were in the Cortona area, and made numerous daytrips to
towns such as Volterra, Pienza, Buonconvento and Montepulciano. Each
one was charming in its own right, and I could see spending the rest
of my days exploring those areas plus the Alps and Dolomites.

I highly recommend you check out the Nera. The area we fished was
in the "Valnerina" between Vallo di Nera and Piedipaterno (southeast
of Foligno and almost due east of Spoleto). You can find more info on
the area by going to: http://www.legambientenera.it/attivita.htm

There's also the Tevere for those folks who like tailwaters and
really tiny flies.

FWIW, didn't you post something in a thread a while back about the
pressure coffee makers that are used in Italy (and similar to the
little camping espresso maker I found at Ikea)? Interestingly, I was
reminded of that thread as the apartment we rented in Rome had that
same style of coffee maker (though it did also have an American style
pot).


Chuck Vance

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"Conan The Librarian" wrote in message
...
On Oct 21, 11:32 am, "JT" wrote:
"Conan The Librarian" wrote in
...

ROFFistanians,

Nice TR snipped...

My bride is reading a book on travels to Italy. Based on your TR, I'll
encourage her to continue looking into a vacation to the area.

I'd highly recommend it. Tuscany and the bits of Umbria that we
saw were beautiful, the people were very friendly, the weather was
perfect and the food and wine were outstanding. We stayed in the
valley below the hill town of Cortona, which some of you might
recognize if your wife dragged you to see "Under The Tuscan Sun". :-)


Chuck Vance


Beautiful. Only fishing I saw in Tuscany and Umbria was some bass fisherman
on Lake Trasimeno. Historic lake, with a great fishing museum, but one ugly
lake. Shallow, muddy water. Museum has bronze fish hooks and rock weights
that the Romans used.

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Conan The Librarian a écrit :

The river is as pretty as any I have seen, and I hope to be able to
return. In fact, when we got back to the house in the evening, I told
Carol that maybe we should consider retiring in Italy. :-)


Nice trip, thanks for sharing.

--
Hope to read you soon,

Denis
www.uqtr.ca/~lamyd

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On Oct 23, 5:49*am, Denis Lamy wrote:

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Hi,

This is a list of the flies tied and ready to ship at www.fliesperdozen.com

Total 292 dozen Flies = US$ 1056



Dry flies

Pattern Size Price per dozen Order amount in dozen
Adams Dry 10 $ 3.50 2
Adams Dry 12 $ 3.50 2
Adams Dry 14 $ 3.50 2
Adams Dry 16 $ 3.50 2
Adams Dry 18 $ 3.50 2
Adams Dry 20 $ 3.50 2
Adams Male 10 $ 3.50 2
Adams Male 12 $ 3.50 2
Adams Male 14 $ 3.50 2
Adams Male 16 $ 3.50 2
Adams Male 18 $ 3.50 2
Adams Male 20 $ 3.50 2
Adams Male 22 $ 3.50 2
Black Quill 12 $ 3.50 2
Black Quill 14 $ 3.50 2
Black Quill 16 $ 3.50 2
Black Quill 18 $ 3.50 2
Black Quill 20 $ 3.50 2
Blue Dun 10 $ 3.50 2
Blue Dun 12 $ 3.50 2
Blue Dun 14 $ 3.50 2
Blue Dun 16 $ 3.50 2
Blue Dun 18 $ 3.50 2
Blue Dun 20 $ 3.50 2
Blue Quill 10 $ 3.50 2
Blue Quill 12 $ 3.50 2
Blue Quill 14 $ 3.50 2
Blue Quill 16 $ 3.50 2
Blue Quill 18 $ 3.50 2
Blue wing olive parachute 10 $ 3.50 2
Blue wing olive parachute 12 $ 3.50 2
Blue wing olive parachute 14 $ 3.50 2
Blue wing olive parachute 16 $ 3.50 2
Blue wing olive parachute 18 $ 3.50 2
Blue wing olive parachute 20 $ 3.50 2
Blue wing olive parachute 22 $ 3.50 2
Borcher Special 12 $ 3.50 2
Borcher Special 14 $ 3.50 2
Borcher Special 16 $ 3.50 2
Borcher Special 18 $ 3.50 2
Borcher Special 20 $ 3.50 2
Cahill light 10 $ 3.50 2
Cahill light 12 $ 3.50 2
Cahill light 14 $ 3.50 2
Cahill light 16 $ 3.50 2
Cahill light 18 $ 3.50 2
Cahill light 20 $ 3.50 2
Cahill light 22 $ 3.50 2
Dark Hendickson 12 $ 3.50 2
Dark Hendickson 14 $ 3.50 2
Dark Hendickson 16 $ 3.50 2
Dark Hendickson 18 $ 3.50 2
Dark Hendickson 20 $ 3.50 2
Dry Black Gnat 14 $ 3.50 2
Dry Black Gnat 16 $ 3.50 2
Dry Black Gnat 18 $ 3.50 2
Dry Black Gnat 20 $ 3.50 2
Dry Mosquito 12 $ 3.50 2
Dry Mosquito 14 $ 3.50 2
Dry Mosquito 16 $ 3.50 2
Dry Mosquito 18 $ 3.50 2
Elk Hair Caddis 10 $ 3.50 2
Elk Hair Caddis 12 $ 3.50 2
Elk Hair Caddis 14 $ 3.50 2
Elk Hair Caddis 16 $ 3.50 2
Elk Hair Caddis 18 $ 3.50 2
Elk Hair Caddis 20 $ 3.50 2
Goddard Caddis 10 $ 3.50 2
Goddard Caddis 12 $ 3.50 2
Goddard Caddis 14 $ 3.50 2
Goddard Caddis 16 $ 3.50 2
Goddard Caddis 18 $ 3.50 2
Goddard Caddis 20 $ 3.50 2
Goddard Caddis 22 $ 3.50 2
Gray Quill 12 $ 3.50 2
Gray Quill 14 $ 3.50 2
Gray Quill 16 $ 3.50 2
Gray Quill 18 $ 3.50 2
White Miller 10 $ 3.50 2
White Miller 12 $ 3.50 2
White Miller 14 $ 3.50 2
White Miller 16 $ 3.50 2
White Miller 18 $ 3.50 2
Red Quill 12 $ 3.50 2
Red Quill 14 $ 3.50 2
Red Quill 16 $ 3.50 2
Red Quill 18 $ 3.50 2
Red Quill 20 $ 3.50 2
Peacock Caddis 12 $ 3.50 2
Peacock Caddis 14 $ 3.50 2
Peacock Caddis 16 $ 3.50 2
Peacock Caddis 18 $ 3.50 2
Peacock Caddis 20 $ 3.50 2
Mosquito 10 $ 3.50 2
Mosquito 12 $ 3.50 2
Mosquito 14 $ 3.50 2
Mosquito 16 $ 3.50 2
Mosquito 18 $ 3.50 2
Mosquito 20 $ 3.50 2
Mosquito 22 $ 3.50 2
March brown 10 $ 3.50 2
March brown 12 $ 3.50 2
March brown 14 $ 3.50 2
March brown 16 $ 3.50 2
March brown 18 $ 3.50 2
March brown 20 $ 3.50 2
March brown 22 $ 3.50 2
March Brown 2 10 $ 3.50 2
March Brown 2 12 $ 3.50 2
March Brown 2 14 $ 3.50 2
March Brown 2 16 $ 3.50 2


