Spate · Mixed · Cantabria, ES

Pisueña

A central Cantabrian tributary of the Pas, joining the parent river near Sarón.

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
13°C est.ideal 10–16°C
0°14°28°
Why this score · for brown trout
  • Temperature10028% weight
  • Flow1522% weight
  • Clarity9518% weight
  • Feeding Time8513% weight
  • Pressure807% weight
  • Insect activity3512% weight
Conditions
Level
0.12 m
Water temp
13.2°C
Estimated
Clarity
Clear
Air temp
20°C
Wind
NW 7 km/h
Light breeze
Pressure
1017 hPa
Rain · 48h
0.0 mm
No meaningful rain
Rain · ahead
23.5 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
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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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
  • Pas-basin annex applies — check Sarón and Villacarriedo stretch rules and coto allocation before fishing.
Directions
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About this water

A central Cantabrian tributary of the Pas, joining the parent river near Sarón. The Pisueña is often the cleaner and steadier half of the Pas system — narrower, more wooded, mixed limestone-and-sandstone bedrock, with classic pool-riffle-glide structure on the middle reaches around Villacarriedo and Selaya. Wild brown trout dominate; sea trout appear in the lower river within the legal calendar. Two SAIH stations (Puente del Diablo and La Penilla) frame the middle/lower stretches, so spate response is well constrained. Worth knowing for the days when the main Pas is too coloured or too low — the Pisueña often holds a fishable window when the Pas does not.

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