Freestone · Mixed · Asturias, Spain

Río Caudal

Río Caudal fishing venue photo
Prime · Brown Trout
Small Chironomid · 22-24
Primelive now
About as good as it gets
River high but settled. Coloured water — fish bigger and deeper, confident takes down the seams.
90% confidence
What moved it
  • Level1.45 mLast reading 57 min ago
  • Water temp14.1°C
  • ClarityClear
Today's fly
SC
Small Chironomid22-24
Upstream dry, on top
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Level
Steady
1.45 m
lowspate
Water temp14.1°C
ClarityClear
Weather15°C
WindS 6 km/h
Pressure1026 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm
Rain · ahead1.8 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
14°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 insect activity could be better.
Likely species
Hatch timeline · todayQuiet day

Hatch predictions

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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 · October highlighted
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Iron BlueHatch
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Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.

Ranked for today
Fly box · Brown Trout
SC
Small ChironomidTop
22-24 · Pattern
Upstream dry, on top
Beats · 1
Mieres · 5.7 kmC&R trout
C&R trout stretch — Puente de Ujo to Puente La Perra.
Beat detail
Daily permit required, all fish returned
Upstream: Puente de Ujo
Downstream: Puente La Perra
Mieres beat map
Permits & access
Free state water
State rod licence required for trout / salmon as applicable.
  • Asturian fishing licence required
  • Check local cotos for trout regulations.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Other water nearby · 5
Gallery · 3
  1. The central valley of Asturias is quite industrial but still has some mighty rivers
    The central valley of Asturias is quite industrial but still has some mighty rivers
  2. Rio Caudal, wide and fairly shallow with trout and lots of Spanish chub
    Rio Caudal, wide and fairly shallow with trout and lots of Spanish chub
  3. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
The full read · show the working · for Brown Trout · confidence 90%
How the 80 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature100 × 28%28.0
Flow60 × 22%13.2
Clarity95 × 18%17.1
Feeding Time80 × 13%10.4
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity51 × 12%6.1
Conditions total= 80
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowon-river gaugeobserved
Prey activitysurvey-backed invertebrate datasurvey
Directions
Seasons & zones
  • Trout Dritter Sunday im May → 15 August

    The Caudal joins the Nalón at Ujo/Mieres, well above Puente Peñaflor (Grado) — the Nalón's salmon-zone limit — so the whole Caudal system sits in the mountain-zone tributary network. Mountain-zone trout (zona de alta montaña): opens Third Sunday of May, not the general 15 March, minimum size 17cm (vs. 19cm general). Asturian regulation classifies any tributary joining above a salmon river's designated zone-limit point as alta montaña water. Inferred here from confluence position, not a verified lookup against the official cotos map (pescafluvial.asturias.es) — confirm before treating as final.

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