Spring Fed · Limestone · Ryedale / Pickering, GB-ENG

Costa Beck

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Today · Closed season
Coch-y-bonddu
Forecast · Today
Closed season
Out of season. Try elsewhere.
45% projected
Today's fly
Coch-y-bonddu
Coch-y-bonddu
Conditions on the water · Today
Live gauge
Level
Rising
0.13 m
Lifting fast
Water temp14.7°C
ClarityVery coloured
Weather19°C
WindN 22 km/h
Pressure1008 hPa
Rain · recent1.4 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 Brown Trout
Ideal
15°C est.ideal 10–16°C
0°14°28°
How to fish it · for Brown Trout
When
Through the chalk-fed open season, March into late September. Olives April through May; spinners on warm summer evenings; sedges through summer; small dark flies into autumn.
Where
The whole stream is intimate chalk-fed water through the Vale of Pickering. Sipping fish in the slow glides; cushion water under the alders.
Method
Upstream dry to spotted rising fish; long leader, fine tippet — this is chalk-fed water and reads every line wrinkle. Move slowly, cast accurately, get it right first time.
Kit
8'6 to 9 ft #4 — chalk-fed default. Floating line, 12 to 14 ft leader to 4 lb fluoro. Polarising glasses non-negotiable.
Likely species
Hatch timeline · todayPeak at 14:00

12:00(now) — Daddy Long Legs

Stage: On emergersApproach: Emerger or dryActivity: 42%
Also:Brown Sedge25%Pale Watery25%
Weather boost9 food groups active

Peak activity at 14:00 — Brown Sedge (Brown Sedge, 12 food groups active)

Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

Hatch predictions

Top nymph shown — see all 4 guilds as a supporter.

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Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey(1)

Hatch predictions

Top prey shown — see all 4 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 · September highlighted
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F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
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Trout seasonSeason
1
2
2
2
2
1
Mayfly (Green Drake)Hatch
2
2
Freshwater ShrimpHatch
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
CapererHatch
2
3
3
2
Brown SedgeHatch
2
3
3
3
2

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

Ranked for today
Fly box · Brown Trout
North Country spider water
Local classics: Waterhen Bloa·Greenwell's Spider
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Other water nearby · 5
Gallery · 1
  1. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
Water quality (WFD)
  • Ecology: Moderate
  • Chemical: Unknown
Water quality details
  • Dissolved oxygen: High
  • Ammonia (Phys-Chem): High
  • pH: High
  • Phosphate: High
  • Temperature: High

EA (England) · UKGB104027068470

The full read · show the working · for Brown Trout · confidence 75%
How the 0 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature100 × 28%28.0
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity95 × 18%17.1
Feeding Time45 × 13%5.9
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity67 × 12%8.0
Conditions total= 82
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 1 April → 30 September
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