Freestone · Mixed · Styria, AT

Mur

Mur — Mur-Fluss bei Judenburg, Steiermark, Österreich 01
Tomorrow · About as good as it gets
Stonefly Nymph
Forecast · Tomorrow
About as good as it gets
On the feed top to bottom — start on the rises with a dry, drop a nymph if they stay down.
75% projected
Today's fly
Stonefly Nymph
Stonefly Nymph
Conditions on the water · Tomorrow
Live gauge
Flow
Steady
12.8 m³/s
Water temp8.1°C
ClarityClear
Weather10°C
WindN 9 km/h
Pressure1029 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
Ideal
8°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. Grayling feeds actively in cold water — peak winter sport.
Likely species
Mayflies
Stoneflies
Caddisflies
Hatch timeline · tomorrowPeak at 11 Uhr

12 Uhr(now) — Autumn Needle Fly

Stage: Creeping nymphsApproach: Heavy nymphActivity: 54%
Also:Black Midge52%Autumn Olive45%
Peak emergence windowWeather boost7 food groups active

Peak activity at 11 Uhr — Autumn Needle Fly (Autumn Needle Fly, Peak emergence window)

Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

Hatch predictions

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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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F
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J
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Trout seasonSeason
1
2
2
2
2
1
Grayling seasonSeason
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
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 · matches water height
Permits & access
Permit required — see local rules.
  • Obere Mur im Raum Murau (Steiermark)
  • Erforderlich sind die Steirische Fischerkarte oder eine Gastfischerkarte sowie eine Lizenz des Fischereiberechtigten für die jeweilige Strecke
  • Örtliche Bestimmungen der Lizenz beachten.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Other water nearby · 3
Upper Lieser (Pöllatal)
52 km
Brown trout
Enns
56 km
85
Brown trout · Grayling
Salza
90 km
85
Brown trout · Grayling
Gallery · 2
  1. Mur — Mur-Fluss bei Judenburg, Steiermark, Österreich 01
    Mur-Fluss bei Judenburg, Steiermark, Österreich 01
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
Water quality (WFD)
  • Ecology: Good
  • Chemical: Failing to achieve good
What this classification means

WFD re-coded 2026-09-14 after the pin audit: matched by point query against EEA WISE WFD2022_SurfaceWaterBody (the river water body whose line lies 0 m from the venue pin). Status: WISE 2022 (3rd RBMP) ecological class 2 = Good, chemical 'failing to achieve good' (Austria-wide in the 2022 cycle). Prior id ATOK802320001 (Poor) described a different reach.

WFD classification · ATOK802720002

The full read · show the working · for Grayling · confidence 90%
How the 94 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature100 × 28%28.0
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity85 × 18%15.3
Feeding Time90 × 13%11.7
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity62 × 12%7.4
Conditions total= 86
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowon-river gaugeobserved
Prey activitysurvey-backed invertebrate datasurvey
Directions
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Seasons & zones
  • Trout 1 April → 30 September
  • Grayling 1 June → 28 February

    Austrian grayling (Äsche) rules are state and fishery specific. Common pattern: closed 1 January – 31 May (spawning protection); open from June. Individual fishery seasons often end October/November. Always check the local Fischereikarte and specific water permit. Salzburg-area waters commonly show 1 June or 16 May opener.

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

    Prime sport 1 August → 31 October

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