Spate · Schist Metamorphic · Granada, ES

Río Guadalfeo

Río Guadalfeo — Río Guadalfeo, en Fuente Agria Bérchules

Upper Guadalfeo row for Sierra Nevada / Alpujarras 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
0.08 m
Lifting fast
Water temp17.3°C
ClarityUnfishable
Weather24°C
WindN 12 km/h
Pressure1021 hPa
Rain · recent11.6 mm
Rain · ahead0.0 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
17°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
Caddisflies
Hatch timeline · todayPeak at 6pm

12pm(now) — Reed Smut

Stage: On emergersApproach: Emerger or dryActivity: 43%
Also:Heather Fly35%Cinnamon Sedge26%
Peak emergence window8 food groups active

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

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
1
Autumn DunHatch
2
3
2
March BrownHatch
2
3
2
Late March BrownHatch
2
3
2
Large Brook DunHatch
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
Other water nearby · 4
Río Lanjarón
10 km
0
Brown trout
Río Trevélez
12 km
0
Brown trout
Upper Genil
25 km
0
Brown trout
Poqueira / Pampaneira valley streams
3.0 km
Brown trout
Gallery · 3
  1. Río Guadalfeo — Río Guadalfeo, en Fuente Agria Bérchules
    Río Guadalfeo, en Fuente Agria Bérchules
  2. Venue photo
  3. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
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 90%
How the 0 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature89 × 28%24.9
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity85 × 18%15.3
Feeding Time80 × 13%10.4
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity56 × 12%6.7
Conditions total= 81
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 May shoulder / June core window (practical) → July shoulder, occasionally later in upper/cool sections
Related guides
Pyrenees PlaybookSpanish riversEuro Nymphingsubsurface methods
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