Mountain Freestone · Granite · Comunidad de Madrid (Sierra de Guadarrama

Upper Río Manzanares (La Pedriza)

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Mountain headwaters of the Manzanares in the La Pedriza sector of the Sierra de Guadarrama.

Species

A side-water session, not the main event

Low and clear — careful approach country. Long leader, small flies, slower casts.

75% confidence in this read
Water temperature for brown trout
Cool — slow
6°C est.ideal 10–16°C
0°14°28°
Why this score · for brown trout
  • Temperature3528% weight
  • Flow6022% weight
  • Clarity9518% weight
  • Feeding Time4013% weight
  • Pressure807% weight
  • Prey Activity2512% weight
Conditions
Level
Dry recently
No gauge reading
Water temp
6.0°C
Estimated
Clarity
Clear
Air temp
7°C
Wind
NE 8 km/h
Light breeze
Pressure
1016 hPa
Rain · 48h
0.2 mm
No meaningful rain
Rain · ahead
5.8 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
Through the Madrid trout season. Spring olives April through May; summer evenings; small dark flies into autumn close. La Pedriza altitude means the upper Manzanares fishes later than the lower river.
Where
Upper Manzanares through La Pedriza national park. Pool tails and pocket water through dramatic granite slabs. Small intimate Sierra de Guadarrama water.
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.
Why this works
Fair conditions. Clarity is favourable (95), Prey activity is weakest (25).
Through the year
0–3 scale · May highlighted
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Large Dark OliveHatch
1
2
2
1
March BrownHatch
1
2
1
Iron BlueHatch
1
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.

Gallery · 1
  1. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
Permits & access
Permit required — see local rules.
  • Comunidad de Madrid licence required
  • Verify coto and tramo status annually.
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About this water

Mountain headwaters of the Manzanares in the La Pedriza sector of the Sierra de Guadarrama. Cold, rocky, broken water with wild brown trout. No pike — this is high-altitude granite trout water entirely above the reservoirs where invasives are established.

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