Nymphs

Blades Olive Nymph 12 $ 3.50 2
Blades Olive Nymph 14 $ 3.50 2
Blades Olive Nymph 16 $ 3.50 2
Blades Olive Nymph 18 $ 3.50 2
Brown Bomber Nymph 12 $ 3.25 2
Brown Bomber Nymph 14 $ 3.25 2
Brown Bomber Nymph 16 $ 3.25 2
Brown Bomber Nymph 18 $ 3.25 2
Burke 12 $ 3.50 2
Burke 14 $ 3.50 2
Burke 16 $ 3.50 2
Burke 18 $ 3.50 2
GR Hares Ear Beadhead 10 $ 3.75 2
GR Hares Ear Beadhead 12 $ 3.76 2
GR Hares Ear Beadhead 14 $ 3.77 2
GR Hares Ear Beadhead 16 $ 3.78 2
GR Hares Ear Beadhead 18 $ 3.79 2
GR Hares Ear Beadhead 20 $ 3.80 2
GR Hares Ear Beadhead 22 $ 3.81 2
Green Drake Beadhead 10 $ 3.82 2
Green Drake Beadhead 12 $ 3.83 2
Green Drake Beadhead 14 $ 3.84 2
Green Drake Beadhead 16 $ 3.85 2
Green Drake Beadhead 18 $ 3.75 2
San Juan Worm Red 10 $ 3.25 2
San Juan Worm Red 12 $ 3.25 2
San Juan Worm Red 14 $ 3.25 2
San Juan Worm Red 16 $ 3.25 2
Zug Bug Beadhead 10 $ 3.75 2
Zug Bug Beadhead 12 $ 3.75 2
Zug Bug Beadhead 14 $ 3.75 2
Zug Bug Beadhead 18 $ 3.75 2


Salmon Trebles

Orange allys shrimp just one size of your choice $ 12 1
Pink allys shrimp just one size of your choice $ 12 1
Black allys shrimp just one size of your choice $ 12 1
Yellow allys shrimp just one size of your choice $ 12 1


Wire transfer Details:
Correspondent bank: Citibank N.A. New York Swift Code: CITIUS33 Fed-
wire No.: 021000089
Beneficiary bank: Equity Bank Ltd Swift code: EQBLKENA
For further credit to:
(Customer’s a/c no: 0150190716389
A/C name: Permnus Karanja
Branch: Mama ngina
Or Please send Western union payments to:

Perminus Karanja
P.o Box 19945 – 00100
Nairobi – Kenya
Phone: 254 721 206 825

Send me the Money tracking number and code word and we ship the same
day.

Kindly advise.

Perminus
www.fliesperdozen.com



On Oct 23, 4:49*am, Denis Lamy wrote:
Conan The Librarian a écrit :

* *The river is as pretty as any I have seen, and I hope to be able to
return. *In fact, when we got back to the house in the evening, I told
Carol that maybe we should consider retiring in Italy. *:-)

Nice trip, thanks for sharing.

--
Hope to read you soon,

Deniswww.uqtr.ca/~lamyd

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