Lowland · Mixed · Western Pomerania / Piła

Gwda

Photo of Gwda
Poor · Grayling
F-Fly · Hook 18–22
Not the day for it
River dropping into shape after a lift. Not much stacked in your favour today. Worth an hour if you are nearby, not worth the special trip.
45% confidence
limited data
What moved it
  • Level148.00 mDropping after lift
  • Water temp14.0°C
  • ClarityUnfishableColouring up
Today's fly
F-Fly
F-FlyHook 18–22
in season · matches water height
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Level
Falling
148.00 m
Dropping after lift
Water temp14.0°C
ClarityUnfishable
Weather12°C
WindSE 3 km/h
Pressure1026 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm
Rain · ahead0.0 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
Poor — water temperature is working for you, but time of day is the limiting factor 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
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
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Grayling seasonSeason
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2
2
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Terrestrial BeetlesHatch
2
3
3
2
Blue Winged OliveHatch
1
2
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2
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Black MidgeHatch
1
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Summer River MidgeHatch
1
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Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.

Ranked for today
Grayling fly box
Permits & access
Permit required — see local rules.
  • Polish fishing card plus local permit required
  • Stable lake-fed sections and local management rules matter more here than mountain-river assumptions, so check the exact beat before travelling.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Gallery · 2
  1. Photo of Gwda
    Gwda
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
Water quality (WFD)
  • Ecology: Moderate
  • Chemical: Unknown
What this classification means

WFD ecological status Good → Moderate corrected to EEA WISE 2022 (3rd RBMP) classification for waterbody PLRW6000181886583 (was a stale earlier-cycle value). Source: EEA WISE SWB_SurfaceWaterBody (discodata.eea.europa.eu), verified 2026-06-18.

WFD classification · PLRW6000181886583

The full read · show the working · for Grayling · confidence 45%
How the 20 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature100 × 28%28.0
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity10 × 18%1.8
Feeding Time10 × 13%1.3
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity35 × 12%4.2
Limiting factor: Water is unfishable — too coloured for Grayling= 59
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowon-river gaugeobserved
Prey activitymodelled from regional profilemodelled
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
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Seasons & zones
  • Trout 1 April → 30 September
  • Grayling 1 June → 28 February

    Polish PZW national rule: grayling (lipień) protected 1 March – 31 May. Open window 1 June – 28 February. PZW district and water-specific rules may add tighter restrictions. Carpathian rivers (San, Dunajec, Biała, Skawa, Raba) hold excellent grayling — check local Okręg PZW district permit for specific conditions.

    Closed in spring for spawning.

    Prime sport 1 September → 30 November

  • Pike 1 May → 31 December

    National pike protection period is 1 January–30 April. No district-specific override was found for this river in the available PZW Piła/Koszalin documents, but a river-name-specific line item wasn't directly confirmed either — treating the national baseline as the working default.

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