Spate · Limestone · Cantabria, ES

Bullón

A short, steep Liébana tributary of the Deva, joining the parent river at Ojedo (Cillorigo de Liébana).

Species

About as good as it gets

River steady at a fishable height. About as fair as it ever gets — go properly.

75% confidence in this read
Water temperature for brown trout
Ideal
11°C est.ideal 10–16°C
0°14°28°
Why this score · for brown trout
  • Temperature10028% weight
  • Flow8022% weight
  • Clarity9518% weight
  • Feeding Time5013% weight
  • Pressure807% weight
  • Insect activity4812% weight
Conditions
Level
0.77 m
Water temp
11.4°C
Estimated
Clarity
Clear
Air temp
17°C
Wind
NE 4 km/h
Calm
Pressure
1016 hPa
Rain · 48h
4.1 mm
Light rain
Rain · ahead
11.8 mm
Moderate rain · next 48h

Live readings — water temperature is an estimate where the gauge does not record it.

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.
Through the year
0–3 scale · June highlighted
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Trout seasonSeason
1
2
2
2
1
March BrownHatch
2
3
2
GrannomHatch
2
2
Large StoneflyHatch
2
3
2
Yellow SallyHatch
2
3
2

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

Permits & access
Permit required — see local rules.
  • Cantabrian licencia de pesca required
  • Deva-Liébana basin annex applies — check Ojedo coto and tramo rules.
Directions
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About this water

A short, steep Liébana tributary of the Deva, joining the parent river at Ojedo (Cillorigo de Liébana). The Bullón is alpine in character: limestone-and-shale bedrock, plunge-pool-and-pocket structure, the kind of water you fish wading slowly with a short rod. Wild brown trout only. Smaller and faster-falling than the parent Deva, the Bullón colours quickly in heavy rain but clears within hours, so it works well as a follow-on river when the Deva is still off. Best fished from late May through July, when the high meadows above Pesaguero come into their own and the river has dropped back from the snowmelt freshet.

  • Limestone
Seasons & zones
  • Troutthird Sunday of March → 31 July
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