078: 1 day for 1 rod fishing a mountain stream in the Alpes Maritime with Tony Mair, southern France.

Donated by Anthony Mair

One day for 1 rod fishing in the Alpes-Maritime in France with Tony Mair, author of the blog, A Fisherman's Journey. You will be fishing in the 'skies', at an altitude of 1700m on the River Gordolasque, a picturesque Alpine stream and tributary of the Vesubie, just 1.5 hours north of Nice in the Cote d'Azur and packed with small wild Mediterranean-strain brown trout. The car ride through the Gorge du Vesubie, toward Roquebiliere is a joy, as is the village of Belvedere (to collect a 'journalier' and some tasty victuals) and then the last few miles into a beautiful wilderness, blanketed with pretty wild flowers, roaming chamois close by… for some easy walking and hungry, lightning-fast fish, which will take dries all day long! Ideally to be enjoyed in June or July 2021, or towards the end of August into early September, but with differing Covid rules in France, some flexibility between winner and donor may be necessary. Storm Alex in early October 2020 caused torrential and tragic flooding in the Gorge du Vesubie, which destroyed bridges, collapsed roads and cut off villages en route to the Mercantour which is where the Gordolasque flows. If this area is unaccessible at an agreeable time, Tony will take the winner to the River Verdon at Castellane.

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