Freestone · Mixed · Asturias, Spain

Río Caudal

Río Caudal fishing venue photo
Today · Closed season
Black Gnat
Forecast · Today
Closed season
Out of season. Plenty of other water available now.
80% projected
Today's fly
Black Gnat
Black Gnat
Conditions on the water · Today
Live gauge
Level
Steady
1.40 m
lowspate
Water temp18.6°C
ClarityClear
Weather19°C
WindN 9 km/h
Pressure1018 hPa
Rain · recent2.5 mm
Rain · ahead2.2 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
Warm — slow
19°C est.ideal 1016°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.
Hatch timeline · todayPeak at 12pm

12pm(now) Heather Fly

Stage: Terrestrials on topApproach: Dry flyActivity: 95%
Also:Black Gnat54%Cinnamon Sedge34%
Peak emergence windowWeather boost9 food groups active

Peak activity at 12pm — Heather Fly (Heather Fly, Peak emergence window)

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 · August highlighted
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Trout seasonSeason
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2
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Daddy Long LegsHatch
2
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Evening SedgeHatch
2
3
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Large Dark OliveHatch
1
2
2
1
Iron BlueHatch
1
2
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1

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

Ranked for today
Brown Trout fly box
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.
  • Se requiere licencia de pesca asturiana
  • Comprueba los cotos locales para la normativa de trucha.
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 75%
How the 0 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature100 × 28%28.0
Flow60 × 22%13.2
Clarity95 × 18%17.1
Feeding Time40 × 13%5.2
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity45 × 12%5.4
Conditions total= 75
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
Seasons & zones
  • Trout Third Sunday of May15 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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