For fishing Otava and other rivers, you need the Czech state fishing license and the fishing permits. Fishing permits are for different parts (counties) of Czechia. We can buy them for you, or you can buy them directly.
Book 10 Deadly River Dry Flies with Tying Instructions – The only dry flies you will ever need
Authors: Jonathan Barnes and Jan Siman
Compiled by two fly fishing champions this book presents the ultimate dry flies suitable for rivers all over the world with clear step by step instructions. The flies have been tried and tested for decades and are a mix of traditional patterns, more modern innovative patterns using CDC and utility patterns with a dual purpose, specifically to suspend nymphs. Continue reading “Book 10 Deadly River Dry Flies with Tying Instructions – The only dry flies you will ever need”
Maps of the Otava river salmonid fisheries
Google maps of the Otava river salmonid fisheries Otava 8A, 8, 7, 6, 5- public and private, with tips of some fishing spots.
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Otava 6 – Catches in 2021
Photo gallery of catches from the trophy fly fishing fishery Otava 6 in 2021.
With Christophe Busselier at Tepla Vltava
Our French friend Christophe Busselier fishing at Tepla Vltava in September 2021. Christophe loves Sumava area and spends several weeks fishing our rivers every year. His specialty is dry fly fishing for trout and grayling.
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16th April – the opening day of the Czech Salmonid Fisheries
Trout season in the Czech Republic starts in the 16th April and lasts until 30th November.
We look forward to see you by the river and wish you Tight Lines!
Otava Fish Will Make Your Reel Sing

In July-August 2017 we – me and my wife together with our daughter and our Czech son-in-law and his parents – spent a weekend in the Sumava National Park in southwestern Bohemia. We stayed at the pittoresque small town of Kasperske Hory, hiked in the surroundings and further away in most tremendous landscapes. We also visited nearby towns as Susice and smaller locations enjoying good food and coffee. Continue reading “Otava Fish Will Make Your Reel Sing”
Belgium Fly Fair 2019 in Charleroi on the 26-27th January
We are at the Belgium Fly Fair 2019 in Charleroi on the 26-27th January. You are welcomed to visit our stand. Continue reading “Belgium Fly Fair 2019 in Charleroi on the 26-27th January”
Flies for Trout: A Taster on What to Tie & Buy
Author: Paul Gaskell
With great memories of a fantastic trip to Sumava with Jan himself in 2012, here’s an exclusive sampler version of a long-form article from discover tenkara covering some of the best patterns for trout across a wide range of “schools” of fly fishing. Of course, the nymphs, dries and streamers that Jan demonstrated for us were used to great effect on the trout, brook trout, ide and grayling that fell for those charms!
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Fly Tying Trigger Happy
Author: Bill Beddows
A few months ago I was sat at my vice pondering on the subject of “triggers”, those features of a fly that attract the fish’s attention. I then began to wonder how many triggers I could get on one fly. The pheasant tail nymph is a long term favourite of mine so I had a starting point. Continue reading “Fly Tying Trigger Happy”