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Upper Segre

Upper Segre terrain map
Marginal · Brown Trout
Perdigón · 14-18
Marginallive now
Slow going — pick your moments
River dropping into shape after a lift. A short window. Take your time.
55% confidence
What moved it
  • LevelProxyvia Noguera Pallaresa
  • Water temp15.1°C
  • ClarityVery colouredColouring up
Today's fly
Perdigón
Perdigón14-18
High-confidence seasonal pick
Conditions on the water
Proxy gauge
Level
Falling
Proxy
via Noguera Pallaresa
Water temp15.1°C
ClarityVery coloured
Weather18°C
WindNE 7 km/h
Pressure1020 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm
Rain · ahead7.4 mm

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

Water temperature for Brown Trout
Ideal
15°C est.ideal 1016°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
Poor — water temperature is working for you, but water clarity is the limiting factor today.
Hatch timeline · todayPeak at 6am

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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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F
M
A
M
J
J
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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.
  • Se requiere licencia catalana de pesca
  • Las aguas trucheras controladas pueden exigir un permiso ZPC, y las fechas legales varían entre sectores de baja montaña, alta montaña, con muerte y sin muerte, así que comprueba la normativa vigente de la Generalitat para la zona exacta.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Fishing better nearby · 5
Water quality (WFD)
  • EcologyGood
  • ChemicalUnknown

WFD classification · ES091MSPF621

The full read · show the working · for Brown Trout · confidence 55%
How the 30 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature100 × 28%28.0
Flow95 × 22%20.9
Clarity15 × 18%2.7
Feeding Time45 × 13%5.9
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity45 × 12%5.4
Limiting factor: Water is very coloured — too coloured for Brown Trout= 69
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowproxy via Noguera Pallaresaproxy
Prey activitysurvey-backed invertebrate datasurvey
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
Seasons & zones
  • Trout depends on Catalan zone classdepends on Catalan zone class
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