Stillwater · Limestone · Vorarlberg / Lech Zürs, AT

Spullersee

Spullersee in the Lechquellengebirge

Spullersee is a mountain lake that works for a living.

Closed season · Rainbow
Hare's Ear Nymph · 12–16
Closed season
Season reopens 6 June. Try elsewhere.
Closed — confidence not applicable today.
What moved it
  • WindSE 5 km/hCalm · Gusts to 18 km/h
Today's fly
Hare's Ear Nymph
Hare's Ear Nymph12–16
Upstream
Conditions on the water
Estimate
Wind
Calm · Gusts to 18 km/h
SE 5 km/h
N
SE
from the south-east
WaveRipple
Water temp5.6°C
Air temp-3°C
CloudClear
Pressure1024 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm

No gauge on this water — readings are regional estimates from weather, not a live gauge.

How to fish it · for Rainbow
When
Conditions are not ideal but fishable at Spullersee. The ripple should help fish move and feed more confidently.
Where
Start with Hare's Ear Nymph (12–16) on a slow figure-of-eight retrieve. Early in the day, try buzzers on a slow figure-of-eight or a booby on a fast-sink line near the bottom. Rainbows respond to more active retrieves — try short strips between pauses.
The plan
Plan A

Start with Hare's Ear Nymph (12–16) on a slow figure-of-eight retrieve. Early in the day, try buzzers on a slow figure-of-eight or a booby on a fast-sink line near the bottom. Rainbows respond to more active retrieves — try short strips between pauses.

Plan B

A fry-imitating pattern stripped through the margins can save a blank in autumn.

Watch for

Keep an eye on changing conditions — wind shifts and cloud breaks can trigger short feeding spells.

Either bank or boat

Good ripple suits both bank and boat. Bank: work inflows, dam walls, and points. Boat: broadside drift covering wind lanes.

Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

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Through the year
0–3 scale · October highlighted
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Trout seasonSeason
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Black MidgeHatch
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Lake OliveHatch
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Daphnia SwarmHatch
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Silverhorns & LonghornsHatch
1
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Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.

Ranked for today
Rainbow 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.

SS
Small Streamer
6–10 · Pattern
Swing
Permits & access
Permit required — see local rules.
  • Barbless hooks only (single, double or treble without barbs) — not fly-only
  • Six fish per day, minimum 26 cm
  • 2026 season 6 June – 25 October (Fischereiverein Lech)
  • Tickets from Fischteich Zug, Lech Zürs Tourismus, Alpe Dalaaser Staffel or hejfish.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Condition match
66%
Cloud25%
Wind100%
Temp60%

A reasonable day here, though cloud isn't quite in the sweet spot.

Other water nearby · 3
Zürsersee
5.0 km
Char · Lake trout
Formarinsee
7.0 km
Rainbow trout · Brown trout
Lech
40 km
Brown trout · Grayling · Hucho
Gallery · 2
  1. Spullersee in the Lechquellengebirge
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

The railway dammed it for hydropower, which more than doubled its size, and its level rises and falls with the needs of the power station — in some springs you will be fishing a long way down the shore from where the high-water mark says the lake ought to be. Still, at over 1,800 metres with rainbow, brown and lake trout, char and brook char, it is a proper high-Alpine fishery, fished from the shore between early June and late October. It is not fly-only; barbless spinners are allowed. Wear boots with a decent grip for the exposed banks, and check the level before you go — the club posts updates when the water is low.

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

Matched 2026-09-14 by point query against EEA WISE WFD2022_SurfaceWaterBody (lake polygon, 0.582 km², reported as an artificial water body). Status: WISE 2022 (3rd RBMP) ecological potential 2 = Good (artificial water body — the ÖBB reservoir); chemical 'failing to achieve good' (Austria-wide in the 2022 cycle).

WFD classification · ATOK1500200

Why this score
  • Wind conditions (ripple) closely match what this water fishes best in.
Directions
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Seasons & zones
  • Trout 6 June → 25 October
  • Grayling not applicable → not applicable

    All grayling must be returned — retention is prohibited here.

  • Char 6 June → 25 October

    Within the lake season (Fischereiverein Lech).

  • Lake trout 6 June → 25 October
Related guides
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Booking & contacts
At a glance

Spullersee is a reservoir in Vorarlberg / Lech Zürs, Austria. Its recorded elevation is about 1,830 m above sea level and the catchment geology is limestone. Our data lists 5 species here, including rainbow trout, brown trout and lake trout. The trout season is recorded as running from 6 June to 25 October. The grayling season is recorded as running from not applicable to not applicable. Best window recorded for anglers: July – September. Core methods listed: fly from shore; spinning (barbless). Its Water Framework Directive ecological status is recorded as good. Nearby waters in our listings include Zürsersee at 5.0 km, Formarinsee at 7.0 km and Lech at 40 km.