Small report Austria (Bad Ischel)
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So it’s the second day I’m in the town of Bad Ischel in Austria.
Yesterday was way too cold (around 2 degrees celcius) and drizzled all day. I fished the Ischler Traun and caught some BIG rainbows.Today the weather cleared up quite a bit and we even saw some sun! The temps were up to about 6 degrees celcius. Today I fished two parts of the Goiserer Traun. This magnificient river is famous for its big graylings. And big they are indeed! Lots of graylings in the 18-20 inches today.
Tomorrow my last day here.
Jay
Graylings 18-20 inches? Didn’t know such beasts existed! I sure hope you brought your camera on this trip so we can see what the other side of the world and it’s fish look like!
Yes, these big graylings are the most gorgeous fish! I caught many nice big graylings and took some pictures too. You just can’t keep taking pictures of every big grayling you know! ;D
Lots of small rainbows today, none big enough to be on the picture.Today was just the most gorgeous weather. Lots of sunshine and with the snow on the top of the mountains you get some amazing scenery.
Well, this was the end of a 3 days trip. I’ve never fished so late in the year, but it was worth it. Too bad none of my buddies could take a few days off. Fishing with friends is the best.
The town of Bad Ischel is such a pitoresk town, it must look amazing during Xmas time.
I’ll write down a more detailed trip report on my webblog as well as post the pictures of the nice scenery and fish I caught.
Jay
Ps.
The Scott G2 905 is one hell of a rod! Together with the superb Hardy Perfect it has been a terrific match. The sound of the click drag when a big grayling heads off to the currence just sounds like music. By the way, did you know that these big graylings jump?“By the way, did you know that these big graylings jump?”
OK ibookje…now you are just rubbing our noses in it…ha. Glad that you had a great trip and look forward to your photo post. What is the address for your blog site?
No, I’m not kidding! Big graylings are known for their heavy fights and they do jump!
My webblog can be found by pressing the WWW button on the bottom of my postingsJay
I’m just back home from a long 10 hour drive.
Here are two samplers from my trip. And yes, graylings can reach up to about 24 inches (although rarely bigger than 20-21 inches)! Down here is one just touching 20 inches.
I had great weather during the last 2 days.More to follow the next couple of days on my webblog, but I just wanted to share the nice experience with you guys here. Anyone been fishing in Austria or anywhere else in Europe for that matter?
Jay
Nice post on your blog Jay! Are those artic grayling? We have artic grayling here in Montana and they don’t get aware near that big. Also what species of trout is that your blog? It looks like a brook trout, but I wasn’t a 100% sure.
Moosedog
Moosedog:
No they are ‘regular’ graylings. The arctic grayling doesn’t grow as big as these ones, at the most 12-14 inches? These regular graylings can grow up to 24-26 inches, but fish this big are rare.It’s a brook trout indeed, maybe slightly different cousin than the ones in the US? Here they are called ‘Bach Saibling’ (this is in german language).
And thanks for your compliment!
Jay
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