Spate · Schist Metamorphic · Granada

Río Guadalfeo

Río Guadalfeo — Río Guadalfeo, en Fuente Agria Bérchules
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Río Guadalfeo, en Fuente Agria Bérchules

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Upper Guadalfeo row for Sierra Nevada / Alpujarras trout planning.

Poor · Brown Trout
Foam Beetle · 14-18
Poorlive now
Not the day for it
River temperature is the limiting factor today, not the flow. This is not the day to push it. Check the thermal advice above before you head out.
90% confidence
What moved it
  • Level0.04 m
  • Water temp22.0°C
  • ClarityClear
Today’s fly
Foam Beetle
Foam Beetle14-18
Proven pattern for this period
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Level
Steady
0.04 m
Water temp22.0°C
ClarityClear
Weather28°C
WindW 5 km/h
Pressure1019 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm
Rain · ahead0.2 mm

Live readings — water temperature is an estimate where the gauge does not record it.

Water temperature for brown trout
Warm — slow
22°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
⛔ Water at 22°C. This is the line where catch-and-release kills brown trout. Do not fish for them today.
Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

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Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey

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Evidence
Records-basedModerate confidence

Based on species-occurrence records, not local invertebrate surveys.

Through the year
0–3 scale · July highlighted
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Trout seasonSeason
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March BrownHatch
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GrannomHatch
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2
Large StoneflyHatch
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3
2
Yellow SallyHatch
2
3
2

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

Ranked for today
Brown Trout fly box
Permits & access
Permit required — see local rules.
  • Se requiere licencia de la Junta de Andalucía
  • En las cabeceras de Sierra Nevada / las Alpujarras, confirma el tramo abierto exacto, el estado del coto y cualquier restricción del Parque Nacional o local antes de viajar.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Water here around 22°C. Nothing cooler within range — carry a thermometer.
Gallery · 3
  1. Venue photo
  2. Río Guadalfeo — Río Guadalfeo, en Fuente Agria Bérchules
    Río Guadalfeo, en Fuente Agria Bérchules
  3. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

Upper Guadalfeo row for Sierra Nevada / Alpujarras trout planning. This is steep southern-slope metamorphic headwater fishing with a short practical season and small-water tactics, not a broad Andalusian spring-to-autumn trout template.

  • Schist metamorphic
The full read · show the working · for brown trout · confidence 90%
How the 12 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature6 × 28%1.7
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity95 × 18%17.1
Feeding Time40 × 13%5.2
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity42 × 12%5.0
Limiting factor: Water temperature (22°C) is outside Brown Trout's preferred range (10–16°C)= 52
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowon-river gaugeobserved
Prey activitymodelled from regional profilemodelled
What would change the calculation
Cooler water — back toward the 10–16 °C ideal band — would lift the score and ease welfare.
The dawn and dusk windows score higher than the midday lull.
Directions
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Seasons & zones
  • TroutMay shoulder / June core window (practical) → July shoulder, occasionally later in upper/cool sections
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