Freestone · Mixed · Koroška / Ravne na Koroškem

Meža

Meža — Dravograd, view of Meža from the former railway bridge

The principal Koroška trout river, run across six districts, and the anchor venue for the north-east of the pack.

Poor · Rainbow Trout
Elk Hair Caddis · 12-16
Poorlive now
Not the day for it
River high but settled. Not much stacked in your favour today. Worth an hour if you are nearby, not worth the special trip.
80% confidence
What moved it
  • Level36.00 mLast reading 23h ago
  • Water temp21.9°C
  • ClarityColouredClearing
Today's fly
Elk Hair Caddis
Elk Hair Caddis12-16
High-confidence seasonal pick
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Level
Falling
36.00 m
Last reading 23h ago
Water temp21.9°C
ClarityColoured
Weather25°C
WindE 12 km/h
Pressure1023 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm
Rain · ahead0.2 mm

Live readings only. Trends shown where the gauge supports them.

Water temperature for Rainbow Trout
Warm — slow
21.9°Cideal 10–18°C
0°14°28°
How to fish it · for Rainbow 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 21.9°C — above the brown trout caution line (18°C). Fish dawn or dusk only. Land it fast, wet hands, no air shots.
Hatch timeline · todayPeak at 6pm

Hatch predictions

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Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey

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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 · August highlighted
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Trout seasonSeason
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
Grayling seasonSeason
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
GrannomHatch
2
2
Evening SedgeHatch
2
3
3
3
2
Alpine RhithrogenaHatch
1
2
2
1
Large Dark OliveHatch
1
2
2
1

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

Ranked for today
Rainbow Trout fly box

Ultra-clear spring-fed rivers with large educated trout. Sight fishing, technical presentation, fine tippets. Euro-nymphing dominant subsurface method. Exceptional dry-fly windows during hatch periods. Gacka is the flagship water.

Permits & access
Permit required — see local rules.
  • RD Koroška — six districts along the river.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Cooler water nearby · 1
Water here at 21.9°C — the fishing's alive, but these are cooler if you'd rather rest the warm water.
Dreta
24 km
18.0°C
Brown trout · Grayling · Rainbow trout
Gallery · 2
  1. Meža — Dravograd, view of Meža from the former railway bridge
    Dravograd, view of Meža from the former railway bridge
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

The principal Koroška trout river, run across six districts, and the anchor venue for the north-east of the pack. Brown trout, grayling and rainbow — though the exact split by district carries only medium confidence; two of the six district pages returned empty species fields during research and weren't independently reconciled, so treat the per-district detail as provisional rather than settled.

  • River
  • Mixed
The full read · show the working · for Rainbow Trout · confidence 80%
How the 16 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature12 × 28%3.4
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity70 × 18%12.6
Feeding Time80 × 13%10.4
Pressure75 × 7%5.3
Insect activity54 × 12%6.5
Limiting factor: Water temperature (21.9°C) is outside Rainbow Trout's preferred range (10–18°C)= 56
Can you trust it?
Water temperaturelive gauge readinggauge
Level / flowon-river gaugeobserved
Prey activitymodelled from regional profilemodelled
What would change the calculation
Cooler water — back toward the 10–18 °C ideal band — would lift the score and ease welfare.
Directions
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Seasons & zones
  • Trout 1 March → 30 September
  • Grayling 16 May → 30 November

    Slovenian common default: grayling 16 May – 30 November (lipan). Permit and fishing district controlled — dates may vary by specific water.

    Prime sport 1 September → 30 November

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