Spate · Limestone · North East / Upper Teesdale, GB-ENG

River Lune (Teesdale)

The small River Lune in Lunedale, County Durham, flowing out from Selset Reservoir in Teesdale.
Prime · Brown Trout
Partridge and Orange · 14-16
Primelive now
About as good as it gets
River steady at a fishable height. On the feed top to bottom — start on the rises with a dry, drop a nymph if they stay down.
90% confidence
What moved it
  • LevelProxyvia River Swale
  • Water temp13.9°C
  • ClarityClear
Today's fly
Partridge and Orange
Partridge and Orange14-16
Upstream, in the film
Conditions on the water
Proxy gauge
Level
Steady
Proxy
via River Swale
Water temp13.9°C
ClarityClear
Weather13°C
WindSW 12 km/h
Pressure1006 hPa
Rain · recent12.9 mm
Rain · ahead5.7 mm

No gauge on this water — conditions are inferred from River Swale. The trend transfers, the absolute level does not.

Water temperature for Brown Trout
Ideal
14°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
Excellent — water temperature is right today, though insect activity could be better.
Likely species
Caddisflies
Hatch timeline · todayPeak at 6am

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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 · August highlighted
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Trout seasonSeason
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March BrownHatch
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CapererHatch
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Heather FlyHatch
2
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Autumn DunHatch
2
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Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.

Ranked for today
Brown Trout fly box
Beats · 1
Darlington Brown Trout AA — River Lune, day ticket via Fishing PassportAccess varies
Just under a mile of the Tees-system Lune on the north bank — Darlington Brown Trout AA water between the Grassholme reservoir holding pool and the Lune mouth.
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What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Other water nearby · 5
Hury Reservoir
8.0 km
Brown trout · Rainbow trout
Grassholme Reservoir
8.0 km
Rainbow trout
River Balder
9.0 km
0
Brown trout · Grayling
Blackton Reservoir
12 km
Brown trout
River Tees
16 km
0
Brown trout · Grayling · Salmon
Gallery · 2
  1. The small River Lune in Lunedale, County Durham, flowing out from Selset Reservoir in Teesdale.
    The River Lune exits Selset Reservoir in Lunedale, County Durham.
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
The full read · show the working · for Brown Trout · confidence 90%
How the 85 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature100 × 28%28.0
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity95 × 18%17.1
Feeding Time70 × 13%9.1
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity62 × 12%7.4
Conditions total= 85
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowproxy via River Swaleproxy
Prey activitysurvey-backed invertebrate datasurvey
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Seasons & zones
  • Trout 22 March → 30 September
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