Confluenze Magazine Nt. 17 27 EN Magazin 2018 | Page 97
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 becomes a bigger river , in the Potenza province ; it then continues to flow near the villages of Auletta , Caggiano 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 protection of the environment . We ’ re talking about 3km of no kill stretch , with constant hatch of several mayflies such as Betidi , Heptageniidae , 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-