Spate · Granite · Extremadura / Cáceres (La Vera, Sierra de Gredos)

La Vera gargantas (Alardos, Minchones, Gualtaminos, Vadillo, Cuartos)

Boulder-strewn mountain stream, Garganta de Cuartos, running through La Vera, Cáceres, Spain
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Garganta de Cuartos, La Vera

Manuel Vilela / Cadoalla

Five independent mountain gargantas drain the Sierra de Gredos' eastern slopes into the Río Tiétar, a collection of intimate streams threaded through the La Vera villages.

Poor · Brown Trout
Perdigón · 14-18
Poorlive now
Not the day for it
River temperature is the limiting factor today, not the flow. This is not the day to push it. Check the thermal advice above before you head out.
80% confidence
What moved it
  • LevelProxyvia Ga Alardos
  • Water temp21.3°C
  • ClarityClear
Today’s fly
Perdigón
Perdigón14-18
Proven pattern for this period
Conditions on the water
Proxy gauge
Level
Steady
Proxy
via Ga Alardos
Water temp21.3°C
ClarityClear
Weather22°C
WindNE 5 km/h
Pressure1017 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm
Rain · ahead0.0 mm

No gauge on this water — conditions are inferred from Ga Alardos. The trend transfers, the absolute level does not.

Water temperature for brown trout
Warm — slow
21°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
⚠️ Water at 21.3°C — above the brown trout caution line (18°C). Fish dawn or dusk only. Land it fast, wet hands, no air shots. Otherwise very poor — water clarity is in the right range.
Hatch timeline · todayPeak at 6pm

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Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

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Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey

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Evidence
Records-basedModerate confidence

Based on species-occurrence records, not local invertebrate surveys.

Through the year
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Large StoneflyHatch
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Yellow SallyHatch
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Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.

Ranked for today
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Permits & access
Permit required — see local rules.
  • Se requiere licencia de pesca de Extremadura
  • Estos tramos de trucha sin muerte son solo de señuelo artificial con un único anzuelo sin muerte (barbless), y los límites exactos de tramo y categoría deben consultarse en la orden regional vigente y sus anexos.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Water here around 21°C. Nothing cooler within range — carry a thermometer.
Gallery · 2
  1. Boulder-strewn mountain stream, Garganta de Cuartos, running through La Vera, Cáceres, Spain
    Garganta de Cuartos, La Vera
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

Five independent mountain gargantas drain the Sierra de Gredos' eastern slopes into the Río Tiétar, a collection of intimate streams threaded through the La Vera villages. Steep-sided, narrow, and demanding—Garganta Alardos (Madrigal de la Vera), Garganta de Minchones (Villanueva), Garganta de Gualtaminos (below dam near Canal de Rosarito), Garganta de Vadillo (Losar de la Vera), and Garganta de Cuartos (Losar/Madrigal). Each is a sin muerte catch-and-release only stream, granite-bottomed with plunge pools and boulder-pocket water that rewards stealth and precision. Wild brown trout in cold, rushing water demand small dry flies and tight-line nymphing—false casting carries penalty on these confined reaches. Season runs 3rd Sunday March to 31 July; barbless single-hook artificial only. Fishing here is intimate and technical: wading must be careful, presentation delicate, forgiveness minimal.

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The full read · show the working · for brown trout · confidence 80%
How the 19 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature11 × 28%3.1
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity95 × 18%17.1
Feeding Time40 × 13%5.2
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity45 × 12%5.4
Limiting factor: Water temperature (21.3°C) is outside Brown Trout's preferred range (10–16°C)= 54
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowproxy via ga_alardosproxy
Prey activitymodelled from regional profilemodelled
What would change the calculation
Cooler water — back toward the 10–16 °C ideal band — would lift the score and ease welfare.
The dawn and dusk windows score higher than the midday lull.
Directions
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Seasons & zones
  • Trout3rd Sunday of March → 31 July
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