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River Teme

Photo of River Teme

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

Prime · Grayling
Sawyer Pheasant Tail Nymph · sizes_14_18
Primelive now
About as good as it gets
River steady at a fishable height. On the feed top to bottom — start on the rises with a dry, drop a nymph if they stay down.
90% confidence
What moved it
  • Level0.89 mLast reading 3h ago
  • Water temp14.0°C
  • ClarityClear
Today's fly
Sawyer Pheasant Tail Nymph
Sawyer Pheasant Tail Nymphsizes_14_18
in season · matches water height · all-rounder · regional default
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Level
Steady
0.89 m
Last reading 3h ago
Water temp14.0°C
ClarityClear
Weather16°C
WindSW 24 km/h
Pressure1010 hPa
Rain · recent6.3 mm
Rain · ahead0.3 mm

The nearest gauge doesn't record temperatures, so we've estimated it — defer to the river keeper's advice.

Water temperature for Grayling
Ideal
14°C est.ideal 4–14°C
0°14°28°
How to fish it · for Grayling
When
Midday window — grayling feed best from late morning into early afternoon.
Where
Work runs and glides — grayling shoal in the bottom third of the water column.
Method
Tight-line nymph the bottom third with weighted patterns.
Kit
10 ft #3 rod, floating line, long leader to 4 lb fluoro for nymphs.
Why this works
Excellent — water temperature is right today, though insect activity could be better.
Likely species
Stoneflies
Gammarids
Hatch timeline · todayPeak at 11am

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Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

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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 · October highlighted
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Trout seasonSeason
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Grayling seasonSeason
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March BrownHatch
2
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2
CapererHatch
2
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2
Heather FlyHatch
2
2
Autumn DunHatch
2
3
2

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

Ranked for today
Grayling fly box

One of England's quietly great all-rounders and a genuine dry-fly river — pools, glides, and riffles in easy rotation, with sedge hatches that make a summer evening worth the drive.

Local classics: Elk Hair Caddis·Grey Wulff·Pheasant Tail Nymph
Beats · 3
Bucknell — day ticket via Fishing PassportAccess varies
1.
Visit official site ↗
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.
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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.
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What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
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Gallery · 2
  1. Photo of River Teme
    River Teme — image via Wikipedia (River Teme)
  2. 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 Grayling · confidence 90%
How the 84 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature100 × 28%28.0
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity85 × 18%15.3
Feeding Time80 × 13%10.4
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity59 × 12%7.1
Conditions total= 84
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
  • Salmon 2 February → 30 September
  • Trout 15 March → 30 September
  • Grayling 16 June → 14 March

    Statutory window is 16 June – 14 March, but association water typically opens for grayling from 1 October. Check local club rules.

    Legally open from 16 June, but access is typically sold from 1 October.

    Prime sport 1 October → 28 February

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

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