Freestone · Granite · Castilla y León, ES

Río Eresma

Río Eresma, Sendero de los Reales Sitios, San Ildefonso, Segovia, España, 2014

The Eresma rises in the Sierra de Guadarrama at Valsaín — the upper river through La Granja and into Segovia city is genuine wild-trout water, with strong granite-headwater character and excellent clarity.

Today · Closed season
Pheasant Tail Nymph
Forecast · Today
Closed season
Out of season. Try elsewhere.
45% projected
Today's fly
Pheasant Tail Nymph
Pheasant Tail Nymph
Conditions on the water · Today
Live gauge
Level
Rising
0.50 m
Lifting fast
Water temp12.3°C
ClarityUnfishable
Weather17°C
WindN 19 km/h
Pressure1021 hPa
Rain · recent0.3 mm
Rain · ahead2.7 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 10–16°C
0°14°28°
How to fish it · for Brown Trout
When
Through the Castilla y León trout season — 3rd Sunday of March to 31 July. Spring olives April through May; summer sedges in evening hours; sin muerte stretches extend through autumn.
Where
Pool tails, riffle heads, and the seams behind boulders through the Segovian beats. The Eresma runs from the Sierra de Guadarrama through clear granite pocket water.
Method
Upstream dry to risers; dry-dropper through the riffles. The water reads clear — long leader, fine tippet, careful approach.
Kit
9 ft #4 — Castilian default. Floating line, 12 ft leader to 4 lb fluoro. Studded boots — granite cobble runs slick.
Likely species
Hatch timeline · todayPeak at 4pm

12pm(now) — Autumn Olive

Stage: On emergersApproach: Emerger or dryActivity: 28%
Also:Daddy Long Legs23%
Peak emergence window5 food groups active

Peak activity at 4pm — Blue Winged Olive (Blue Winged Olive, 10 food groups active)

Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

Hatch predictions

Supporters see the full sub-surface read.

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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 · September highlighted
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F
M
A
M
J
J
A
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O
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D
Trout seasonSeason
1
2
2
2
1
Large Dark OliveHatch
1
2
2
1
Blue Winged OliveHatch
1
2
2
2
2
1
Autumn OliveHatch
1
2
1
Brown SedgeHatch
1
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.
  • Castilla y León licence required
  • The Valsaín–La Granja stretch is the wild-trout identity of the river; lower city/agricultural beats follow different (often stocked) management
  • Match the tramo to your goal before booking.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Other water nearby · 5
Gallery · 2
  1. Río Eresma, Sendero de los Reales Sitios, San Ildefonso, Segovia, España, 2014
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

The Eresma rises in the Sierra de Guadarrama at Valsaín — the upper river through La Granja and into Segovia city is genuine wild-trout water, with strong granite-headwater character and excellent clarity. Lower reaches downstream of Segovia city become more mixed: stocked beats, urban influence, and warmer summer flow mean the Eresma's fly-fishing identity sits firmly in the upper basin around Valsaín / La Granja, not in the broader river.

  • Granite
The full read · show the working · for Brown Trout · confidence 75%
How the 0 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature100 × 28%28.0
Flow40 × 22%8.8
Clarity95 × 18%17.1
Feeding Time45 × 13%5.9
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity30 × 12%3.6
Conditions total= 69
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 Last Sunday of March → 31 July
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Booking & contacts