Spate · Limestone · Asturias, Spain

Río Ponga

Ponga venue image
Poor · Brown Trout
Ignita CDC · 16-20
Closed season
Out of season. Plenty of other water available now.
Closed — confidence not applicable today.
What moved it
  • Level0.08 mLast reading 14h ago
  • Water temp16.6°C
  • ClarityClear
Today's fly
Ignita CDC
Ignita CDC16-20
Upstream dry, on top
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Level
Steady
0.08 m
lowspate
Water temp16.6°C
ClarityClear
Weather19°C
WindNW 11 km/h
Pressure1019 hPa
Rain · recent0.7 mm
Rain · ahead6.7 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
Warm — slow
17°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.
Hatch timeline · todayQuiet day

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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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2
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1
March BrownHatch
2
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
Brown Trout fly box
Beats · 1
Santillán · 1.8 kmC&R trout
C&R trout stretch — Desembocadura río Melón to Confluencia río Sella.
Beat detail
Daily permit required, all fish returned
Upstream: Desembocadura río Melón
Downstream: Confluencia río Sella
Santillán beat map
Permits & access
Free state water
State rod licence required for trout / salmon as applicable.
  • Asturian fishing licence required
  • Parts of the Ponga valley may have special conservation status.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Other water nearby · 5
Río Sella
16 km
0
Brown trout · Salmon · Sea trout
Río Güeña
16 km
0
Brown trout
Río Piloña
24 km
0
Brown trout · Salmon · Sea trout
Río Dobra
10 km
Brown trout
Embalse de Tanes
18 km
Brown trout
Gallery · 1
  1. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
The full read · show the working · for Brown Trout · confidence 55%
How the 0 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature79 × 28%22.1
Flow15 × 22%3.3
Clarity95 × 18%17.1
Feeding Time70 × 13%9.1
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity41 × 12%4.9
Limiting factor: River is stable — Brown Trout prefers medium flow= 62
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowon-river gaugeobserved
Prey activitysurvey-backed invertebrate datasurvey
What would change the calculation
A drop and clear would lift the flow and clarity scores.
Directions
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Seasons & zones
  • Trout Third Sunday of May → 15 August

    The Ponga is a headwater tributary of the Sella, rising in Ponga Natural Park well above the Sella's salmon-zone refuge limit, so it sits in the mountain-zone tributary network. Mountain-zone trout (zona de alta montaña): opens Third Sunday of May, not the general 15 March, minimum size 17cm (vs. 19cm general). Asturian regulation classifies any tributary joining above a salmon river's designated zone-limit point as alta montaña water. Inferred here from confluence position, not a verified lookup against the official cotos map (pescafluvial.asturias.es) — confirm before treating as final.

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