Freestone · Mixed · Aragón, ES

Ésera

Ésera — File:Benasque - Plan de Turpí - Ésera 01.jpg

The Ésera drains high granite peaks and flows through a spectacular limestone gorge — two distinct characters creating diverse fishing habitat.

Poor · Brown Trout
Grasshopper Pattern · 10-14
Closed season
Out of season. Try elsewhere.
Closed — confidence not applicable today.
What moved it
  • Level0.77 mLast reading 22h ago
  • Water temp13.5°C
  • ClarityClear
Today's fly
Grasshopper Pattern
Grasshopper Pattern10-14
Proven pattern for this period
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Level
Steady
0.77 m
Last reading 22h ago
Water temp13.5°C
ClarityClear
Weather13°C
WindS 7 km/h
Pressure1020 hPa
Rain · recent0.4 mm
Rain · ahead5.6 mm

The nearest gauge doesn't record temperatures, so we've estimated it — defer to the river keeper's advice.

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.
Likely species
Stoneflies
Caddisflies
Gammarids
Hatch timeline · todayPeak at 2pm

Hatch predictions

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Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

Hatch predictions

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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
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
Brown Trout fly box
Permits & access
Permit required — see local rules.
  • Aragón fishing licence required
  • Named cotos, social cotos, and special high-mountain sections can have different dates, permit allocations, and method rules
  • Check the current Aragón annual fishing plan (Plan de pesca de Aragón) for the exact beat before visiting.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
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Isábena
21 km
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Cinca
22 km
Brown trout
Noguera de Tor
30 km
Brown trout
Garona / Garonne (headwaters)
32 km
Brown trout
Gave d'Estaubé
41 km
Brown trout · Grayling
Gallery · 2
  1. Ésera — File:Benasque - Plan de Turpí - Ésera 01.jpg
    File:Benasque - Plan de Turpí - Ésera 01.jpg
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

The Ésera drains high granite peaks and flows through a spectacular limestone gorge — two distinct characters creating diverse fishing habitat. Upper granite reaches are cold, freestone with strong wild-trout populations; the Ventamillo gorge section combines limestone clarity with dramatic alpine scenery. Technical water throughout. The transition between geology creates excellent holding habitat.

  • Mixed
Water quality (WFD)
  • Ecology: High
  • Chemical: Unknown
What this classification means

WFD ecological status Good → High corrected to EEA WISE 2022 (3rd RBMP) classification for waterbody ES091MSPF772 (was a stale earlier-cycle value). Source: EEA WISE SWB_SurfaceWaterBody (discodata.eea.europa.eu), verified 2026-06-18.

WFD classification · ES091MSPF772

The full read · show the working · for Brown Trout · confidence 90%
How the 0 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature100 × 28%28.0
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity95 × 18%17.1
Feeding Time85 × 13%11.1
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity72 × 12%8.6
Conditions total= 88
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowon-river gaugeobserved
Prey activitysurvey-backed invertebrate datasurvey
Directions
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Seasons & zones
  • Trout third Saturday of March → 31 August
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