haha thanks

I don't know! They seem pretty partial to New Zealand haha

Thanks! we loved it, definitely one of our favorite trips we have done!

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you very much!

That's what we kept saying as well! It does look like it would be in the Caribbean... minus the giant mountains!

Thanks Matt! If you ever get a chance to go I would highly encourage you to do it!

That is awesome! Slovenia was hands down our favorite trip we have ever done. Thanks for the kind words

Thanks!

You should definitely go if you get the chance! It was one of the best vacations/fishing trips I have ever taken.

Slovenia is gorgeous.

Glad you enjoyed it

Glad you like it!

Are you from the north or south island? Consider me jealous that you are from NZ!

It really is!

Someone think that here in Europe nothing to see, but look at Slovenia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Greece, Kavkaz, Georgia...I even not say about Turkey, Spain and Italy

Glad you enjoyed it!

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks 👍

Thanks man! It was one of the best trips we have been on. If you ever get a chance you need to check it out!

Thanks so much! I'm still trying to figure out video editing so that means a lot.

Thanks for watching!

Yes they do! They are very similar fish

Thanks!

Thanks!!

Thanks!

Glad you liked it!

Thanks! Slovenia is a great spot of couples. Lots of good food, beautiful scenery, and it is very clean and safe. Let me know if you guys end up going!

Hi Isaac. Ever fish in Ireland?

@@cuanmuyllaert6930 No I haven't! I would love to though

Check my buddy's channel "Where to fish in ireland" his name is Dietrich and you'll see our wee adventures there. There's a lot of fishing, mostly free!

@@cuanmuyllaert6930 Will do!

Glad you enjoyed it!

Žiga! Thanks for a great trip! you're the man!

@@isaacness tnx ;)

Thanks! There were certainly times where it was technical but overall I would say presentation seemed to be more important than fly pattern in the rivers I fished.

Glad you enjoyed it Joe! you should go if you get the chance. Well worth the time and money

Yes it was!

gracias daniel! tal vez visitemos Argentina pronto. sobre todo si podemos pescar peces como el de tu foto

Thanks! What is your favorite river?

@@isaacness still searching but one in Kalimantan Borneo recently took my breath away

Wow, I would love to fish some of the waters in Southeast Asia. What fish are you targeting there? Mahseer?

I don't know how anyone could be from Slovenia and not fish, its just so incredible there! Thanks for watching!

Thanks!

Very true! We definitely lucked out on our timing for this trip. I would love to go back at a different time of year to see how it varies.

Use guide Uros Kristian Urko fishing adventures issacs guide knows his business too just watch and see how he interacts

Have you been there?

@@isaacness yes! We were there last month (October 2022). Toured Ljubljana, Postojna caves (incredible), Predjama castle, Lake Bled, and Vintgar gorge. Headed down to Croatia after that. Wish we had more time in the mountains of Slovenia. I was amazed how clean the country was.

That's awesome! We visited all of those except Postojna caves and Predjama castle. We thought the same thing about how clean it was, even in Ljubljana!

@@isaacness the caves were the most incredible I have seen in the world. Worthy of a return trip.

@@isaacness kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eb1mi9Cfsa2Xj2Q.html

You should do it! we didn't see all that many tourists compared to many other places you can visit.

Time it well. Most tourists go to the Balkans from end of June... Go before that...

For now at least!

Yes! there are actually different licenses for different sections of the rivers depending on which club manages it. I would recommend talking to a guide or local fly shop!

you should definitely go. it was one of the best trips we have ever taken.

Thanks! 😃

Thanks for the tips! We will keep that in mind for the next time we travel that way!

Thanks! I just published it now, check it out!

Thanks! The guide service is tagged in my first pinned comment on the video, let me know if you have trouble finding it and I'll make sure you get their info.

