Andrijevica: the town, how to get there, and the fishing

Fishing in Andrijevica is the Lim, on its middle stretch, where the river has left the Plav basin and runs under the Komovi toward Berane. It is a quieter piece of the river than the two towns either side of it. Grayling mainly, brown trout with them, and huchen living in the river. Andrijevica is the smallest town on this site, and for an angler who wants a village and a river and not much else, it is the one. This page is the town, the drive over the pass, and the fishing from here.

About Andrijevica

Andrijevica stands on the Lim under the Komovi, the three-peaked massif whose summits are all over 2,400 m: Kom Kučki at 2,487 m and Kom Ljevorečki at 2,469 m by the Kolašin tourist office’s trail pages. The Zlorečica comes down from the mountains and joins the Lim at the town. It is a small place: 988 people in the town at the 2023 census, 3,910 in the municipality. The town itself grew up in the nineteenth century around its church; a medieval fort a kilometre away once guarded the road along the Lim, which linked the old lands of Raška and Zeta.

The national tourist board describes Andrijevica as the base for mountaineers going up the Komovi, with mountain guides available, eco-katuns in the summer pastures, and fishing on the Lim. The local plate is trout with lemon and kačamak, a thick porridge of potato or maize stewed with cheese. Above the town, at Carine, the Church of St. Ilija stands at 1,800 m; the tourist board suggests going up just before dawn.

The centre is a few streets. The town has the everyday services a visitor needs. The river is at the bottom of the town.

Getting to Andrijevica

From Podgorica the road is the motorway to Mateševo, then the regional road over the Trešnjevik pass and down to the Lim. It is a mountain road, and the planner’s time reflects it.

Figures from the OSRM route planner on OpenStreetMap data, read on 13 October 2026, rounded. Snow on the pass, roadworks and summer traffic between the coast and Podgorica change them. From Tivat the drive goes through Podgorica and up the same road. There is no railway; the nearest stations are at Kolašin and Mojkovac on the Belgrade–Bar line.

Fishing from Andrijevica

The Lim at Andrijevica

The Lim I guide has three sections, Plav, Andrijevica and Berane, and this is the middle one. The river’s whole character, its gorges where it meets limestone and the wide easy basins between them, is on the Lim page, and I will not repeat it. What the middle stretch gives you is a river that has grown since Plav, with the Zlorečica’s water in it.

Grayling come first on the Lim, brown trout second. We wade, with a euro nymphing rig in the runs and a dry fly or a dry-dropper in the glides when the grayling are up; I carry both and change you over as the water changes. If you want to learn euro nymphing, the Lim is a good river to learn it on, and I teach it on your day. The river has easy access from the road; a wilder, quieter stretch is there on request.

Huchen live in the Lim. Where I fish for them is mostly the Lim at Plav, then at Berane, then the Tara, with big streamers on a #8 rod in the mornings, catch and release all year in the fly fishing zones. Tell me when you write and I will be straight about your dates.

In the fly fishing zones the Lim is fished all year, when the water level allows. June to October are the best months for grayling and brown trout. The river runs highest in April and May and lowest in August and September; the figures by month are in the river levels article, and every water by month in Fish and seasons.

Up and down the valley

Andrijevica sits between the two other Lim towns. Plav and the lake are up the valley, Berane is down it, and the rivers of the north are about an hour’s drive from each other. So a stay here can be a Lim week without moving: the middle stretch at the door, the top of the river and Plav Lake one day, Berane another. The lake and the Ljuča from Plav are on the Plav page.

Permits, price, what is in a day

The Lim is fished on the local club’s permit, and I arrange it; permits and lunch are in the price. A guided day is 190 EUR for one angler and 60 EUR more for a second, up to four anglers with a group price for three or four when you ask. If you stay in Andrijevica, I drive you to the water on the fishing day and that is in the price; if you want to be picked up in Podgorica, at an airport or on the coast, we arrange that when you write. Catch and release on every fish, barbless hooks, a landing net. I reply within one day; no deposit; cancelling costs nothing. More on how permits work in Montenegro is in the Journal.

A day off the water

Andrijevica is a walkers’ town, and someone who comes with you will spend the day looking up.

• The Komovi. The marked route to Kom Kučki listed by the Kolašin tourist office is about 7 km with some 720 m of climbing, around three hours; a circular trail of nearly 19 km goes round the whole massif. Mountain guides can be hired in the town, the tourist board says.
• The katuns. The eco-katuns in the summer pastures at the foot of the Komovi are the tourist board’s suggestion for a day: a meal of local produce, blueberries and wild strawberries in season.
• The church at Carine. St. Ilija at 1,800 m, for the view at dawn.
• Berane and Plav. The regional museum and the medieval monastery at Berane, the lake and the old town at Plav, are each a short drive.

Questions

Is there fishing in Andrijevica?

Yes. The Lim runs through the town, and I guide its middle stretch here for grayling and brown trout, wading, with nymphs and dry flies. Huchen live in the river.

How far is Andrijevica from Podgorica Airport?

About 90 km and about 2 hours 5 minutes by the OSRM planner, read in October 2026, over the Trešnjevik pass. From Tivat Airport about 160 km and 3 hours 30 minutes.

Do I need a permit for the Lim at Andrijevica?

Yes, the local club’s permit. I buy it, and it is in the price of the day.

Is Andrijevica a good base for the whole Lim?

Yes. Plav and the lake are up the valley, Berane is down it, each a short drive, so from here the three Lim sections and Plav Lake are all within a day.

Can I fish for huchen from Andrijevica?

Huchen live in the Lim. I fish for them mostly at Plav, then at Berane: big streamers, a #8 rod, mornings. Tell me when you write.

Plan from here

The water: the Lim. When to come: Fish and seasons. How a day works: Plan your trip. A day here is single-day guiding; a Lim week is a multi-day trip. Up the valley is Plav, down it Berane, and over the pass Kolašin on the Tara.

Tell me your dates, and I will tell you what the Lim is doing. Request your dates.