Spate · Mixed · Cantabria, ES

Pisueña

Pisueña venue image

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

Poor · Sea Trout
Black & Silver Tube · 1-2 inch
Closed season
Out of season. File this water for the right month.
Closed — confidence not applicable today.
What moved it
  • Level1.14 m
  • Water temp11.4°C
  • ClarityClear
Today's fly
BS
Black & Silver Tube1-2 inch
In deep pools and dark water, silhouette and contrast do the work colour cannot. A fly that reads as black against depth is enough. Fish it broadside, hold the swing, let it hang at the dangle — that is when the best fish take.
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Level
Steady
1.14 m
lowspate
Water temp11.4°C
ClarityClear
Weather12°C
WindS 8 km/h
Pressure1022 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm
Rain · ahead0.0 mm

The nearest gauge doesn't record temperatures, so we've estimated it — defer to the river keeper's advice.

Water temperature for Sea Trout
Ideal
11°C est.ideal 815°C
0°14°28°
How to fish it · for Sea Trout
When
From dusk into the first half of the night.
Where
Deeper pools and slower glides · hold water and current seams.
Method
Fish dark patterns on a sink-tip or lightly sunk line, especially near structure.
Kit
10 ft #6/7 rod, floating line with a sink-tip option, 8–10 lb fluoro tippet for the swing.
Hatch timeline · todayPeak at 6am

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Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey(1)

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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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Trout seasonSeason
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March BrownHatch
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Late March BrownHatch
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2
Large Brook DunHatch
2
3
2
Large StoneflyHatch
2
3
2

Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.

Ranked for today
Sea Trout fly box
BS
Black & Silver TubeTop
1-2 inch · Tube
In deep pools and dark water, silhouette and contrast do the work colour cannot. A fly that reads as black against depth is enough. Fish it broadside, hold the swing, let it hang at the dangle — that is when the best fish take.
SF
Snake Fly (Black)
2-4 inch · Streamer
A mobile eel-like profile that undulates through deep pools — effective when sea trout are lying deep and not responding to conventional wets.
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.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Other water nearby · 5
Gallery · 1
  1. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
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.

Hatches & food

In Cantabria's shorter mountain and foothill trout rivers, fish make the most of spring olives and stoneflies in clear windows between freshets, then switch to evening caddis and small buzzers through the warmer months, with terrestrials becoming a key option in sheltered glides and under tree cover once summer settles in.

  • Mixed
Why this score · for Sea Trout
  • Temperature10028% weight
  • Flow4022% weight
  • Clarity8518% weight
  • Feeding Time8013% weight
  • Pressure857% weight
  • Insect activity3812% weight
Directions
Seasons & zones
  • Trout third Sunday of March31 July

Sea trout: Variable seasonal (2026)

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