Mountain Freestone · Gneiss · Carinthia / Katschberg, AT

Upper Lieser (Pöllatal)

200507 Inneres Poellatal 04
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
1.02 m
Water temp5.0°C
ClarityClear
Weather2°C
WindN 7 km/h
Pressure1025 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm
Rain · ahead0.6 mm

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

Water temperature for Brown Trout
Cool — slow
5°C est.ideal 10–16°C
0°14°28°
How to fish it · for Brown Trout
When
Nymphing can work through most of the day.
Where
Cover mixed depths.
Method
Start with tight-line nymphs and adjust if fish rise or drift higher.
Kit
9 ft #4 rod, floating line, 12 ft tapered leader to 4–5 lb fluoro tippet.
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: 29%
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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F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
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Trout seasonSeason
1
2
2
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 · Brown Trout
SS
Small Streamer
6–10 · Pattern
Swing
Permits & access
Permit required — see local rules.
  • Nur mit der Kunstfliege (Kärntner Fischereiverband)
  • VORLÄUFIG: Tageskarten über die Raiffeisenbank Rennweg; Tourismusangaben nennen eine Entnahme von bis zu vier Fischen – ob das auch für die Fliegenkarte gilt, sowie Mindestmaße und Saisonende sind unbestätigt, bitte die Lizenz prüfen
  • Die Kärntner Fischerkarte oder eine Gastfischerkarte ist erforderlich.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Other water nearby · 5
Drava (Drau)
31 km
0
Brown trout · Rainbow trout · Grayling
Großarler Ache
31 km
0
Brown trout · Grayling · Brook trout
Möll
38 km
0
Brown trout · Rainbow trout · Brook trout
Hüttwinklache
43 km
0
Brown trout
Rauriser Ache
46 km
0
Brown trout · Brook trout
Gallery · 2
  1. 200507 Inneres Poellatal 04
  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 1 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 · ATOK901250133

The full read · show the working · for Brown Trout · confidence 50%
How the 0 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature22 × 28%6.2
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity95 × 18%17.1
Feeding Time45 × 13%5.9
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity13 × 12%1.6
Limiting factor: Water temperature (4.9°C) is outside Brown Trout's preferred range (10–16°C)= 54
Can you trust it?
Water temperaturelive gauge readinggauge
Level / flowon-river gaugeobserved
Prey activitysurvey-backed invertebrate datasurvey
What would change the calculation
Warmer water — toward the 10–16 °C ideal band — would lift the temperature score.
The dawn and dusk windows score higher than the midday lull.
Directions
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Seasons & zones
  • Trout 1 April → 30 September
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