Freestone · Limestone · Catalonia, ES

Upper Segre

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Marginal · Brown Trout
Grasshopper Pattern · 10-14
Slow going — pick your moments
River lifting fast on the rain. Slow going — pick your moments and do not force it.
45% confidence
limited data
What moved it
  • LevelProxyvia Noguera Pallaresa
  • Water temp13.6°C
  • ClarityVery colouredColouring up
Today's fly
Grasshopper Pattern
Grasshopper Pattern10-14
Proven pattern for this period
Conditions on the water
Proxy gauge
Level
Rising
Proxy
via Noguera Pallaresa
Water temp13.6°C
ClarityVery coloured
Weather16°C
WindNW 6 km/h
Pressure1022 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm
Rain · ahead0.0 mm

No gauge on this water — conditions are inferred from Noguera Pallaresa. The trend transfers, the absolute level does not.

Water temperature for Brown Trout
Ideal
14°C est.ideal 1016°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.
Why this works
Poor — water temperature is working for you, but water clarity is the limiting factor today.
Hatch timeline · todayPeak at 6am

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 · August highlighted
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
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
Brown Trout fly box
Permits & access
Permit required — see local rules.
  • Catalan fishing licence required
  • Controlled trout waters may require a ZPC permit, and legal dates differ between low-mountain, high-mountain, with-kill, and no-kill sectors, so check the current Generalitat rules for the exact zone.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Fishing better nearby · 5
Water quality (WFD)
  • EcologyGood
  • ChemicalUnknown

WFD classification · ES091MSPF621

The full read · show the working · for Brown Trout · confidence 45%
How the 30 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature100 × 28%28.0
Flow30 × 22%6.6
Clarity15 × 18%2.7
Feeding Time80 × 13%10.4
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity44 × 12%5.3
Limiting factor: Water is very coloured — too coloured for Brown Trout= 59
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowproxy via Noguera Pallaresaproxy
Prey activitysurvey-backed invertebrate datasurvey
What would change the calculation
A drop and clear would lift the flow and clarity scores.
Directions
Seasons & zones
  • Trout depends on Catalan zone classdepends on Catalan zone class
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