Upper Tiber River
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Tuscany fly fishing: (Upper Tiber River) The Tiber River is named after Tiberinus, Etruscan King of the mythical city of Alba Longa, a city on the banks of the Tiber prior to the founding of Rome by Romulus and Remus.
Fly fishing the upper Tiber River, approximately 120 miles north of Rome and 45 miles east of Florence, is a strictly no-kill tail water fishery with a thriving, self-sustaining population of trout and grayling. Many large fish are often spotted, some even caught.
The area:The upper Tiber has seen the flourishing of the Etruscan civilization, Florence battling for supremacy during the Middle Ages and, in the Renaissance, gave birth to Michelangelo and Piero della Francesca.
Fly fishing in the upper Tiber valley, nestled between the regions of Romagna, Umbria and Marche, a land of rolling hills and cypress trees, is a unique experience, is like fly fishing while being immersed in culture and medieval legends, in a corner or Tuscany well worth discovering.
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