Spate · Mixed · Cantabria/Bizkaia border (Valle de Carranza), ES

Río Carranza

A cross-border river running through the Valle de Carranza on the Cantabria-Bizkaia boundary, joining the Asón near Ramales de la Victoria.

Species

Slow going — pick your moments

Low and clear — careful approach country. Cover and shadow are doing the work today.

55% confidence in this read
Water temperature for brown trout
Ideal
11°C est.ideal 1016°C
0°14°28°
Why this score · for brown trout
  • Temperature10028% weight
  • Flow1522% weight
  • Clarity9518% weight
  • Feeding Time5013% weight
  • Pressure807% weight
  • Insect activity3612% weight
Conditions
Level
0.23 m
Water temp
11.0°C
Estimated
Clarity
Clear
Air temp
15°C
Wind
SW 5 km/h
Calm
Pressure
1016 hPa
Rain · 48h
0.0 mm
No meaningful rain
Rain · ahead
7.4 mm
Light 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
Poor — water temperature is working for you, but river flow is the limiting factor today.
Through the year
0–3 scale · June highlighted
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F
M
A
M
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D
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.
  • Cross-border water — verify the correct licence for the bank you intend to fish.
Directions
About this water

A cross-border river running through the Valle de Carranza on the Cantabria-Bizkaia boundary, joining the Asón near Ramales de la Victoria. The Carranza is granite-and-schist freestone water, with classic pool-riffle structure through the wooded middle reaches around Lanestosa. Wild brown trout only. The gauge sits at Pondra in the Asón system. Best fished from May through June; the river warms quickly in summer.

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