Mountain Freestone · Limestone · Tyrol / Karwendel, AT

Rißbach

Rißbach nw Hinterriß
Today · Closed season
Black Midge
Forecast · Today
Closed season
Out of season. Try elsewhere.
90% projected
Today's fly
Black Midge
Black Midge
Conditions on the water · Today
Live gauge
Flow
Falling
8.3 m³/s
Dropping after lift
Water temp6.7°C
ClaritySlightly coloured
Weather4°C
WindN 10 km/h
Pressure1026 hPa
Rain · recent4.8 mm
Rain · ahead1.6 mm

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

Water temperature for Brook Trout
Cool — slow
7°C est.ideal 10–16°C
0°14°28°
How to fish it · for Brook 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
Mayflies
Stoneflies
Caddisflies
Molluscs
  • Pond snailsMost likelyLower confidence
    #10–12–14 · Adult
    Dead-drift or twitch a snail pattern near weed beds.
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: 59%
Also:Autumn Needle Fly37%
Peak emergence window4 food groups active

Peak activity at 10 Uhr — Black Midge (Black Midge, 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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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
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
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 · Brook Trout
SS
Small Streamer
6–10 · Pattern
Swing
Beats · 1
Austrian reach (Eng to Hinterriß)Access varies
The natural Karwendel reach between the Eng and Hinterriß.
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Permits & access
Permit required — see local rules.
  • VORLÄUFIG
  • Die Fischereipacht ging im Frühjahr 2026 an Jean-Pierre Vollrath (Fliegenfischerschule Oberbayern), der die Bewirtschaftung ohne Besatz fortführen will
  • Kartenverkauf, Saison und Methodenregeln für 2026 sind noch nicht veröffentlicht – vor dem Fischen beim Pächter nachfragen (fliegenfischerschule-oberbayern.de)
  • Ältere Angaben zu reinen Guiding-Lizenzen oder anderen Verkaufsstellen beziehen sich auf frühere Pächter
  • Die Tiroler Fischerkarte ist erforderlich.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
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17 km
Brown trout · Rainbow trout · Grayling
Walchensee
19 km
Brown trout · Lake trout · Char
Inn
23 km
Brown trout · Rainbow trout · Grayling
Steinberger Ache
23 km
Brown trout
Gallery · 2
  1. Rißbach nw Hinterriß
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
Water quality (WFD)
  • Ecology: Good
  • Chemical: Failing to achieve good
What this classification means

Matched 2026-09-14 by point query against EEA WISE WFD2022_SurfaceWaterBody (river line 9 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).

WFD classification · ATOK301890002

The full read · show the working · for Brook Trout · confidence 75%
How the 0 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature62 × 28%17.4
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity95 × 18%17.1
Feeding Time60 × 13%7.8
Pressure75 × 7%5.3
Insect activity44 × 12%5.3
Conditions total= 71
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.
Related guides
Fly Fishing in Austria: Rivers, Lakes and the Alpine Yearfeatured in this guideAlpine Streamsmountain entomologyEuro Nymphingsubsurface methods
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