Freestone · Mixed · Koroška / Ravne na Koroškem, SI

Meža

Meža — Dravograd, view of Meža from the former railway bridge

The principal Koroška trout river, run across six districts, and the anchor venue for the north-east of the pack.

Today · About as good as it gets
Pheasant Tail Nymph (sz 18)
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.
90% projected
Today's fly
Pheasant Tail Nymph (sz 18)
Pheasant Tail Nymph (sz 18)
Conditions on the water · Today
Live gauge
Level
Falling
0.48 m
Dropping after lift
Water temp12.3°C
ClarityClearing
Weather16°C
WindN 6 km/h
Pressure1022 hPa
Rain · recent0.3 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
Ideal
12°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
Excellent — water temperature is right today, though insect activity could be better.
Likely species
Mayflies
Caddisflies
Damselflies & dragonflies
Hatch timeline · todayPeak at 1pm

12pm(now) — Pale Watery

Stage: On emergersApproach: Emerger or dryActivity: 57%
Also:Reed Smut38%Cinnamon Sedge24%
9 food groups active

Peak activity at 1pm — Pale Watery (Pale Watery, 12 food groups active)

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
Records-basedModerate confidence

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

Through the year
0–3 scale · September highlighted
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
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D
Trout seasonSeason
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
Grayling seasonSeason
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
Evening SedgeHatch
2
3
3
3
2
Alpine RhithrogenaHatch
1
2
2
1
Large Dark OliveHatch
1
2
2
1
Iron BlueHatch
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1

Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.

Ranked for today
Brown Trout fly box

Ultra-clear spring-fed rivers with large educated trout. Sight fishing, technical presentation, fine tippets. Euro-nymphing dominant subsurface method. Exceptional dry-fly windows during hatch periods. Gacka is the flagship water.

SW
Streamer / Woolly BuggerTop
6-10 · Pattern
High-confidence seasonal pick
Permits & access
Permit required — see local rules.
  • RD Koroška — six districts along the river.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Other water nearby · 5
Drava (Koroška reach)
7.0 km
Grayling · Brown trout · Hucho
Mislinja
17 km
80
Brown trout · Grayling · Rainbow trout
Savinja
22 km
Brown trout · Rainbow trout · Grayling
Dreta
30 km
83
Brown trout · Grayling · Rainbow trout
Radoljna
35 km
Brown trout · Grayling · Rainbow trout
Gallery · 2
  1. Meža — Dravograd, view of Meža from the former railway bridge
    Dravograd, view of Meža from the former railway bridge
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

The principal Koroška trout river, run across six districts, and the anchor venue for the north-east of the pack. Brown trout, grayling and rainbow — though the exact split by district carries only medium confidence; two of the six district pages returned empty species fields during research and weren't independently reconciled, so treat the per-district detail as provisional rather than settled.

  • River
  • Mixed
The full read · show the working · for Brown Trout · confidence 90%
How the 82 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature100 × 28%28.0
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity95 × 18%17.1
Feeding Time55 × 13%7.2
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity54 × 12%6.5
Conditions total= 82
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
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Seasons & zones
  • Trout 1 March → 30 September
  • Grayling 16 May → 30 November

    Slovenian common default: grayling 16 May – 30 November (lipan). Permit and fishing district controlled — dates may vary by specific water.

    Prime sport 1 September → 30 November

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