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Morača & Cijevna (Podgorica area)

Morača & Cijevna (Podgorica area) — Río Moraca, norte de Podgorica, Montenegro, 2014-04-14, DD 09
Today · A proper day on the water
Partridge & Orange
Forecast · Today
A proper day on the water
A proper day for it. Work the seams with an upstream nymph, switch to the dry when they show.
55% projected
Today's fly
Partridge & Orange
Partridge & Orange
Conditions on the water · Today
Live gauge
Level
Falling
0.01 m
Dropping after lift
Water temp15.3°C
ClaritySlightly coloured
Weather19°C
WindN 10 km/h
Pressure1024 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm
Rain · ahead0.0 mm

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

Water temperature for Grayling
Warm — slow
15°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
Poor — time of day is working for you, but water temperature is the limiting factor today.
Likely species
Hatch timeline · todayPeak at 11 Uhr

12 Uhr(now) — Reed Smut

Stage: On emergersApproach: Emerger or dryActivity: 86%
Also:Heather Fly57%Cinnamon Sedge56%Pale Watery47%
Peak emergence window12 food groups active

Peak activity at 11 Uhr — Reed Smut (Reed Smut, Peak emergence window)

Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

Hatch predictions

Top nymph shown — see all 2 guilds as a supporter.

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Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey(1)

Hatch predictions

Top prey shown — see all 3 as a supporter.

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Evidence
Records-basedModerate confidence

Based on species-occurrence records, not local invertebrate surveys.

Through the year
0–3 scale · September highlighted
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F
M
A
M
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J
A
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N
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Trout seasonSeason
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
Evening SedgeHatch
2
3
3
3
2
Large Dark OliveHatch
1
2
2
1
Iron BlueHatch
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
Blue Winged OliveHatch
1
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 · matches water height
Permits & access
Permit required — see local rules.
  • Montenegrin fishing licence + permit.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Other water nearby · 2
Gallery · 2
  1. Morača & Cijevna (Podgorica area) — Río Moraca, norte de Podgorica, Montenegro, 2014-04-14, DD 09
    Río Moraca, norte de Podgorica, Montenegro, 2014-04-14, DD 09
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
The full read · show the working · for Grayling · confidence 55%
How the 36 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature18 × 28%5.0
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity85 × 18%15.3
Feeding Time90 × 13%11.7
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity74 × 12%8.9
Limiting factor: Water temperature (16.6°C) is outside Grayling's preferred range (4–14°C)= 64
Can you trust it?
Water temperaturelive gauge readinggauge
Level / flowon-river gaugeobserved
Prey activitymodelled from regional profilemodelled
What would change the calculation
Cooler water — back toward the 4–14 °C ideal band — would lift the score and ease welfare.
Directions
Seasons & zones
  • Trout 1 March → 30 September
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