Confluenze Magazine Nt. 17 27 EN Magazin 2018 | Page 48

The source of the Tanagro River is not far from the little village of Casalbuono, in Lucan territory, during the course of the river, from the town of Padula, it be- comes a bigger river, in the Potenza province; it then continues to flow near the villages of Auletta, Caggia- no and Pertosa, collecting the water of smaller streams during its course, including those from the fantastic “Angelo” caves. It then flows into the bigger Sele River, nearby the town of Contursi Terme. The fish that you’ll find in this river are wild brown trout; due to high biological value of this area it’s very important to mention that there is no stocked fish at all. Several water keepers constantly control the river and fishermen as well, assuring the respect and pro- tection of the environment. We’re talking about 3km of no kill stretch, with con- stant hatch of several mayflies such as Betidi, Hepta- geniidae, Ephemerellidae, and, especially from May to September, heavy hatches of Oligoneuriella Rhenana. In some areas, this river is very wide, up to 40 meters, with several pocket waters that will “hide” big wild brown trout. Flies that will work on Tanagro River are very classical CDC patterns, F-Flies, Comparadun and BWO tied on hook size 16 down to smaller 20. During summer eve- 49