Spate · Granite · Extremadura / Cáceres (La Vera, Sierra de Gredos)

Garganta Mayor / Pedro Chate system

Garganta Mayor venue image
Poor · Brown Trout
Perdigón · 14-18
Closed season
Out of season. Plenty of other water available now.
Closed — confidence not applicable today.
What moved it
  • LevelProxyvia Río Jerte & Valle del Jerte gargantas
  • Water temp21.1°C
  • ClarityVery colouredColouring up
Today's fly
Perdigón
Perdigón14-18
Proven pattern for this period
Conditions on the water
Proxy gauge
Level
Rising
Proxy
via Río Jerte & Valle del Jerte gargantas
Water temp21.1°C
ClarityVery coloured
Weather21°C
WindS 9 km/h
Pressure1021 hPa
Rain · recent6.5 mm
Rain · ahead0.0 mm

No gauge on this water — conditions are inferred from Río Jerte & Valle del Jerte gargantas. The trend transfers, the absolute level does not.

Water temperature for Brown Trout
Warm — slow
21°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 21.1°C — above the brown trout caution line (18°C). Fish dawn or dusk only. Land it fast, wet hands, no air shots.
Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

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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 · August highlighted
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Trout seasonSeason
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Late March BrownHatch
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Large Brook DunHatch
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Large StoneflyHatch
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Olive UprightHatch
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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.
  • Extremadura fishing licence required
  • These trout no-kill stretches are artificial-only with a single barbless hook; exact tramo limits and category should be checked in the current regional order and annexes.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Water here around 21°C. Nothing cooler within range — carry a thermometer.
Gallery · 1
  1. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
The full read · show the working · for Brown Trout · confidence 80%
How the 0 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature5 × 28%1.4
Flow55 × 22%12.1
Clarity15 × 18%2.7
Feeding Time60 × 13%7.8
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity47 × 12%5.6
Limiting factor: Water temperature (21.1°C) is outside Brown Trout's preferred range (10–16°C)= 35
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowproxy via Río Jerte & Valle del Jerte gargantasproxy
Prey activitysurvey-backed invertebrate datasurvey
What would change the calculation
Cooler water — back toward the 10–16 °C ideal band — would lift the score and ease welfare.
A drop and clear would lift the flow and clarity scores.
The dawn and dusk windows score higher than the midday lull.
Directions
Seasons & zones
  • Trout 3rd Sunday of March31 July
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