Freestone · Limestone · Teruel, Aragón

Río Turia / Guadalaviar (Cabecera — Teruel)

Río Turia / Guadalaviar (Cabecera — Teruel) terrain map

The Turia rises as the Guadalaviar in the high limestone country above Teruel — one of Aragón's premier wild brown trout rivers, known locally for the Tramacastilla and Albarracín reaches.

Prime · Brown Trout
Perdigón · 14-18
Primelive now
About as good as it gets
Low and clear — careful approach country. Take your time — read the water before you cast.
75% confidence
What moved it
  • Flow0.6 m³/sLast reading 6h ago
  • Water temp15.5°C
  • ClarityClear
Today's fly
Perdigón
Perdigón14-18
High-confidence seasonal pick
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Flow
Steady
0.6 m³/s
Last reading 6h ago
Water temp15.5°C
ClarityClear
Weather18°C
WindSW 12 km/h
Pressure1019 hPa
Rain · recent0.1 mm
Rain · ahead4.0 mm

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

Water temperature for Brown Trout
Ideal
16°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
Excellent — water temperature is right today, though time of day could be better.
Likely species
Mayflies
  • Blue-winged oliveMost likely
    #16–18 · Dun
    Duns are up; a sherry spinner fall may follow.
  • Large dark oliveAlso possible
    #14–16 · Emerger
    Dead-drift the emerger — it's sitting in the film.
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
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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Trout seasonSeason
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Alpine RhithrogenaHatch
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Sculpin / Baitfish (Rivers)Hatch
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March BrownHatch
2
3
2
Large StoneflyHatch
2
3
2

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
  • Check whether the exact stretch is catch-and-release or extractive regime — the two have different season lengths and weekly closures.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Other water nearby · 2
Río Ebrón
53 km
Brown trout
Río Alfambra
55 km
Brown trout
About this water

The Turia rises as the Guadalaviar in the high limestone country above Teruel — one of Aragón's premier wild brown trout rivers, known locally for the Tramacastilla and Albarracín reaches. Clear, cold, technical freestone water running through dramatic limestone canyon country before the river reaches Teruel city, where it takes the Turia name proper.

  • Limestone
The full read · show the working · for Brown Trout · confidence 75%
How the 82 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature100 × 28%28.0
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity95 × 18%17.1
Feeding Time45 × 13%5.9
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity65 × 12%7.8
Conditions total= 82
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowon-river gaugeobserved
Prey activitysurvey-backed invertebrate datasurvey
What would change the calculation
The dawn and dusk windows score higher than the midday lull.
Directions
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Seasons & zones
  • Trout 21 March → 15 October

    Aragón 2026 Plan General de Pesca (ORDEN MAT/1888/2025, 17 Dec): catch-and-release trout waters run from the third Saturday of March (21 Mar 2026) to 15 Oct. Extractive-regime waters instead run 3rd Sat March–31 Aug, closed Wednesdays and Thursdays. Confirm which regime applies to the exact stretch before fishing.

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