Dave Whitlock

Curak

Curak Creek is situated a fifteen minute drive from apartment. Curak Creek springs from underneath a high rock, from a spring named Zeleni Vir (Green Whirlpool) because of its colour. Throughout almost its entire length, Curak flows through a beautiful wooded canyon. A part of the canyon is a special geomorphological reserve called Vražji prolaz (Devil's Pass) where you will also find a cave named Muževa hiža. Curak Creek's banks are covered with dense forest and fishing is particularly impressive.  There are grayling and brown trout in the creek.

If you like fishing on small running waters, Curak will be a real challenge for you, and an unforgettable experience. Fishing on Curak Creek is organized under the "catch & release" principle. Fishing is allowed with one fly-rod and one artificial fly. Use of fishooks without counterbarbs is mandatory. It is allowed to use all fly-fishing techniques.

Fishing season: 16.05. - 15.10. Daily license: 150 kn (20 €) Purchasing a daily license entitles you to fish on Kupa and Kupica River as well.

The rod under his right arm, Nick stooped, dipping his right hand into the current. He held the trout,
never still, with his moist right hand, while he unhooked the barb from the mouth, than dropped him back into the stream.
 Ernest Hemingway (Big Two-Hearted River)

The fisherman has a harmless, preoccupied look; he is a kind of vagrant, that nothing fears. He blends himself with
the trees and the shadows. All his approaches are gentle and indirect. He times himself to the meandering, soliloquizing stream;
he addresses himself to it as a lover to his mistress; he woos it and stays with it till he knows its hidden secrets.
Where it deepens his purpose deepens; where it is shallow he is not indifferent. He knows how to
interpret its every glance and dimple; its beauty haunts him for days.
John Burroughs, 1886

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