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Río Erro

Río Erro terrain map
Poor · Brown Trout
Klinkhammer · 14-18
Closed season
Out of season. Plenty of other water available now.
Closed — confidence not applicable today.
What moved it
  • LevelProxyvia Río Irati
  • Water temp22.5°C
  • ClarityClear
Today's fly
Klinkhammer
Klinkhammer14-18
High-confidence seasonal pick
Conditions on the water
Proxy gauge
Level
Steady
Proxy
via Río Irati
Water temp22.5°C
ClarityClear
Weather31°C
WindNE 16 km/h
Pressure1017 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm
Rain · ahead12.4 mm

No gauge on this water — conditions are inferred from Río Irati. The trend transfers, the absolute level does not.

Water temperature for Brown Trout
Warm — slow
23°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
Water at 22.5°C. This is the line where catch-and-release kills brown trout. Do not fish for them today.
Hatch timeline · todayPeak at 6pm

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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
Survey-backed · regionalHigh confidence

Backed by regional invertebrate surveys; no sampling on this exact reach yet.

Through the year
0–3 scale · August highlighted
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Evening SedgeHatch
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Large Dark OliveHatch
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Iron BlueHatch
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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.
  • Se requiere licencia de pesca del Gobierno de Navarra
  • Consulta el tramo exacto y cualquier requisito de permiso diario o pase de coto para la zona concreta antes de desplazarte.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Water here around 23°C. Nothing cooler within range — carry a thermometer.
Water quality (WFD)
  • Ecology: Good
  • Chemical: Unknown
What this classification means

WFD ecological status High → Good corrected to EEA WISE 2022 (3rd RBMP) classification for waterbody ES091MSPF698 (was a stale earlier-cycle value). Source: EEA WISE SWB_SurfaceWaterBody (discodata.eea.europa.eu), verified 2026-06-18.

WFD classification · ES091MSPF698

The full read · show the working · for Brown Trout · confidence 90%
How the 0 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature4 × 28%1.1
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity95 × 18%17.1
Feeding Time60 × 13%7.8
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity61 × 12%7.3
Limiting factor: Water temperature (22.5°C) is outside Brown Trout's preferred range (10–16°C)= 57
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowproxy via Río Iratiproxy
Prey activitysurvey-backed invertebrate datasurvey
What would change the calculation
Cooler water — back toward the 10–16 °C ideal band — would lift the score and ease welfare.
The dawn and dusk windows score higher than the midday lull.
Directions
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Seasons & zones
  • Trout 1 May → 30 June

    RSS Irati–Erro basin (2,728 permits in 2026). All catch-and-release. Extendable to 15 Jul by resolution. Daily basin permit required.

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