Freestone · Limestone · Upper Carniola / Bled, SI

Radovna

Radovna — File:Vintgar.jpg

The Radovna threads through the Vintgar Gorge near Bled, and most of the people who see it are there for the walkway, not the water — the gorge section itself is effectively a hiking destination with fishing access restricted to almost nothing.

Today · Closed season
Duracell Jig Nymph
Forecast · Today
Closed season
Out of season. Try elsewhere.
75% projected
Today's fly
Duracell Jig Nymph
Duracell Jig Nymph
Conditions on the water · Today
Live gauge
Level
Steady
0.97 m
Water temp8.0°C
ClarityClear
Weather14°C
WindN 9 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 Brown Trout
Cool — slow
8°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
Stoneflies
Caddisflies
Damselflies & dragonflies
Gammarids
Hatch timeline · todayPeak at 10am

12pm(now) — Black Midge

Stage: On emergersApproach: Emerger or dryActivity: 63%
Also:Autumn Needle Fly46%Autumn Olive43%Heather Fly28%
Peak emergence window9 food groups active

Peak activity at 10am — Black Midge (Black Midge, Peak emergence window)

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
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.
  • Fishing licence + permit from ribiške družine.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
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Brown trout · Marble trout · Rainbow trout
Mostnica
19 km
Marble trout · Brown trout
Selška Sora
20 km
Brown trout · Rainbow trout · Grayling
Savica
24 km
Brown trout · Lake trout
Sava Dolinka
25 km
Brown trout · Rainbow trout
Gallery · 2
  1. Radovna — File:Vintgar.jpg
    File:Vintgar.jpg
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

The Radovna threads through the Vintgar Gorge near Bled, and most of the people who see it are there for the walkway, not the water — the gorge section itself is effectively a hiking destination with fishing access restricted to almost nothing. The upper river is a different matter: small, intimate, genuinely fishable brown trout water where local permits allow it. Worth checking access before you plan a trip around it, since the postcard reach and the fishable reach are not, on this river, the same stretch of water.

  • River
  • Limestone
Water quality (WFD)
  • Ecology: Good
  • Chemical: Unknown

WFD classification · SI1118VT

The full read · show the working · for Brown Trout · confidence 90%
How the 0 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature62 × 28%17.4
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity95 × 18%17.1
Feeding Time65 × 13%8.5
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity61 × 12%7.3
Conditions total= 74
Can you trust it?
Water temperaturelive gauge readinggauge
Level / flowon-river gaugeobserved
Prey activitymodelled from regional profilemodelled
What would change the calculation
Warmer water — toward the 10–16 °C ideal band — would lift the temperature score.
The dawn and dusk windows score higher than the midday lull.
Directions
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Seasons & zones
  • Trout 1 March → 30 September
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