Spate · Limestone · Cantabria, ES

Bullón

Bullón terrain map
Terrain map

A short, steep Liébana tributary of the Deva, joining the parent river at Ojedo (Cillorigo de Liébana).

Marginal · Brown Trout
Klinkhammer · 14-18
Marginallive now
Slow going — pick your moments
River temperature is the limiting factor today, not the flow. Fish dawn or dusk if you go at all, and handle everything with extra care.
80% confidence
What moved it
  • Level0.71 mLast reading 1h ago
  • Water temp18.3°C
  • ClarityClear
Today’s fly
Klinkhammer
Klinkhammer14-18
High-confidence seasonal pick
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Level
Steady
0.71 m
Last reading 1h ago
Water temp18.3°C
ClarityClear
Weather20°C
WindN 5 km/h
Pressure1019 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm
Rain · ahead17.3 mm

Live readings — water temperature is an estimate where the gauge does not record it.

Water temperature for brown trout
Warm — slow
18°C est.ideal 1016°C
0°14°28°
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
⚠️ Water at 18.3°C — above the brown trout caution line (18°C). Fish dawn or dusk only. Land it fast, wet hands, no air shots. Otherwise poor — water clarity is in the right range.
Hatch timeline · todayQuiet day

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Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

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Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey

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Evidence
Records-basedModerate confidence

Based on species-occurrence records, not local invertebrate surveys.

Through the year
0–3 scale · July highlighted
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March BrownHatch
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GrannomHatch
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Large StoneflyHatch
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Yellow SallyHatch
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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.
  • Cantabrian licencia de pesca required
  • Deva-Liébana basin annex applies — check Ojedo coto and tramo rules.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Cooler water nearby · 3
Water here around 18°C — probably warm enough to stress brown trout. These are likely cooler.
About this water

A short, steep Liébana tributary of the Deva, joining the parent river at Ojedo (Cillorigo de Liébana). The Bullón is alpine in character: limestone-and-shale bedrock, plunge-pool-and-pocket structure, the kind of water you fish wading slowly with a short rod. Wild brown trout only. Smaller and faster-falling than the parent Deva, the Bullón colours quickly in heavy rain but clears within hours, so it works well as a follow-on river when the Deva is still off. Best fished from late May through July, when the high meadows above Pesaguero come into their own and the river has dropped back from the snowmelt freshet.

  • Limestone
The full read · show the working · for brown trout · confidence 80%
How the 38 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature51 × 28%14.3
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity95 × 18%17.1
Feeding Time40 × 13%5.2
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity57 × 12%6.8
Conditions total= 67
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowon-river gaugeobserved
Prey activitymodelled from regional profilemodelled
What would change the calculation
Cooler water — back toward the 10–16 °C ideal band — would lift the score and ease welfare.
The dawn and dusk windows score higher than the midday lull.
Directions
Seasons & zones
  • Troutthird Sunday of March → 31 July
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