Italy 🇮🇹

Valtellina (Italian Alps)

Hundreds of mountain streams and lakes in the Italian Alps

Water

River, stream

Lines

Floating for streams and reservoirs, as well as lakes. An intermediate or sinking line for bigger lakes.

Rods

AFTMA 3 to AFTMA 5

Species

Brown Trout, Grayling, Rainbow Trout
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Best months

May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep
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Weather forecast for this location

Today

Mon Apr 20

7 - 17 °C

N3

100%

Tue Apr 21

6 - 15 °C

SW3

100%

Wed Apr 22

6 - 11 °C

S3

97%

Thu Apr 23

5 - 18 °C

N3

0%

Fri Apr 24

7 - 19 °C

N3

0%

Sat Apr 25

7 - 16 °C

S3

20%

Sun Apr 26

7 - 22 °C

N3

0%

Valtellina has 110 alpine lakes, 220 mountain streams and 24 reservoirs that make for 1250 kilometers of fishable water. This makes it a fly fishing destination where you could easily spend weeks and not have fished all the waters. Located at the North / North-East side of lake Como, this valley is perfect to combine with some holiday time.

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The best months to fish

Fly fishing is at it's best in the spring and summer months. Do note that in the summer people go swimming in some parts of the more easy accessible rivers, so you might have to wander around or get help from a local guide to find the right spots.

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Dec
Not allowed
Don't bother
Doable
Best time

Guides

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Guiding

Workshops

Species

There might be more species you can catch in this location or in the area, but the current page and description focusses on these fish species.

Brown Trout

Grayling

Rainbow Trout

Map

There are many streams and rivers in this area, making for lots of beautiful places to go fishing. It's recommended to ask a guide for help regarding the fishing licence, as this is a quite a complex puzzle if you're not familiar with the area and the system.

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