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Poljanska Sora

Poljanska Sora — Poljanska sora pri Poljanah

One of the two Sora headwaters, managed jointly by RD Žiri, RD Visoko and RD Sora, and the more huchen-dominated of the pair according to its own managing clubs — the lower sectors run sulec in numbers that make this a genuine winter destination, not a footnote to the trout season.

Today · About as good as it gets
Greenwell's Spider
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
Greenwell's Spider
Greenwell's Spider
Conditions on the water · Today
Live gauge
Level
Falling
1.20 m
Dropping after lift
Water temp14.0°C
ClaritySlightly coloured
Weather16°C
WindN 8 km/h
Pressure1022 hPa
Rain · recent0.2 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 Chub
Ideal
14°C est.ideal 14–22°C
0°14°28°
How to fish it · for Chub
When
May–October (trout/grayling); 31 Oct–15 Feb (huchen)
Where
One of the two Sora headwaters, managed jointly by RD Žiri, RD Visoko and RD Sora, and the more huchen-dominated of the pair according to its own managing…
Why this works
Excellent — conditions well-balanced, with water temperature particularly in your favour.
Likely species
Mayflies
Caddisflies
Hatch timeline · todayPeak at 4pm

12pm(now) — Reed Smut

Stage: On emergersApproach: Emerger or dryActivity: 78%
Also:Pale Watery65%Cinnamon Sedge50%
Peak emergence window11 food groups active

Peak activity at 4pm — Blue Winged Olive (Blue Winged Olive, 12 food groups active)

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

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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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F
M
A
M
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J
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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
Chub 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.

BW
Black Wooly Bugger
Hook 8–10 weighted · Fly
in season · matches water height · all-rounder
Permits & access
Permit required — see local rules.
  • RD Žiri / RD Visoko / RD Sora.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
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75
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18 km
Marble trout · Marble brown hybrid trout · Brown trout
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Marble trout · Marble brown hybrid trout · Brown trout
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    Poljanska sora pri Poljanah
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

One of the two Sora headwaters, managed jointly by RD Žiri, RD Visoko and RD Sora, and the more huchen-dominated of the pair according to its own managing clubs — the lower sectors run sulec in numbers that make this a genuine winter destination, not a footnote to the trout season. Grayling, brown and rainbow trout, chub and nase fill out the rest of the year.

  • River
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The full read · show the working · for Chub · confidence 65%
Perfect · warmwater comfort — temperature and clarity led
Water temperatureWater temp 15.3°C — prime band for chub.
FlowStable flow — predictable holding lies.
SeasonPrime month for this species.
Water clarityWater clarity clear — read accordingly for chub.
Can you trust it?
Water temperaturelive gauge readinggauge
Level / flowon-river gaugeobserved
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

  • Hucho 31 October → 15 February
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