Spate · Limestone · North East / Upper Teesdale, GB-ENG

River Balder

River Balder venue image
Prime · Grayling
Sawyer Pheasant Tail Nymph · sizes_14_18
Primelive now
About as good as it gets
Low and clear — careful approach country. Take your time — read the water before you cast.
90% confidence
What moved it
  • LevelProxyvia River Swale
  • Water temp12.0°C
  • ClarityClear
Today's fly
Sawyer Pheasant Tail Nymph
Sawyer Pheasant Tail Nymphsizes_14_18
in season · matches water height · all-rounder · regional default
Conditions on the water
Proxy gauge
Level
Steady
Proxy
via River Swale
Water temp12.0°C
ClarityClear
Weather11°C
WindSW 31 km/h
Pressure1022 hPa
Rain · recent4.9 mm
Rain · ahead6.1 mm

No gauge on this water — conditions are inferred from River Swale. The trend transfers, the absolute level does not.

Water temperature for Grayling
Ideal
12°C est.ideal 4–14°C
0°14°28°
How to fish it · for Grayling
When
Midday window — grayling feed best from late morning into early afternoon.
Where
Work runs and glides — grayling shoal in the bottom third of the water column.
Method
Tight-line nymph the bottom third with weighted patterns.
Kit
10 ft #3 rod, floating line, long leader to 4 lb fluoro for nymphs.
Why this works
Excellent — water temperature is right today, though insect activity could be better.
Likely species
Mayflies
Stoneflies
Caddisflies
Gammarids
Hatch timeline · todayPeak at 11 Uhr

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Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

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Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey(1)

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Evidence
Survey-backed · regionalHigh confidence

Backed by regional invertebrate surveys; no sampling on this exact reach yet.

Through the year
0–3 scale · October highlighted
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Trout seasonSeason
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March BrownHatch
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CapererHatch
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Heather FlyHatch
2
2
Autumn DunHatch
2
3
2

Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.

Ranked for today
Fly box · Grayling
Beats · 1
Fishing Passport day-ticket beatsAccess varies
Three short day-ticket beats on the Balder, all bookable through the Fishing Passport at properly modest prices.
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What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Other water nearby · 5
Hury Reservoir
1.0 km
Brown trout · Rainbow trout
Grassholme Reservoir
5.0 km
Rainbow trout
Blackton Reservoir
7.0 km
Brown trout
River Tees
8.0 km
86
Brown trout · Grayling · Salmon
River Lune (Teesdale)
9.0 km
87
Brown trout · Grayling
Gallery · 1
  1. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
The full read · show the working · for Grayling · confidence 90%
How the 87 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature100 × 28%28.0
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity85 × 18%15.3
Feeding Time95 × 13%12.4
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity64 × 12%7.7
Conditions total= 87
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowproxy via River Swaleproxy
Prey activitysurvey-backed invertebrate datasurvey
Directions
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Seasons & zones
  • Trout 22 March → 30 September
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