Spate · Sandstone · Black Forest / Baden-Württemberg, DE

Ellbach

Ellbach — Black Forest: Ellbachsee
Poor · Brown Trout
Hare's Ear Nymph · 12-16
Closed season
Out of season. Try elsewhere.
Closed — confidence not applicable today.
What moved it
  • LevelProxyvia Murg at Baiersbronn (LUBW 00171)
  • Water temp6.1°C
  • ClarityClear
Today's fly
Hare's Ear Nymph
Hare's Ear Nymph12-16
Upstream
Conditions on the water
Proxy gauge
Level
Steady
Proxy
via Murg at Baiersbronn (LUBW 00171)
Water temp6.1°C
ClarityClear
Weather9°C
WindSW 6 km/h
Pressure1024 hPa
Rain · recent2.5 mm
Rain · ahead2.4 mm

No gauge on this water — conditions are inferred from Murg at Baiersbronn (LUBW 00171). The trend transfers, the absolute level does not.

Water temperature for Brown Trout
Cool — slow
6°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.
Likely species
Stoneflies
Caddisflies
Gammarids
Hatch timeline · todayPeak at 11:00

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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
2
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1
March BrownHatch
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3
2
Late March BrownHatch
2
3
2
Large Brook DunHatch
2
3
2
Large StoneflyHatch
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.
  • Black Forest stream in Baden-Württemberg
  • Fischereischein + Erlaubnisschein required.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Other water nearby · 5
Murg
16 km
0
Brown trout · Grayling
Nagold
30 km
Brown trout · Rainbow trout · Grayling
Gutach
46 km
Brown trout
Wutach
73 km
Brown trout · Grayling
Schluchsee
78 km
Brown trout · Lake trout
Gallery · 2
  1. Ellbach — Black Forest: Ellbachsee
    Black Forest: Ellbachsee
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
Water quality (WFD)
  • Ecology: Poor
  • Chemical: Failing to achieve good
What this classification means

Pin moved 2026-09-28 from the Dreisam headwater (a Langenbach, 77 km away, with no Ellbach within 30 km) to the Böser Ellbach at Baiersbronn-Mitteltal, the only Ellbach in the Black Forest. WFD water body re-assigned to the one that holds it, DERW_DEBW_34-01-OR4 (Murg bis inkl. Raumünzach, Schwarzwald), status from EEA WISE SWB_SurfaceWaterBody cYear 2022 (discodata.eea.europa.eu). The old DERW_DEBW_31-02-OR2 was the Dreisam-Mühlbach under the wrong pin.

WFD classification · DERW_DEBW_34-01-OR4

The full read · show the working · for Brown Trout · confidence 75%
How the 0 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature37 × 28%10.4
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity95 × 18%17.1
Feeding Time55 × 13%7.2
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity33 × 12%4.0
Conditions total= 62
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowproxy via Murg at Baiersbronn (LUBW 00171)proxy
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.
Directions
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Seasons & zones
  • Trout 1 March → 30 September
Related guides
Euro Nymphingsubsurface methods
Booking & contacts