Spate · Schist Metamorphic · Granada

Upper Genil

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Upper Genil headwater row for Sierra Nevada trout planning.

Marginal · Brown Trout
Klinkhammer · 14-18
Slow going — pick your moments
River lifting fast on the rain. Take your time — read the water before you cast.
45% confidence
limited data
What moved it
  • Level4.21 mLifting fast
  • Water temp16.4°C
  • ClarityVery colouredColouring up
Today’s fly
Klinkhammer
Klinkhammer14-18
Proven pattern for this period
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Level
Rising
4.21 m
Lifting fast
Water temp16.4°C
ClarityVery coloured
Weather19°C
WindNE 5 km/h
Pressure1025 hPa
Rain · recent0.1 mm
Rain · ahead0.8 mm

Live readings — water temperature is an estimate where the gauge does not record it.

Water temperature for brown trout
Warm — slow
16°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
Poor — water temperature is working for you, but water clarity is the limiting factor today.
Hatch timeline · todayQuiet day

Hatch predictions

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Evidence
Records-basedModerate confidence

Based on species-occurrence records, not local invertebrate surveys.

Through the year
0–3 scale · July highlighted
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Trout seasonSeason
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March BrownHatch
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GrannomHatch
2
2
Large StoneflyHatch
2
3
2
Yellow SallyHatch
2
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
Fishing better nearby · 4
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Río Lanjarón
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Río Guadalfeo
25 km
Brown trout
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 45%
How the 30 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature90 × 28%25.2
Flow55 × 22%12.1
Clarity15 × 18%2.7
Feeding Time50 × 13%6.5
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity51 × 12%6.1
Limiting factor: Water is very coloured — too coloured for Brown Trout= 58
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowon-river gaugeobserved
Prey activitymodelled from regional profilemodelled
What would change the calculation
A drop and clear would lift the flow and clarity scores.
The dawn and dusk windows score higher than the midday lull.
Directions
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Seasons & zones
  • TroutMay shoulder / June core window (practical) → July shoulder, occasionally later in lower sections
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