The Isel was not an attractive sight, a milky brown of meltwater from the Alpine glaciers.
But the Little Drau and other tributaries of the Isel come from the side valleys where there are no glaciers.
There is snow, of course, and meltwater can be a nuisance earlier in the warm afternoons of spring and early summer but in July and August the snow has gone from the lower slopes and the fishing really is at its sparkling best.
Rivers like the Gmundner Traun, the Salza, the Mur(former world record brown trout – 16kg), the Steyr, the Isel or the Drau are well known and attract people from all over the world.
But not only browns, rainbows, brookies and grayling are resident in these alpine streams, but also the danube salmon(hucho hucho) a relative of the siberian taimen (hucho taimen and hucho perri) lives there and the world record fish(35.1 kg) was only recently caught in the riverDrau.
They discovered the rivers to be an excellent food supply during their stay in winter especially when the lakes freeze.
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