Waters · United Kingdom
River Test fishing report
Updated Friday, 9 October 2026 · refreshed automatically through the day
The world's most famous chalkstream: gin-clear, weed-cut beats where brown trout sip mayfly. Grayling extend the season deep into winter when the fly water goes quiet.
Today's report: excellent (88/100)
Brown Trout is the most promising species on River Test today. Water temperature is around 13.2°C and barometric pressure is falling. Gauge Kings Somborne shows the water level rising (0 cm/24h).
River Test water temperature and flow
- Level trend: rising (0 cm/24h)
Measured at gauge Kings Somborne · reading 27 min ago. Published by the national hydrological service, not estimated by us.
Best time to fish today
- 13:00–15:00 local time — score 88/100
- 07:00–09:00 local time — score 87/100
- 12:00–14:00 local time — score 97/100
3-day outlook by species
| Species | Thursday 8 Oct | Friday 9 Oct | Saturday 10 Oct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brown Trout | 88 — excellent | 85 — excellent | 88 — excellent |
| Grayling | 84 — excellent | 92 — excellent | 95 — excellent |
| Atlantic salmon | 79 — good | 76 — good | 85 — excellent |
Why this score
Cast & Scan uses a deterministic, published scoring model — no black box. The strongest influences on today's River Test rating:
- water temperature: helping (+1)
- solunar period: helping (+1)
- precipitation: helping (+1)
- season: helping (+1)
- cloud cover: helping (+0.85)
- river flow: helping (+0.85)
Forecast computed Fri, 09 Oct 2026 12:41:30 GMT · data: Open-Meteo + gauge Kings Somborne · refreshed automatically through the day · see our published accuracy
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Read before you go
- Trout stream tactics, read through the forecast
- How river flow trend changes the bite
- Barometric pressure and fishing, explained
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Nearby waters
- River Thames (Reading) — Berkshire, England (59 km away)
- Chew Valley Lake — Somerset, England (85 km away)
- River Wye (Hereford) — Herefordshire, England (140 km away)
- Rutland Water — Rutland, England (188 km away)
- Norfolk Broads — Norfolk, England (276 km away)
- Seine (Paris) — Île-de-France, France (368 km away)