Freestone · Mixed · Aragón

Ésera

Ésera — File:Benasque - Plan de Turpí - Ésera 01.jpg
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The Ésera drains high granite peaks and flows through a spectacular limestone gorge — two distinct characters creating diverse fishing habitat.

Poor · Brown Trout
Klinkhammer · 14-18
Poorlive now
Not the day for it
River dropping into shape after a lift. Not much stacked in your favour today. Worth an hour if you are nearby, not worth the special trip.
55% confidence
What moved it
  • Level0.27 mDropping after lift
  • Water temp17.0°C
  • ClarityUnfishableColouring up
Today’s fly
Klinkhammer
Klinkhammer14-18
High-confidence seasonal pick
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Level
Steady
0.27 m
Dropping after lift
Water temp17.0°C
ClarityUnfishable
Weather18°C
WindNE 5 km/h
Pressure1020 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm
Rain · ahead2.4 mm

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

Water temperature for brown trout
Warm — slow
17°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
Very poor — river flow is working for you, but water clarity is the limiting factor today.
Hatch timeline · todayQuiet day

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Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

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Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey

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Evidence
Records-basedModerate confidence

Based on species-occurrence records, not local invertebrate surveys.

Through the year
0–3 scale · July highlighted
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Trout seasonSeason
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GrannomHatch
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Evening SedgeHatch
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Alpine RhithrogenaHatch
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1
Large Dark OliveHatch
1
2
2
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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
  • Named cotos, social cotos, and special high-mountain sections can have different dates, permit allocations, and method rules
  • Check the current Aragón annual fishing plan (Plan de pesca de Aragón) for the exact beat before visiting.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
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Gallery · 2
  1. Ésera — File:Benasque - Plan de Turpí - Ésera 01.jpg
    File:Benasque - Plan de Turpí - Ésera 01.jpg
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

The Ésera drains high granite peaks and flows through a spectacular limestone gorge — two distinct characters creating diverse fishing habitat. Upper granite reaches are cold, freestone with strong wild-trout populations; the Ventamillo gorge section combines limestone clarity with dramatic alpine scenery. Technical water throughout. The transition between geology creates excellent holding habitat.

  • Mixed
Water quality (WFD)
  • Ecology: High
  • Chemical: Unknown
What this classification means

WFD ecological status Good → High corrected to EEA WISE 2022 (3rd RBMP) classification for waterbody ES091MSPF772 (was a stale earlier-cycle value). Source: EEA WISE SWB_SurfaceWaterBody (discodata.eea.europa.eu), verified 2026-06-18.

WFD classification · ES091MSPF772

The full read · show the working · for brown trout · confidence 55%
How the 0 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature77 × 28%21.6
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity0 × 18%0.0
Feeding Time40 × 13%5.2
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity37 × 12%4.4
Limiting factor: Water is unfishable — too coloured for Brown Trout= 54
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowon-river gaugeobserved
Prey activitymodelled from regional profilemodelled
What would change the calculation
A drop and clear would lift the flow and clarity scores.
The dawn and dusk windows score higher than the midday lull.
Directions
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Seasons & zones
  • Troutthird Sunday of March → 31 August
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