Mountain Freestone · Schist Metamorphic · Salzburg / Hohe Tauern, AT

Fuscher Ache

Fuscher Ache 02
Today · Not the day for it
Pheasant Tail Nymph (sz 18)
Forecast · Today
Not the day for it
Not much stacked in your favour today. Worth an hour if you are nearby, not worth the special trip.
45% projected
Today's fly
Pheasant Tail Nymph (sz 18)
Pheasant Tail Nymph (sz 18)
Conditions on the water · Today
Estimate
Level
Light rain recently
No gauge reading
Water temp12.2°C
ClarityUnfishable
Weather15°C
WindN 7 km/h
Pressure1021 hPa
Rain · recent7.7 mm
Rain · ahead16.1 mm

No gauge on this water — readings are regional estimates from weather, not a live gauge.

Water temperature for Brown Trout
Ideal
12°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 clarity is right today, though insect activity could be better.
Likely species
Caddisflies
Hatch timeline · todayPeak at 06:00

12:00(now) — Daddy Long Legs

Stage: On emergersApproach: Emerger or dryActivity: 34%
Also:Autumn Olive28%
4 food groups active

Peak activity at 06:00 — Daddy Long Legs (Daddy Long Legs, 3 food groups active)

Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

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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 · September highlighted
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Trout seasonSeason
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
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
Fly box · Brown Trout
SS
Small Streamer
6-10 · Pattern
Swing
Beats · 2

The rules change with altitude: the Käfertal at the top of the valley has its own shorter season and no streamers.

Ferleiten to the Salzach at BruckAccess varies
The main run of the river below the Käfertal: quick, stony mountain water down through Ferleiten and Fusch to the Salzach at Bruck.
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Käfertal — the upper valleyAccess varies
The high glacial valley at the head of the river, from the source down past the Tauernhaus — open water under the peaks, fishable once the snow has gone.
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Permits & access
Permit required — see local rules.
  • Fly only; single hook with the barb pinched down
  • Streamers prohibited in the Käfertal above the Tauernhaus bridge
  • Grayling protected year-round
  • Brown trout closed 1 October – 28 February, minimum 35 cm
  • Day tickets from the fishing inns in Bruck and Fusch (e.g
  • Gasthof Zacherlbräu) and via hejfish; a Salzburg fishing card or guest card is also required.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
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71
Brown trout
Rauriser Ache
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Brown trout · Brook trout
Hüttwinklache
13 km
83
Brown trout
Salzach
20 km
85
Brown trout · Grayling
Großarler Ache
28 km
0
Brown trout · Grayling · Brook trout
Gallery · 2
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  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
Water quality (WFD)
  • Ecology: Good
  • Chemical: Failing to achieve good
What this classification means

Matched 2026-09-14 by point query against EEA WISE WFD2022_SurfaceWaterBody (river line 13 m from the venue pin at Ferleiten). Status: WISE 2022 (3rd RBMP) ecological class 2 = Good; chemical 'failing to achieve good' (Austria-wide in the 2022 cycle). The Käfertal reach is a separate water body, ATOK300670004N (also Good).

WFD classification · ATOK300670003N

The full read · show the working · for Brown Trout · confidence 75%
How the 70 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature63 × 28%17.6
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity95 × 18%17.1
Feeding Time50 × 13%6.5
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity45 × 12%5.4
Conditions total= 70
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowon-river gaugeobserved
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
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