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.

Marginal · Brown Trout
Klinkhammer · 14-18
Marginallive now
Slow going — pick your moments
River temperature is the limiting factor today, not the flow. Fish dawn or dusk if you go at all, and handle everything with extra care.
80% confidence
What moved it
  • Level0.27 mLifting fast
  • Water temp18.9°C
  • ClarityVery colouredColouring up
Today's fly
Klinkhammer
Klinkhammer14-18
High-confidence seasonal pick
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Level
Rising
0.27 m
Lifting fast
Water temp18.9°C
ClarityVery coloured
Weather21°C
WindSE 5 km/h
Pressure1018 hPa
Rain · recent1.5 mm
Rain · ahead16.4 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
Warm — slow
19°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 18.9°C — above the brown trout caution line (18°C). Fish dawn or dusk only. Land it fast, wet hands, no air shots.
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

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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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GrannomHatch
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Evening SedgeHatch
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Alpine RhithrogenaHatch
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Large Dark OliveHatch
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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
Water here around 19°C. Nothing cooler within range — carry a thermometer.
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 80%
How the 30 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature41 × 28%11.5
Flow55 × 22%12.1
Clarity15 × 18%2.7
Feeding Time75 × 13%9.8
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity50 × 12%6.0
Limiting factor: Water is very coloured — too coloured for Brown Trout= 48
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowon-river gaugeobserved
Prey activitysurvey-backed invertebrate datasurvey
What would change the calculation
Cooler water — back toward the 10–16 °C ideal band — would lift the score and ease welfare.
A drop and clear would lift the flow and clarity scores.
Directions
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Seasons & zones
  • Trout third Sunday of March → 31 August
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