Hey Joe, Thanks for the kind words! I would recommend bringing standard 9' 5 weights to fish here unless you are more experienced at Euro nymphing and have special Euro rods in which case I would bring those. Almost everyone over there euro nymphs because of the regulations on flies/tackle. Most fisheries in Slovenia only allow you to use a single barbless fly with no suspension indicators or split shot which means if you want to nymph you basically have to euro nymph. Having said that, there is definitely still plenty of opportunity to fish dries and streamers which were both effective strategies for us.

Very helpful info. Thanks Isaac

Thank you

Hey there! I brought a 590-4 sage response and a 790-4 sage pulse. Our guide also let us use one of his sage ESN rods for a lot of the french nymphing. I think that rod was a 3 weight. The rivers there have some strict regulations on the use of indicators, multiple flies, split shot, and barbed hooks so you need to look them up for each stream you fish and even which fishing club you are fishing in. If I were to go back I would probably plan on bringing a euro nymphing rod and a 9 foot 5 weight.

@@isaacness Thanks, those were nice fish you were hooking into !

Thanks! we were there in mid May but everyone told us it was unseasonably warm. Maybe more typical of weather you would see in June

Glad you liked it! the info for the guide service is in my first pinned comment on the video, they'll be able to tell you all the current prices. If you are having trouble finding their info please let me know and Ill try to help further!

@@isaacness Hi Isacc! Somehow its not showing me any pinned comment on this video. Or is it on another video? Also one question: Is only flyfishing allowed there? Or are there parts where you can fish with a spinning reel/rod?

The guide service we went with was "Fishing Guides Slovenia" and our guide was Žiga. Here's the link to their site fishing-guides-slovenia.com/ I am honestly not sure about the regulations for fishing with spinning rods. I imagine you should be able to use them on certain stretches of rivers at the least!

This was in May!

Hey Matt, Glad you liked it. We went with "Fishing Guides Slovenia" and our guide was Žiga. Here's the link to their site fishing-guides-slovenia.com/

Thank you. I'll check them out.

¡muchas gracias! Esa línea es la Rio Gold de 5 wt, que es una línea wf

@@isaacness ok many thanks Isaac. Good luck with fishing expeditions. Regards from Spain.

I would definitely recommend it! we still say this was probably our favorite trip we have taken. 5wt's would be perfect for this water. Thanks for the support!

The guide service we went with was "Fishing Guides Slovenia" and our guide was Žiga. Here's the link to their site fishing-guides-slovenia.com/

We would have if it wasn't 40 degrees!

I do ❄️, Slovenija have wonderful rivers and creeks Hugs from Friuli Italy

We fished the Soča and the Idrijca rivers!

super nice, a wonderful area👍👍

There's big fish in the Rockies for sure!

We stayed in a town called Kobarid that was about 30 minutes from each fishing spot. I cant remember exactly how much the guide was, sorry! their info is in my first pinned comment if you want to reach out to them. They helped me find a place to stay in Kobarid as well.

@@isaacness thanks a lot

We were here in mid may!

@@isaacness cool, thanks;)

We booked Žiga through "Fishing Guides Slovenia". Here's the link to their site fishing-guides-slovenia.com/

Hey! Our permits I believe were 75 euros each for our first day and 100 euros each for the second day. I am not sure how long they were each good for as we only fished the one day. I would recommend reaching our to Fishing Guides Slovenia (Their info is at the end of the video) for more up to date info!

Just marble trout on this trip! this was May so Huchen weren't around. I would love to go back to target them though! Have you done some Huchen fishing?

@@isaacness no unfortunately even though I lived in the Balkans for many years when I was young. I fished the Mongolian hucho, the taimen, in far East Russia. The European cousin of his is so much closer but still, timing has not matched up to organize the trip.

Taimen look like and incredible species to target also! How was your experience targeting them?

