Kobarid and Bled Split Trip

THE FISHING

When doing the Slovenian Split Trip, with three days fishing in each of the two locations, we will endeavour to get you in to the most productive and attractive water at both locations in order to maximize the opportunities at each of the two locations.

KOBARID

The wonderful Soca River and its tributaries, form one of the most beautiful valleys in all of central Europe. Known as the “Green Pearl of the Alps”, this watershed offers countless options over more than 150 km of extremely well managed streams. This area is a trout-lovers dream and offers one of the most unique trout fishing trips in the world. The three principal species to be targeted here are Rainbow Trout, Grayling, and the fabled and rare Marble Trout.

The Soca and Idrijca Rivers, and their tributaries have healthy trout populations and these river systems encompass a variety of scenarios that are suitable for the beginner as well as the highly skilled angler. Coming from the Alps and Bovec, the upper Soca will range between 6 -70 yards in width with a varied profile of fast and slow waters. Extremely tight confines highlight the cave section of water from Bovec and Kobarid, where the Soca widens out into a glorious valley. The lower Soca beats, are spectacular and offer a good mix of fast and slow waters, much of which is an extraordinary iridescent blue. The Idrijca River is a major tributary of the Soca and it offers great sport for anglers. It’s easier to fish than the Soca in terms of water speed yet still holds the same varieties of fish as does the Soca. The Idrijca offers 40 km of easy to fish water, set in a beautiful valley. This system offers a great alternative for anglers when conditions are not ideal on the Soca due to thunderstorms, etc.

BLED

The principal body of water that anglers will be fishing from is The Sava Bohinjka River. The “Sava” is formed at the outflow from Bohinj Lake where the Jezernica River combines with the Mostnica River to create a clean, pure and fast Alpine river. On its 25-mile meandering journey through as assortment of meadows and glacier formed gorges, the river has a gradient that provides it with the required amount of oxygen to maintain a strong population of very healthy trout. This area has Rainbow Trout and Grayling, with a very limited number of Brown Trout.

Numerous clear cold streams flow into the Sava Bohinjka which help to contribute to the size of the river in its lower section and provide it with vast amounts of food, which in turn support a large number of fish. This lower 17 km long district of the Sava Bohinjka is managed by Fishing Club Bled. The district begins at the hydroelectric power plant in the gorge near the village of Obrne, where after several kilometers of fast flowing through the visually stunning gorge, the river slowly eases its pace as it runs into the valley.

BOATS AND EQUIPMENT

This is a walk and wade fishing trip.

GETTING THERE

While we can organize this trip to start in either Kobarid or Bled, we feel that the best overall way to do this trip is to start the trip in Kobarid and end the trip in Bled. This entails arriving in Venice Italy and departing through Slovenia’s capital city of Ljubljana. These two locations are very different from each other in terms of both the fisheries and the locations you base from during the trip. Starting the trip in the sleepy little mountain town of Kobarid and ending in the town of Bled, where there is nightlife and many things to see and do post fishing each day, seems to be universally preferred by our guests as opposed to the other way around. If guests choose to start in Bled and end in Kobarid, this would entail flying in to start the trip through Ljubljana and flying out at the end of the trip through Venice.

RATES FOR 2024

8 nights 6 days   $4,700 USD DBL