Freestone · Mixed · Styria, AT

Mur

Mur — Mur-Fluss bei Judenburg, Steiermark, Österreich 01

Major Styrian river flowing from mixed limestone and Alpine foothills, large water with brown trout and grayling throughout.

Today · About as good as it gets
Pheasant Tail Nymph
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
Pheasant Tail Nymph
Pheasant Tail Nymph
Conditions on the water · Today
Live gauge
Flow
Steady
12.8 m³/s
Water temp9.2°C
ClarityClear
Weather11°C
WindN 10 km/h
Pressure1027 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 Grayling
Ideal
9°C est.ideal 4–14°C
0°14°28°
How to fish it · for Grayling
When
Midday window — grayling feed best from late morning into early afternoon.
Where
Work runs and glides — grayling shoal in the bottom third of the water column.
Method
Tight-line nymph the bottom third with weighted patterns.
Kit
10 ft #3 rod, floating line, long leader to 4 lb fluoro for nymphs.
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) — Iron Blue

Stage: On emergersApproach: Emerger or dryActivity: 57%
Also:Autumn Needle Fly45%Black Midge40%
Weather boost6 food groups active

Peak activity at 1pm — Iron Blue (Iron Blue, 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
Survey-backed · regionalHigh confidence

Backed by regional invertebrate surveys; no sampling on this exact reach yet.

Through the year
0–3 scale · October highlighted
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F
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Trout seasonSeason
1
2
2
2
2
1
Grayling seasonSeason
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
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
Grayling fly box

A classic alpine trout and grayling box. Nymphs, dry flies and streamers all belong, with the season often starting later in alpine regions.

Small Perdigón
Small Perdigón
Hook 14–18 · Fly
in season · matches water height
Permits & access
Permit required — see local rules.
  • Upper Mur around Murau (Styria)
  • A Styrian fishing card (Steirische Fischerkarte) or guest fishing card is required, plus a permit for the specific stretch from its rights-holder
  • Check the permit for local rules.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Other water nearby · 3
Gallery · 2
  1. Mur — Mur-Fluss bei Judenburg, Steiermark, Österreich 01
    Mur-Fluss bei Judenburg, Steiermark, Österreich 01
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

Major Styrian river flowing from mixed limestone and Alpine foothills, large water with brown trout and grayling throughout. Productive for both fly and spin fishing, responsive to rainfall with variable clarity. Some hydro sections, but good wild trout survival. Numerous accessible beats with proper permits.

  • Mixed
Water quality (WFD)
  • Ecology: Good
  • Chemical: Failing to achieve good
What this classification means

WFD re-coded 2026-09-14 after the pin audit: matched by point query against EEA WISE WFD2022_SurfaceWaterBody (the river water body whose line lies 0 m from the venue pin). Status: WISE 2022 (3rd RBMP) ecological class 2 = Good, chemical 'failing to achieve good' (Austria-wide in the 2022 cycle). Prior id ATOK802320001 (Poor) described a different reach.

WFD classification · ATOK802720002

The full read · show the working · for Grayling · confidence 75%
How the 80 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature100 × 28%28.0
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity85 × 18%15.3
Feeding Time50 × 13%6.5
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity55 × 12%6.6
Conditions total= 80
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowon-river gaugeobserved
Prey activitysurvey-backed invertebrate datasurvey
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

    Austrian grayling (Äsche) rules are state and fishery specific. Common pattern: closed 1 January – 31 May (spawning protection); open from June. Individual fishery seasons often end October/November. Always check the local Fischereikarte and specific water permit. Salzburg-area waters commonly show 1 June or 16 May opener.

    Season dates are set at state or regional level — confirm the local rules.

    Prime sport 1 August → 31 October

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