Lowland Freestone · Mixed · Extremadura (Gredos foothills warm-water zone), ES

Gredos foothills / Villanueva de la Serena area

Gredos foothills / Villanueva de la Serena area terrain map
Tomorrow · A side-water session, not the main event
Czech Nymph
Forecast · Tomorrow
A side-water session, not the main event
A patient day. Fish the cover and stay with it.
75% projected
Today's fly
Czech Nymph
Czech Nymph
Conditions on the water · Tomorrow
Estimate
Level
Dry recently
No gauge reading
Water temp11.4°C
ClarityClear
Weather22°C
WindN 6 km/h
Pressure1025 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm
Rain · ahead0.0 mm

No gauge on this water — readings are regional estimates from weather, not a live gauge.

Water temperature for Common Carp
Cool — slow
11°C est.ideal 18–26°C
0°14°28°
How to fish it · for Common Carp
When
May–September (warm water, active cyprinids)
Where
Warm-water barbel and carp territory in the Gredos foothills near Villanueva de la Serena — the downstream, lower-altitude counterpart to the cold Gredos…
Why this works
Good — time of day is working for you, but water temperature is the limiting factor today.
Likely species
Chironomids
Gammarids
Hatch timeline · tomorrowPeak at 17 Uhr

12 Uhr(now) — Iron Blue

Stage: On emergersApproach: Emerger or dryActivity: 46%
Also:Autumn Needle Fly44%Black Midge29%
Weather boost8 food groups active

Peak activity at 17 Uhr — Pale Evening (Pale Evening, Weather boost)

Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

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Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey(1)

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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
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Evening SedgeHatch
2
3
3
3
2
Large Dark OliveHatch
1
2
2
1
Iron BlueHatch
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
Blue Winged OliveHatch
1
2
2
2
2
1

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

Ranked for today
Fly box · Common Carp
Permits & access
Permit required — see local rules.
  • Junta de Extremadura licence required
  • Check spawning protection dates for barbel.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Other water nearby · 2
Embalse de Orellana
35 km
Barbel · Carp · Pike
Embalse de La Serena
50 km
Barbel · Carp
The full read · show the working · for Common Carp · confidence 75%
How the 62 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature36 × 28%10.1
Flow68 × 22%15.0
Clarity70 × 18%12.6
Feeding Time95 × 13%12.4
Pressure75 × 7%5.3
Insect activity57 × 12%6.8
Conditions total= 62
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowon-river gaugeobserved
Prey activitysurvey-backed invertebrate datasurvey
What would change the calculation
Warmer water — toward the 18–26 °C ideal band — would lift the temperature score.
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Seasons & zones
  • Coarse 1 January → 31 December

    Barbel and carp are open year-round in Extremadura's aguas libres, confirmed directly against the primary DOE order (ORDEN de 7 de noviembre de 2022, Art. 4.2 + Anexo I) — no closed season for either species.

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