Freestone · Granite · Castilla y León, ES

Río Eresma

Río Eresma, Sendero de los Reales Sitios, San Ildefonso, Segovia, España, 2014
Tomorrow · Closed season
Stonefly Nymph
Forecast · Tomorrow
Closed season
Out of season. Try elsewhere.
90% projected
Today's fly
Stonefly Nymph
Stonefly Nymph
Conditions on the water · Tomorrow
Live gauge
Level
Steady
0.52 m
Water temp7.2°C
ClarityClear
Weather17°C
WindN 9 km/h
Pressure1029 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 Brown Trout
Cool — slow
7°C est.ideal 10–16°C
0°14°28°
How to fish it · for Brown Trout
When
Through the Castilla y León trout season — 3rd Sunday of March to 31 July. Spring olives April through May; summer sedges in evening hours; sin muerte stretches extend through autumn.
Where
Pool tails, riffle heads, and the seams behind boulders through the Segovian beats. The Eresma runs from the Sierra de Guadarrama through clear granite pocket water.
Method
Upstream dry to risers; dry-dropper through the riffles. The water reads clear — long leader, fine tippet, careful approach.
Kit
9 ft #4 — Castilian default. Floating line, 12 ft leader to 4 lb fluoro. Studded boots — granite cobble runs slick.
Likely species
Hatch timeline · tomorrowPeak at 11h

12h(now) — Autumn Needle Fly

Stage: Creeping nymphsApproach: Heavy nymphActivity: 52%
Also:Black Midge49%Autumn Olive30%
Peak emergence windowWeather boost4 food groups active

Peak activity at 11h — Autumn Needle Fly (Autumn Needle Fly, Peak emergence window)

Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

Hatch predictions

Top nymph shown — see all 4 guilds as a supporter.

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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 · October highlighted
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F
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A
M
J
J
A
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N
D
Trout seasonSeason
1
2
2
2
1
Large Dark OliveHatch
1
2
2
1
Blue Winged OliveHatch
1
2
2
2
2
1
Autumn OliveHatch
1
2
1
Brown SedgeHatch
1
2
2
2
1

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

Ranked for today
Fly box · Brown Trout
Permits & access
Permit required — see local rules.
  • Castilla y León licence required
  • The Valsaín–La Granja stretch is the wild-trout identity of the river; lower city/agricultural beats follow different (often stocked) management
  • Match the tramo to your goal before booking.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Other water nearby · 5
Gallery · 2
  1. Río Eresma, Sendero de los Reales Sitios, San Ildefonso, Segovia, España, 2014
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
The full read · show the working · for Brown Trout · confidence 75%
How the 0 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature68 × 28%19.0
Flow60 × 22%13.2
Clarity95 × 18%17.1
Feeding Time65 × 13%8.5
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity41 × 12%4.9
Conditions total= 68
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowon-river gaugeobserved
Prey activitysurvey-backed invertebrate datasurvey
What would change the calculation
Warmer water — toward the 10–16 °C ideal band — would lift the temperature score.
The dawn and dusk windows score higher than the midday lull.
Directions
Seasons & zones
  • Trout Dernier Sunday de March → 31 July
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