Freestone Limestone · Limestone Alpine Gravel · Bavaria / Ammergau Alps, DE

Upper Ammer

Upper Ammer — Schleierfälle
Prime · Grayling
F-Fly · Hook 18–22
Primelive now
About as good as it gets
River high but settled. Coloured water — fish bigger and deeper, confident takes down the seams.
90% confidence
What moved it
  • LevelProxyvia Loisach — Hotel Bavaria Garmisch fly water
  • Water temp13.0°C
  • ClarityClear
Today's fly
F-Fly
F-FlyHook 18–22
in season · matches water height
Conditions on the water
Proxy gauge
Level
Steady
Proxy
via Loisach — Hotel Bavaria Garmisch fly water
Water temp13.0°C
ClarityClear
Weather22°C
WindNW 16 km/h
Pressure1014 hPa
Rain · recent17.8 mm
Rain · ahead4.4 mm

No gauge on this water — conditions are inferred from Loisach — Hotel Bavaria Garmisch fly water. The trend transfers, the absolute level does not.

Water temperature for Grayling
Ideal
13°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 — conditions well-balanced, with water temperature particularly in your favour.
Hatch timeline · todayPeak at 6am

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Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey(1)

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Evidence
Survey-backed · regionalModerate confidence

Backed by regional invertebrate surveys; no sampling on this exact reach yet.

Through the year
0–3 scale · August highlighted
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F
M
A
M
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N
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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
Grayling fly box
Permits & access
Permit required — see local rules.
  • Fischereischein plus örtlicher Erlaubnisschein erforderlich
  • Genauen Ammer-Fischereiabschnitt und die geltenden Regeln prüfen.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
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16 km
Brown trout · Lake trout · Char
Lech (Bavaria)
20 km
46
Brown trout · Grayling
Walchensee
21 km
Brown trout · Lake trout · Char
Gallery · 2
  1. Upper Ammer — Schleierfälle
    Schleierfälle
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
The full read · show the working · for Grayling · confidence 90%
How the 87 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature100 × 28%28.0
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity85 × 18%15.3
Feeding Time95 × 13%12.4
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity66 × 12%7.9
Conditions total= 87
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowproxy via Loisach — Hotel Bavaria Garmisch fly waterproxy
Prey activitysurvey-backed invertebrate datasurvey
Directions
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Seasons & zones
  • Trout local Bavaria/fishery calendar → local Bavaria/fishery calendar
  • Grayling local Bavaria/fishery calendar → local Bavaria/fishery calendar

    Grayling access depends on Bavaria law and local fishery restrictions.

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

Related guides
Grayling Playbookgrayling tacticsEuro Nymphingsubsurface methods
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