Spate · Schist Metamorphic · Granada, ES

Upper Genil

Nacimiento del Genil

Upper Genil headwater row for Sierra Nevada trout planning.

Today · Closed season
Woolly Bugger
Forecast · Today
Closed season
Out of season. Try elsewhere.
45% projected
Today's fly
Woolly Bugger
Woolly Bugger
Conditions on the water · Today
Live gauge
Level
Rising
0.41 m
Lifting fast
Water temp13.7°C
ClarityUnfishable
Weather18°C
WindN 13 km/h
Pressure1023 hPa
Rain · recent17.7 mm
Rain · ahead0.1 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
Hatch timeline · todayPeak at 6pm

12pm(now) — Reed Smut

Stage: On emergersApproach: Emerger or dryActivity: 47%
Also:Cinnamon Sedge30%Pale Watery26%
Peak emergence window8 food groups active

Peak activity at 6pm — Evening Sedge (Evening Sedge, Weather boost)

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 · September highlighted
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Trout seasonSeason
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2
1
Late March BrownHatch
2
3
2
Large Brook DunHatch
2
3
2
Large StoneflyHatch
2
3
2
Olive UprightHatch
2
3
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.
  • Junta de Andalucía licence required
  • On Sierra Nevada / Alpujarras headwaters, confirm the exact open stretch, coto status, and any National Park or local restrictions before travel.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Other water nearby · 4
Río Trevélez
24 km
0
Brown trout
Río Lanjarón
25 km
0
Brown trout
Poqueira / Pampaneira valley streams
23 km
Brown trout
Río Guadalfeo
25 km
Brown trout
Gallery · 2
  1. Nacimiento del Genil
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

Upper Genil headwater row for Sierra Nevada trout planning. Treat it as metamorphic mountain water with a compressed snowmelt-shaped season, small-pocket tactics, and tighter local-rule dependence than the longer-known Cazorla cotos.

  • Schist metamorphic
The full read · show the working · for Brown Trout · confidence 75%
How the 0 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature100 × 28%28.0
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity95 × 18%17.1
Feeding Time45 × 13%5.9
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity43 × 12%5.2
Conditions total= 79
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowon-river gaugeobserved
Prey activitysurvey-backed invertebrate datasurvey
What would change the calculation
The dawn and dusk windows score higher than the midday lull.
Directions
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Seasons & zones
  • Trout May shoulder / June core window (practical) → July shoulder, occasionally later in lower sections
Related guides
Pyrenees PlaybookSpanish riversEuro Nymphingsubsurface methods
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