Freestone · Limestone · Aragón, ES

Ara

The Ara River rushing through a rocky gorge lined with autumn-coloured trees in the Aragonese Pyrenees, Huesca.
Good · Brown Trout
Grasshopper Pattern · 10-14
Goodlive now
A proper day on the water
Low and clear — careful approach country. Stay small, stay accurate.
90% confidence
What moved it
  • Level0.26 mLast reading 5h ago
  • Water temp13.4°C
  • ClarityClear
Today's fly
Grasshopper Pattern
Grasshopper Pattern10-14
Proven pattern for this period
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Level
Steady
0.26 m
Last reading 5h ago
Water temp13.4°C
ClarityClear
Weather12°C
WindN 6 km/h
Pressure1025 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm
Rain · ahead0.0 mm

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

Water temperature for Brown Trout
Ideal
13°C est.ideal 10–16°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
Good — water temperature is right today, though time of day could be better.
Likely species
Hatch timeline · todayQuiet day

Hatch predictions

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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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Trout seasonSeason
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2
2
2
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Alpine RhithrogenaHatch
2
3
3
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Sculpin / Baitfish (Rivers)Hatch
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March BrownHatch
2
3
2
Late March BrownHatch
2
3
2

Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.

Ranked for today
Fly box · Brown Trout
Permits & access
Permit required — see local rules.
  • Se requiere licencia de pesca de Aragón
  • Los cotos con nombre propio, los cotos sociales y los tramos especiales de alta montaña pueden tener fechas, asignaciones de permisos y normas de modalidad distintas, así que verifica el plan vigente de Aragón para el tramo exacto.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Other water nearby · 5
Gallery · 2
  1. The Ara River rushing through a rocky gorge lined with autumn-coloured trees in the Aragonese Pyrenees, Huesca.
    The Ara River in the Aragonese Pyrenees
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
Water quality (WFD)
  • Ecology: Good
  • Chemical: Unknown

WFD classification · ES091MSPF761

The full read · show the working · for Brown Trout · confidence 90%
How the 78 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature100 × 28%28.0
Flow60 × 22%13.2
Clarity95 × 18%17.1
Feeding Time55 × 13%7.2
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity58 × 12%7.0
Conditions total= 78
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowon-river gaugeobserved
Prey activitysurvey-backed invertebrate datasurvey
What would change the calculation
The dawn and dusk windows score higher than the midday lull.
Directions
Seasons & zones
  • Trout tercer Saturday de March → 15 October
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