Mountain Freestone · Gneiss · Salzburg / Hohe Tauern, AT

Krimmler Ache

Krimmler Ache Äußere Unlassalm
Today · Closed season
Hare's Ear Nymph
Forecast · Today
Closed season
Out of season. Try elsewhere.
75% projected
Today's fly
Hare's Ear Nymph
Hare's Ear Nymph
Conditions on the water · Today
Live gauge
Level
Steady
0.32 m
Water temp4.6°C
ClarityClear
Weather1°C
WindN 6 km/h
Pressure1026 hPa
Rain · recent1.0 mm
Rain · ahead1.0 mm

The nearest gauge doesn't record temperatures, so we've estimated it — defer to the river keeper's advice.

Water temperature for Grayling
Ideal
5°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.
Likely species
Stoneflies
Caddisflies
Oligochaetes
  • Aquatic wormsMost likelyLower confidence
    #12–14–16 · Adult
    Dead-drift a worm pattern deep - a year-round staple.
Hatch timeline · todayPeak at 10 Uhr

12 Uhr(now) — Black Midge

Stage: On emergersApproach: Emerger or dryActivity: 28%
Peak emergence windowDegree-days at peak

Peak activity at 10 Uhr — Black Midge (Black Midge, Peak emergence window)

Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

Hatch predictions

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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
1
2
2
2
1
Grayling seasonSeason
1
2
2
1
Evening SedgeHatch
2
3
3
3
2
Alpine RhithrogenaHatch
1
2
2
1
Large Dark OliveHatch
1
2
2
1
Iron BlueHatch
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1

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

Ranked for today
Fly box · Grayling
Small Perdigón
Small Perdigón
Hook 14–18 · Fly
in season
Beats · 1
Upper Krimmler Ache — above the fallsAccess varies
Around 15 km of natural water in the Krimmler Achental above the waterfalls, alternating between open meadow reaches and shorter mountain-stream sections.
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Permits & access
Permit required — see local rules.
  • Nur Fliegenfischen; Catch & Release, keine Entnahme; höchstens 10 Ruten pro Tag, Reservierung erforderlich
  • Lizenzen im Fischereigeschäft des Hotels Bräurup in Mittersill
  • Zusätzlich sind die Salzburger Fischerkarte oder eine Gastfischerkarte sowie die Landesabgabe erforderlich
  • Die Ache unterhalb der Wasserfälle ist ein eigenes Revier mit anderen Regeln.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
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Gallery · 2
  1. Krimmler Ache Äußere Unlassalm
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
Water quality (WFD)
  • Ecology: High
  • Chemical: Failing to achieve good
What this classification means

Matched 2026-09-14 by point query against EEA WISE WFD2022_SurfaceWaterBody (river line 3 m from the venue pin). Status: WISE 2022 (3rd RBMP) ecological class 1 = High; chemical 'failing to achieve good' (Austria-wide in the 2022 cycle).

WFD classification · ATOK304010012

The full read · show the working · for Grayling · confidence 50%
How the 0 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature100 × 28%28.0
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity85 × 18%15.3
Feeding Time10 × 13%1.3
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity13 × 12%1.6
Conditions total= 69
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowon-river gaugeobserved
Prey activitysurvey-backed invertebrate datasurvey
What would change the calculation
The dawn and dusk windows score higher than the midday lull.
Directions
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Seasons & zones
  • Trout 1 May → 30 September
  • Grayling 1 June → 30 September

    The fishery runs 1 May – 30 September and every fish goes back, but the Salzburg statutory grayling closed season still applies in spring, so the display opener is set conservatively at 1 June. Austrian grayling (Äsche) rules are state and fishery specific. Always check the local Fischereikarte and the specific water permit.

    Season dates are set at state or regional level — confirm the local rules.

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