@@isaacness the whole Amur-basin experience was something out of this world. I went for the river, not the taimen. So, there were multiple goals, gained step by step for a month. First goal was the Amur pike, done that, moved to their various catfish species, then mongolian redfin, mongolian asp, skygazer etc. etc. 24 species including local Amur trout and grayling species, and only then, 5 last days, taimen. I thought it would be difficult, mainly because of the way various travellers to Mongolia have portrait it, but it's not. It's not that rare in Russia. They have much healthier populations. I had my first 10pounder in the first hour. 5 days later I already had something like 15 on that range, one above 20 pounds. I had only one take from a really big one, one take and I lost it, so, next time my guide tells me I need bigger hooks, I'll trust him. One guy in our group, he had Huchen experience, so he had specific Slovakian and Serbian handmade lures for huchen, and he smashed the taimen on those, had 5 fish above 40 pounds each. So, yeah, when you get to Slovakia again, get those big jointed Slovakian-made lures for Huchen. When it comes to fly fishing, well, I have to be honest, my equipment wasn't strong enough for the task. I fly fished for grayling. Literally hundreds of them EVERYWHERE in the streams feeding Amur, but a lot smaller than European grayling, and also lenok trout. Lot's of lenok, you'll love them if you ever get there.

If I remember correctly it was about 75 euros per person for the first day and around 110 euros for the second day.

nope! that would be a tiger trout. They look pretty similar but they are completely separate species.

@@isaacness I came back to watch it again 😂

We went with "Fishing Guides Slovenia" and our guide was Žiga. Here's the link to their site fishing-guides-slovenia.com/

@@isaacness cheers

Interesting! I'll have to check it out! Thanks for letting me know

this was in May

Thanks for asking, I think I put it in the video somewhere!

Oh no! I'm sorry to hear that! I wonder if it definitely was the same spot because where we parked there was a fairly large pull off. Large enough to ensure that we were safely parked out of the way. I hope that you had a good trip besides that incident.

@@isaacness I live in Italy. I know the area well. It seems to me that that bridge is in the upper part of the Idrica. There were no problems with the trip but the fishing was not special. Those places were wonderful in the days of communist Yugoslavia. There was always the Police watching. Asphyxiating but it was enough to respect the rules to have fun. There were giant trout to fly in the evening in the summer.

good point, which is your favorite?

That is a great question! Some really good studies have been done on this proving that catch and release is very safe for fish and usually results in a very low mortality rate. I can say that from my personal experience guiding in Colorado, because we fished the same waters all year, there were many fish with unique patterns or coloration that we would actually name and have clients catch several times a year and even in different years. I'm not against catch and keep fishing by any means either. I have often kept fish to eat and think its a great part of the sport.

Corte Caro (Canadian Steelhead fisher, in Slovenia at the moment, I know we’ll the rivers they fished, much interested in Patagonia fishing) (Unfamiliar with how to contact via KZfaq) May I write you - to discuss the rivers in Patagonia, what rivers can be accessed, fished on a DIY basis?

Great questions! Let my try my best to answer. First, I think I’m decent at fly fishing, I would never claim to be the best fisherman out there so I’m always happy to have help. Second, hiring a guide saves me a ton of time trying to figure out which sections of river are available to anglers, what the regulations are on those waters, and what exactly the fish are doing/eating once I get there. Without a guide it may take me 2-3 days of fishing on my trip just to learn those things before I can really be productive catching. Fishing with a guide gives me the best possible chance at catching lots of fish and big fish in the limited time I am out. Third, usually when I hire a guide I am fishing with my wife who is pretty good at fishing but benefits greatly from one on one instruction. Hiring a guide means I don’t have to be the one giving that one on one instructions so I can fish the entire time myself! The last thing I will mention is that. I really only hire guides when I am in a different country, need the use of a boat, or am fishing for a new species that I have never targeted before. I would not hire a guide to fish for trout in the US where I am from. Hopefully that helps! I am a former guide myself so I know exactly what Im paying for and in the right circumstances I think it makes a lot of sense to tap into the local expertise that can only come with countless hours spent on one single fishery.

haha its the only way I know!

Always the holier than thou guy in the comments.

@@brianmoeller6839 if nothing is said then people continue to think they are not doing any harm, all of the handling could be done a whole lot better. It’s commonsense & maybe you should use a bit more of yours before you comment. Take some time & do a little research Brian you’ll find I’m right, not running people down just creating some awareness to preserve the fishing available.