Spate · Schist Metamorphic · Granada

Río Guadalfeo

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Upper Guadalfeo row for Sierra Nevada / Alpujarras trout planning.

Marginal · Brown Trout
Klinkhammer · 14-18
Marginallive now
Slow going — pick your moments
Low and clear — careful approach country. Cover and shadow are doing the work today.
80% confidence
What moved it
  • Level0.13 mLast reading 6h ago
  • Water temp19.4°C
  • ClarityClear
Today’s fly
Klinkhammer
Klinkhammer14-18
Proven pattern for this period
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Level
Steady
0.13 m
Last reading 6h ago
Water temp19.4°C
ClarityClear
Weather24°C
WindN 3 km/h
Pressure1023 hPa
Rain · recent1.9 mm
Rain · ahead1.3 mm

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

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 19.4°C — above the brown trout caution line (18°C). Fish dawn or dusk only. Land it fast, wet hands, no air shots. Otherwise poor — water clarity is in the right range.
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
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Large StoneflyHatch
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Yellow SallyHatch
2
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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
Cooler water nearby · 1
Water here around 19°C — probably warm enough to stress brown trout. These are likely cooler.
Río Trevélez
12 km
~16°C
Brown trout
Gallery · 1
  1. Terrain map of the venue
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About this water

Upper Guadalfeo row for Sierra Nevada / Alpujarras trout planning. This is steep southern-slope metamorphic headwater fishing with a short practical season and small-water tactics, not a broad Andalusian spring-to-autumn trout template.

  • Schist metamorphic
The full read · show the working · for brown trout · confidence 80%
How the 31 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature33 × 28%9.2
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity95 × 18%17.1
Feeding Time55 × 13%7.2
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity54 × 12%6.5
Conditions total= 63
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowon-river gaugeobserved
Prey activitymodelled from regional profilemodelled
What would change the calculation
Cooler water — back toward the 10–16 °C ideal band — would lift the score and ease welfare.
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 upper/cool sections
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