Hi David

Visiting [url=http://www.pipam.com:63a60]www.pipam.com[/url:63a60] is excellent advice. You'll find a lot of information if you understand Italian but posting requests in English is not a problem. Many of us Italian speak English. You d0n't really need a guide but fishing going fishing with a Local FF is a great idea at least at the beginning. Anyway you say you are based in Rome. There is an excellent Fly Fishing Club in Rome called Danika (http://www.danikaflyclub.com/) and there are a number of great rivers near Rome or within easy driving distance. You may want to try the Volturno, the Sangro in Abbruzzi, the Nera in Umbria and the Tiber in Tuscany (Sansepolcro - Arezzo). The Tiber is a Tail Water with great fishing for very selective and Large Browns and Grayling. As far as licences are concerned - in order to fish in Italy you require a National Licence which in Tuscany is very easy to get. Just go to a post office and pay ?36 for a whole year. In the water I mention above you will need a daily Licence whch costs between ?10 and ?15. Let me know if you require further help - my email address is moreno@alpiapuane.com. I often write on the Pipam Forum and also on the [url=http://www.unpem.net:63a60]www.unpem.net[/url:63a60] forum.

Best regards

Moreno [url=http://www.alpiweb.it/aw/flyfriends/:63a60]http://www.alpiweb.it/aw/flyfriends/[/url:63a60]

[This message has been edited by Goldbead (edited 13 January 2006).]

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