Freestone · Granite · Alpes-Maritimes / Mercantour, FR

Tinée

Tinée venue image
Good · Brown Trout
Hare's Ear Nymph · 14-16
Goodlive now
A proper day on the water
River steady at a fishable height. A proper day for it. Work the seams with an upstream nymph, switch to the dry when they show.
75% confidence
What moved it
  • LevelProxyvia Arc (Bessans reach)
  • Water temp16.9°C
  • ClarityClear
Today's fly
Hare's Ear Nymph
Hare's Ear Nymph14-16
Upstream
Conditions on the water
Proxy gauge
Level
Steady
Proxy
via Arc (Bessans reach)
Water temp16.9°C
ClarityClear
Weather18°C
WindNW 10 km/h
Pressure1020 hPa
Rain · recent6.8 mm
Rain · ahead0.1 mm

No gauge on this water — conditions are inferred from Arc (Bessans reach). The trend transfers, the absolute level does not.

Water temperature for Brown Trout
Warm — slow
17°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.
Hatch timeline · todayPeak at 6am

Hatch predictions

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Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

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Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey(1)

Hatch predictions

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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
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
Alpine RhithrogenaHatch
2
3
3
2
Sculpin / Baitfish (Rivers)Hatch
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
Large Dark OliveHatch
1
2
2
1
Blue Winged OliveHatch
1
2
2
2
2
1

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.
  • AAPPMA Alpes-Maritimes
  • Several wild-trout reserves
  • Storm Alex reconstruction ongoing — some access rebuilt.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Other water nearby · 4
Vésubie
18 km
Brown trout
Var (Upper, Headwaters)
27 km
Brown trout
Roya
36 km
0
Brown trout
Verdon (Upper, Colmars–Castellane)
48 km
82
Brown trout
Gallery · 1
  1. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
Water quality (WFD)
  • Ecology: Good
  • Chemical: Unknown
What this classification means

WFD ecological status Moderate → Good corrected to EEA WISE 2022 (3rd RBMP) classification for waterbody FRDR83 (was a stale earlier-cycle value). Source: EEA WISE SWB_SurfaceWaterBody (discodata.eea.europa.eu), verified 2026-06-18.

WFD classification · FRDR83

The full read · show the working · for Brown Trout · confidence 75%
How the 75 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature70 × 28%19.6
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity95 × 18%17.1
Feeding Time70 × 13%9.1
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity50 × 12%6.0
Conditions total= 75
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowproxy via Arc (Bessans reach)proxy
Prey activitysurvey-backed invertebrate datasurvey
Directions
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Seasons & zones
  • Trout 2nd Saturday of March → 3rd Sunday of September
Related guides
Pyrenees PlaybookFrench riversEuro Nymphingsubsurface methods
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