Freestone · Granite · Catalonia, ES

Ter

Ter — A walk by the Riu Ter, Spain

A major eastern Catalan river rising in high granite peaks near Setcases.

Today · Not the day for it
Pheasant Tail Nymph
Forecast · Today
Not the day for it
Not much stacked in your favour today. Worth an hour if you are nearby, not worth the special trip.
45% projected
Today's fly
Pheasant Tail Nymph
Pheasant Tail Nymph
Conditions on the water · Today
Live gauge
Flow
Rising
2.1 m³/s
Lifting fast
Water temp10.9°C
ClarityUnfishable
Weather14°C
WindN 8 km/h
Pressure1025 hPa
Rain · recent16.2 mm
Rain · ahead0.7 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
Ideal
11°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 temperature is working for you, but time of day is the limiting factor today.
Likely species
Stoneflies
Hatch timeline · todayPeak at 6pm

12pm(now) — Autumn Olive

Stage: On emergersApproach: Emerger or dryActivity: 31%
Also:Autumn Needle Fly25%
Peak emergence windowWeather boost6 food groups active

Peak activity at 6pm — Caperer (Caperer, 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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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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Trout seasonSeason
1
2
2
2
2
1
Large Dark OliveHatch
1
2
2
1
Blue Winged OliveHatch
1
2
2
2
2
1
Autumn OliveHatch
1
2
1
Brown SedgeHatch
1
2
2
2
1

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

Ranked for today
Brown Trout fly box
Permits & access
Permit required — see local rules.
  • Catalan fishing licence required
  • Controlled trout waters may require a ZPC permit, and legal dates differ between low-mountain, high-mountain, with-kill, and no-kill sectors, so check the current Generalitat rules for the exact zone.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
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Gallery · 2
  1. Ter — A walk by the Riu Ter, Spain
    A walk by the Riu Ter, Spain
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

A major eastern Catalan river rising in high granite peaks near Setcases. Clear freestone water flows through Camprodon and Ripoll, holding strong wild-trout populations across 15 salmonid zones — Catalonia's largest protected trout block. Diverse habitat from technical alpine pockets to valley pools makes this a premier destination.

  • Granite
The full read · show the working · for Brown Trout · confidence 75%
How the 79 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature100 × 28%28.0
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity95 × 18%17.1
Feeding Time40 × 13%5.2
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity47 × 12%5.6
Conditions total= 79
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
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Seasons & zones
  • Trout 9 May → 12 October
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