Spate · Slate · Asturias, Spain

Río Esqueiro

Río Esqueiro fishing venue photo
Prime · Brown Trout
Small Chironomid · 22-24
Primelive now
About as good as it gets
River high but settled. Coloured water — fish bigger and deeper, confident takes down the seams.
75% confidence
What moved it
  • LevelProxyvia Río Esva (Canero system)
  • Water temp14.3°C
  • ClarityClear
Today's fly
SC
Small Chironomid22-24
Upstream dry, on top
Conditions on the water
Proxy gauge
Level
Steady
Proxy
via Río Esva (Canero system)
Water temp14.3°C
ClarityClear
Weather16°C
WindSW 8 km/h
Pressure1024 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm
Rain · ahead0.6 mm

No gauge on this water — conditions are inferred from Río Esva (Canero system). The trend transfers, the absolute level does not.

Water temperature for Brown Trout
Ideal
14°C est.ideal 10–16°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
Excellent — water temperature is working for you, but insect activity is the limiting factor today.
Likely species
Hatch timeline · todayPeak at 6h

Hatch predictions

Today's headline hatch shown — see all 11 active hatches hour by hour 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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March BrownHatch
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3
2
Late March BrownHatch
2
3
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
Fly box · Brown Trout
SC
Small ChironomidTop
22-24 · Pattern
Upstream dry, on top
Permits & access
Free state water
State rod licence required for trout / salmon as applicable.
  • Asturian fishing licence required.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Other water nearby · 5
Gallery · 2
  1. Venue photo
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
The full read · show the working · for Brown Trout · confidence 75%
How the 81 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature100 × 28%28.0
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity95 × 18%17.1
Feeding Time55 × 13%7.2
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity44 × 12%5.3
Conditions total= 81
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowproxy via Río Esva (Canero system)proxy
Prey activitysurvey-backed invertebrate datasurvey
What would change the calculation
The dawn and dusk windows score higher than the midday lull.
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