Freestone · Limestone · Teruel, Aragón

Río Turia / Guadalaviar (Cabecera — Teruel)

Río Turia / Guadalaviar (Cabecera — Teruel) terrain map

The Turia rises as the Guadalaviar in the high limestone country above Teruel — one of Aragón's premier wild brown trout rivers, known locally for the Tramacastilla and Albarracín reaches.

Prime · Brown Trout
Woolly Bugger · 10-12
Primelive now
About as good as it gets
Low and clear — careful approach country. Take your time — read the water before you cast.
90% confidence
What moved it
  • Flow0.6 m³/sLast reading 7h ago
  • Water temp16.3°C
  • ClarityClear
Today's fly
Woolly Bugger
Woolly Bugger10-12
Proven pattern for this period
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Flow
Steady
0.6 m³/s
Last reading 7h ago
Water temp16.3°C
ClarityClear
Weather27°C
WindE 11 km/h
Pressure1022 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm
Rain · ahead4.4 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
Warm — slow
16°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
Excellent — conditions well-balanced, with water clarity particularly in your favour.
Likely species
Mayflies
Caddisflies
Hatch timeline · todayQuiet day

Hatch predictions

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Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

Hatch predictions

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Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey(1)

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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 · September highlighted
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Trout seasonSeason
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Alpine RhithrogenaHatch
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Sculpin / Baitfish (Rivers)Hatch
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March BrownHatch
2
3
2
Late March BrownHatch
2
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2

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.
  • Aragón fishing licence required
  • Check whether the exact stretch is catch-and-release or extractive regime — the two have different season lengths and weekly closures.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Other water nearby · 3
Río Ebrón
46 km
Brown trout
Río Cabriel
56 km
83
Brown trout
Río Alfambra
58 km
Brown trout
About this water

The Turia rises as the Guadalaviar in the high limestone country above Teruel — one of Aragón's premier wild brown trout rivers, known locally for the Tramacastilla and Albarracín reaches. Clear, cold, technical freestone water running through dramatic limestone canyon country before the river reaches Teruel city, where it takes the Turia name proper.

  • Limestone
The full read · show the working · for Brown Trout · confidence 90%
How the 85 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature89 × 28%24.9
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity95 × 18%17.1
Feeding Time80 × 13%10.4
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity77 × 12%9.2
Conditions total= 85
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowon-river gaugeobserved
Prey activitysurvey-backed invertebrate datasurvey
Directions
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Seasons & zones
  • Trout 21 March → 15 October

    Aragón 2026 Plan General de Pesca (ORDEN MAT/1888/2025, 17 Dec): catch-and-release trout waters run from the third Saturday of March (21 Mar 2026) to 15 Oct. Extractive-regime waters instead run 3rd Sat March–31 Aug, closed Wednesdays and Thursdays. Confirm which regime applies to the exact stretch before fishing.

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