Water at 25.9°C. This is the line where catch-and-release kills pike. Do not fish for them today.
Fish early and late, try deeper during the heat of the day with a fast-sinking line.
Evening tends to be the best period in summer — stay late if you can for a sedge or spinner fall.
Good ripple suits both bank and boat. Bank: work inflows, dam walls, and points. Boat: broadside drift covering wind lanes.
Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.
A good match for this venue — most conditions are close to what it fishes best in.
One of Spain's best-known big-fish reservoirs — barbel, carp, and pike all targetable on fly. Barbel respond to the same dry-fly techniques as La Serena; sight-fishing on the warmer flats from spring through autumn. Pike fishing is excellent and Orellana is probably the most internationally recognised Iberian pike-fly destination, with fish best targeted in the cooler months when water drops below about 18 °C. Carp cruise the margins in summer.
Orellana reservoir and dam
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One of Spain's best-known big-fish reservoirs — barbel, carp, and pike all targetable on fly.
Water at 25.9°C. This is the line where catch-and-release kills pike. Do not fish for them today.
Fish early and late, try deeper during the heat of the day with a fast-sinking line.
Evening tends to be the best period in summer — stay late if you can for a sedge or spinner fall.
Good ripple suits both bank and boat. Bank: work inflows, dam walls, and points. Boat: broadside drift covering wind lanes.
Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.
A good match for this venue — most conditions are close to what it fishes best in.
One of Spain's best-known big-fish reservoirs — barbel, carp, and pike all targetable on fly. Barbel respond to the same dry-fly techniques as La Serena; sight-fishing on the warmer flats from spring through autumn. Pike fishing is excellent and Orellana is probably the most internationally recognised Iberian pike-fly destination, with fish best targeted in the cooler months when water drops below about 18 °C. Carp cruise the margins in summer.
