Freestone · Limestone · Black Forest / Baden-Württemberg

Wutach

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The Wutach cuts through a dramatic gorge in southern Black Forest, limestone influence giving clearer water than the granite streams to the west.

Prime · Brown Trout
Pheasant Tail Nymph · 14-18
Primelive now
About as good as it gets
River dropping into shape after a lift. The kind of afternoon you remember — a weighted nymph through the clearing seams, the dry as it settles.
75% confidence
What moved it
  • Level0.46 mDropping after lift
  • Water temp15.6°C
  • ClarityClearClearing
Today’s fly
Pheasant Tail Nymph
Pheasant Tail Nymph14-18
Upstream
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Level
Steady
0.46 m
Dropping after lift
Water temp15.6°C
ClarityClear
Weather16°C
WindNW 12 km/h
Pressure1019 hPa
Rain · recent16.8 mm
Rain · ahead3.6 mm

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

Water temperature for brown trout
Ideal
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 — water temperature is working for you, but time of day is the limiting factor today.
Hatch timeline · todayQuiet day

Hatch predictions

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Evidence
ModelledModerate confidence

Modelled from regional ecology — no survey or occurrence data for this water yet.

Through the year
0–3 scale · July highlighted
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F
M
A
M
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J
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N
D
Trout seasonSeason
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
Grayling seasonSeason
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
GrannomHatch
2
2
Evening SedgeHatch
2
3
3
3
2
Large Dark OliveHatch
1
2
2
1
Iron BlueHatch
1
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.
  • Southwest Black Forest
  • Fischereischein + Erlaubnisschein required.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
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35 km
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Brown trout
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37 km
40
Brown trout
Große Wiese
41 km
30
Brown trout
Gallery · 1
  1. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

The Wutach cuts through a dramatic gorge in southern Black Forest, limestone influence giving clearer water than the granite streams to the west. Good brown trout and some grayling. The Wutachschlucht gorge section is genuinely spectacular—fishing here is as much about the landscape as the fish.

  • Limestone
Water quality (WFD)
  • Ecology: Good
  • Chemical: Unknown
What this classification means

WFD ecological status Unknown → Good corrected to EEA WISE 2022 (3rd RBMP) classification for waterbody DERW_DEBW_20-03 (was a stale earlier-cycle value). Source: EEA WISE SWB_SurfaceWaterBody (discodata.eea.europa.eu), verified 2026-06-18.

WFD classification · DERW_DEBW_20-03

The full read · show the working · for brown trout · confidence 75%
How the 80 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 activity52 × 12%6.2
Conditions total= 80
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowon-river gaugeobserved
Prey activitymodelled from regional profilemodelled
What would change the calculation
The dawn and dusk windows score higher than the midday lull.
Directions
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Seasons & zones
  • Trout1 March → 30 September
  • Grayling1 May → 31 December
Related guides
Grayling Playbookgrayling tacticsEuro Nymphingsubsurface methods
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