Lowland · Mixed · Pomerania / Słupsk, PL

Łupawa

Łupawa fishing venue photo

Baltic-draining river in Pomerania with grayling populations alongside sea trout.

Today · About as good as it gets
Coch-y-bonddu
Forecast · Today
About as good as it gets
On the feed top to bottom — start on the rises with a dry, drop a nymph if they stay down.
75% projected
Today's fly
Coch-y-bonddu
Coch-y-bonddu
Conditions on the water · Today
Live gauge
Level
Steady
0.32 m
Water temp15.0°C
ClarityClear
Weather15°C
WindN 12 km/h
Pressure1030 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 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 Pike
Ideal
15°C est.ideal 8–18°C
0°14°28°
How to fish it · for Pike
When
trout: 1 April – 30 September; grayling: 1 June – 28 February, with summer and autumn particularly useful for grayling and migratory-fish overlap
Where
Baltic-draining river in Pomerania with grayling populations alongside sea trout.
Why this works
Excellent — water temperature is right today, though time of day could be better.
Likely species
Hatch timeline · todayPeak at 1pm

12pm(now) — Cinnamon Sedge

Stage: Taking dunsApproach: Dry flyActivity: 66%
Also:Pale Watery45%Black Gnat44%
Weather boost11 food groups active

Peak activity at 1pm — Cinnamon Sedge (Cinnamon Sedge, Weather boost)

Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

Hatch predictions

Top nymph shown — see all 2 guilds as a supporter.

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Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey(1)

Hatch predictions

Top prey shown — see all 2 as a supporter.

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Evidence
Records-basedModerate confidence

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

Through the year
0–3 scale · September highlighted
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Trout seasonSeason
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2
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1
Grayling seasonSeason
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Terrestrial BeetlesHatch
2
3
3
2
Blue Winged OliveHatch
1
2
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1
Black MidgeHatch
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Summer River MidgeHatch
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Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.

Ranked for today
Pike fly box

Southern Polish trout and grayling rivers led by the Dunajec model: nymphing by day, dry fly in the evening, streamer as support.

CDC olive
CDC olive
14–18 · Dry
Cast to rising fish and let it drift drag-free.
SS
small silver streamer
8–10 · Streamer
Strip it for fish chasing fry or in coloured water.
Permits & access
Permit required — see local rules.
  • Polish fishing card plus local permit required
  • Baltic-draining sections can have additional migratory-fish rules, so check local sea-trout regulations before planning a dedicated trip.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Other water nearby · 2
Gallery · 3
  1. Smołdzino, ul. Mostowa, most na Łupawie
    Smołdzino, ul. Mostowa, most na Łupawie
  2. POL RZEKA LUPAWA 022
  3. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

Baltic-draining river in Pomerania with grayling populations alongside sea trout. Clear gravel-bottomed water flowing through forests. Part of the northern Polish grayling river network—understated and reliable.

  • Mixed
Water quality (WFD)
  • Ecology: Good
  • Chemical: Unknown

WFD classification · PLRW200010472689

The full read · show the working · for Pike · confidence 75%
How the 81 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature100 × 28%28.0
Flow90 × 22%19.8
Clarity85 × 18%15.3
Feeding Time45 × 13%5.9
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity55 × 12%6.6
Conditions total= 81
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowon-river gaugeobserved
Prey activitymodelled from regional profilemodelled
What would change the calculation
The dawn and dusk windows score higher than the midday lull.
Directions
Seasons & zones
  • Trout 1 April → 30 September
  • Grayling 1 June → 28 February

    Polish PZW national rule: grayling (lipień) protected 1 March – 31 May. Open window 1 June – 28 February. PZW district and water-specific rules may add tighter restrictions. Carpathian rivers (San, Dunajec, Biała, Skawa, Raba) hold excellent grayling — check local Okręg PZW district permit for specific conditions.

    Closed in spring for spawning.

    Prime sport 1 September → 30 November

  • Pike 1 May → 31 December

    National pike protection period is 1 January–30 April. No district-specific override was found for this river in the available PZW Słupsk documents, but a river-name-specific line item wasn't directly confirmed either — treating the national baseline as the working default.

Sea trout: Variable seasonal (2026)

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