Spain
From Asturias and the Basque Country to Madrid and Catalonia.
Fly Fishing Near Madrid
Iberian brown trout on the Lozoya cotos, warmwater bass and barbel on the big reservoirs, and Gredos for the proper trout escape.
Lozoya for trout (permit-only). Picadas / San Juan for bass. Gredos when you can spare the drive.
Fly Fishing Near Barcelona
The Ter around Anglès and La Cellera for the best day, the Cardener for the closest credible water, Malagarriga and the intensive cotos when the wild rivers are off, the upper Ter and upper Llobregat for Pyrenean character, plus an honest pass at sea bass on the Catalan coast.
Ter for the best day. Cardener for convenience. Upper Ter for Pyrenean character. Gencat licence + ZPC permit.
Fly Fishing Near Oviedo
River Nalón in the city, wild Atlantic salmon on the Río Narcea, and the coto sorteo permit system that governs Asturian salmon and trout rivers — plus the easier coto intensivo reservoirs near Oviedo.
Enter the September sorteo for a real shot at the Nalón or Narcea. The intensivo reservoirs for the day that doesn't depend on a lottery.
Fly Fishing Near Santander
Classic Cantabrian trout water on the Pas and Pisueña, and the Asón — one of the region's two best migratory-fish rivers — all within half an hour of Santander.
The Pas system for classic technical Cantabrian trout fishing. The Asón for one of the region's two best migratory-fish rivers.
Fly Fishing Near Pamplona
Río Arga trout fishing in the city, and the Río Irati — the finest trout river in the Navarrese Pyrenees — under the Gobierno de Navarra's licencia and coto permit system.
The Arga for the easy city-river start. The Irati, planned well ahead, for some of the finest wild trout fishing the Navarrese Pyrenees have to offer.
Fly Fishing Near Bilbao
Salmon and sea trout on the Artibai and Deba, Basque coastal rivers under a single fluvial fishing licence covering Álava, Gipuzkoa and Bizkaia — within about 40 minutes of Bilbao.
The Artibai and Deba for a quieter, less internationally known slice of Basque coast salmon and sea trout fishing.