Spate · Mixed · Shropshire / Herefordshire / Worcestershire

River Teme

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One of the Midlands' finest mixed game rivers — a beautiful tributary rising in Clun Forest and flowing through Leintwardine, Ludlow, and Tenbury Wells.

Good · Brown Trout
Greenwell's Glory · 16-18
Goodlive now
A proper day on the water
Low and clear — careful approach country. Stay small, stay accurate.
90% confidence
What moved it
  • Level0.43 mDropping in the last 6h
  • Water temp17.5°C
  • ClarityClear
Today’s fly
Greenwell's Glory
Greenwell's Glory16-18
Upstream dry, on top
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Level
Steady
0.43 m
Dropping in the last 6h
Water temp17.5°C
ClarityClear
Weather19°C
WindSW 15 km/h
Pressure1019 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm
Rain · ahead0.0 mm

Live readings — water temperature is an estimate where the gauge does not record it.

Water temperature for brown trout
Warm — slow
18°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
Good — water clarity is right today, though insect activity could be better.
Hatch timeline · todayQuiet day

Hatch predictions

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Evidence
Survey-backed · regionalModerate confidence

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

Through the year
0–3 scale · July highlighted
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Salmon runRun
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Trout seasonSeason
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Grayling seasonSeason
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Daddy Long LegsHatch
2
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2
March BrownHatch
2
3
2
GrannomHatch
2
2
Large StoneflyHatch
2
3
2

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

Ranked for today
Brown Trout fly box
Beats · 3
Bucknell — day ticket via Fishing PassportAccess varies
1.
Newnham Farm — day ticket via Fishing PassportAccess varies
A two-mile stretch of single (left) bank fishing on the middle/lower Teme in Worcestershire — a mixed fishery, all-species day ticket at £21.
The Haven Fishery — day ticket via Fishing PassportAccess varies
About a mile of single-bank water on the middle Teme with 20–25 numbered swims, some with rope access down the steep banks.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
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79
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22
Brown trout · Grayling
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57 km
22
Brown trout · Grayling
Little Avon River
59 km
Brown trout · Grayling · Chub
Gallery · 1
  1. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

One of the Midlands' finest mixed game rivers — a beautiful tributary rising in Clun Forest and flowing through Leintwardine, Ludlow, and Tenbury Wells. Alternating pools, glides, and riffles over gravel create diverse fishing. Excellent wild browns, very good grayling, and salmon. The Teme's sedge hatches are legendary (summer evenings with fish crashing into skittered dries); Grannom in April is also exceptional. The Leintwardine and Ludlow stretches particularly prized. One of England's top three grayling rivers. Mostly club water with day tickets available. Atlantic salmon are assessed by the Environment Agency against each river's Conservation Limit — many principal rivers are classed 'at risk' with mandatory catch-and-release byelaws; check current rules before fishing.

  • Mixed
Water quality (WFD)
  • Ecology: Good
  • Chemical: Unknown

EA (England) · UKGB109054044510

The full read · show the working · for brown trout · confidence 90%
How the 77 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature66 × 28%18.5
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity95 × 18%17.1
Feeding Time85 × 13%11.1
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity63 × 12%7.6
Conditions total= 77
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowon-river gaugeobserved
Prey activitysurvey-backed invertebrate datasurvey
What would change the calculation
Cooler water — back toward the 10–16 °C ideal band — would lift the score and ease welfare.
Directions
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Seasons & zones
  • Salmon2 February → 30 September
  • Trout15 March → 30 September
  • Grayling16 June → 14 March

Salmon: Negligible (2026) — Salmon present but at very low numbers and with habitat constraints. Limited rod fishery opportunity.

Related guides
Grayling Playbookgrayling tacticsYorkshire & SpidersNorth Country methodsTrout Near Londonaccess guide
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