Freestone · Limestone · Castilla y León, ES

Río Curueño

Río Curueño — Remanso del río Curueño
Today · Closed season
Partridge & Orange
Forecast · Today
Closed season
Out of season. Plenty of other water available now.
90% projected
Today's fly
Partridge & Orange
Partridge & Orange
Conditions on the water · Today
Live gauge
Flow
Steady
0.7 m³/s
Water temp11.7°C
ClarityClear
Weather15°C
WindN 12 km/h
Pressure1021 hPa
Rain · recent11.7 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 Brown Trout
Ideal
12°C est.ideal 1016°C
0°14°28°
How to fish it · for Brown Trout
When
Through the Castilla y León trout season. Spring olives April through May; summer evenings; small dark flies into the close. The Curueño is high mountain water in León — fishes later once snowmelt drops.
Where
Pool tails and pocket water through the León headwaters. Small intimate Cantabrian Mountains freestone — short casts, careful approach.
Method
Upstream dry to risers; dry-dropper through the riffles. The water reads clear — long leader, fine tippet, careful approach.
Kit
8'6 ft #3 to 9 ft #4 — small mountain stream. Floating line, 9 to 12 ft leader to 4 lb fluoro. Studded boots.
Hatch timeline · todayPeak at 2pm

12pm(now) Daddy Long Legs

Stage: On emergersApproach: Emerger or dryActivity: 49%
Also:Purple Dun46%Cinnamon Sedge35%Flying Ants33%
Degree-days at peak12 food groups active

Peak activity at 2pm — Brown Sedge (Brown Sedge, Weather boost)

Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

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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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J
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Trout seasonSeason
1
2
2
2
1
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
Brown Trout fly box
Permits & access
Permit required — see local rules.
  • Se requiere licencia de pesca de Castilla y León
  • Muchas aguas trucheras de primera calidad utilizan el sistema de gestión por tramos de la Junta, incluidas las secciones EDE, así que conviene comprobar el tramo exacto y la normativa vigente antes de viajar.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Other water nearby · 5
Gallery · 2
  1. Río Curueño — Remanso del río Curueño
    Remanso del río Curueño
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
Water quality (WFD)
  • EcologyModerate
  • ChemicalUnknown

WFD classification · ES020MSPF000000824

The full read · show the working · for Brown Trout · confidence 90%
How the 0 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature100 × 28%28.0
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity95 × 18%17.1
Feeding Time80 × 13%10.4
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity66 × 12%7.9
Conditions total= 87
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowon-river gaugeobserved
Prey activitysurvey-backed invertebrate datasurvey
Directions
Seasons & zones
  • Trout Last Sunday of March31 July
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