Montenegro Fishing

Journal

Researched articles on the fish and the rivers of northern Montenegro. Each one lists its sources.

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Two parts of the Journal have a page of their own.

A row of bead-head nymphs with copper-wire bodies and rubber legs standing in a fly box.

Learn

Fly fishing technique from a competition angler: rules, rigs, grayling, huchen.

Articles
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The main square in Kolašin: a fountain with a dark stone sphere, a clock tower and a wooded hill behind the buildings.

North Montenegro

Town by town: Kolašin, Mojkovac, Plav, Andrijevica, Berane and Žabljak.

Articles
6 towns

Fishing in Montenegro

The rivers, the lakes and the fish, and how to plan a trip to them.

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Write in English. I reply myself, within one day.

Photo credits

Until my own photographs are in, the cards show free-licensed photographs. Each is credited here, and none shows me or a fish caught with me.

  • The Tara river at Mojkovac seen from the bank: a gravel bar and a riffle, with wooded hills and a few houses behind. Andrija12345678, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
  • The Tara river running fast and pale green past a grassy bank, seen between tree trunks. Pather Alexiy, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
  • A fly rod, a reel and an open box of flies laid out on dark stone. Gaspar Zaldo, Pexels License, resized
  • A row of bead-head nymphs with copper-wire bodies and rubber legs standing in a fly box. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, public domain, resized
  • A huchen swimming against the current over a gravel bed in the Drina river. Liquid Art, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
  • Plav Lake in still weather: flat water mirroring white cloud and blue sky, forested mountain slopes on both sides, and a line of grey rock peaks far off where the valley closes. Андрей Романенко, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
  • Trees on the shore of Biogradsko Lake mirrored in still, dark water. Ziegler175, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
  • The Tara river between Kolašin and Mojkovac: shallow green water running around grey boulders, a stony bank on the right, and steep forested slopes with bare rock outcrops on both sides. Zlatomir Bacic, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
  • A still green pool on the Tara river in the canyon, with a limestone wall on the far bank and cut logs lying on the gravel. Victor Gleim, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
  • The main square in Kolašin: a fountain with a dark stone sphere, a clock tower and a wooded hill behind the buildings. Pythonax, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized