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FLY FISHING COURSE - RIVER GUDEN
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River Guden
is the longest river in Denmark with its 158 km, however, |
salmon and
seatrouts are found only at the lower parts of the river. |
Back in the 1920s the original stock of salmons were
extinguished |
due to the building of the Tange power plant, but in
the early 1990s |
efforts were made to introduce the
salmon into the river Guden - and |
these efforts proved to be a
succes. Each year several hundred fish |
are caught in the river with a giant salmon of 21,1 kg
from 2009 as the |
biggest fish landed so far. |
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The river can change from being gin clear to have a
brownish tan and |
due to environmental reasons the
river weed grows freely, sometimes |
presenting a challenge to the
fisherman - "fishing the weed" is one |
of the secrets
to fishing the river Guden from June and throughout |
the season. |
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The salmon
starts entering the river in late March or beginning of |
April while the seatrouts runs a little
later from May/June. |
Salmons above 10 kg are caught each year but the middle
weight is |
approx. 4 kg while seatrouts averages 2,5 - 3
kg. |
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Most fly fishing is done upstream the town of
Bjerringbro (Zone 1) |
and wading is practised by many. Local as
well as conventional |
patterns are used as well as tube flies of various
sorts. One-hand |
as well as two-hand rods are used with
intermediate or sinking |
shooting heads and
leaders.
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