Stillwater · Mixed · Asturias / Avilés area

Embalse de La Granda

Embalse de la Granda venue image
Fair · Trout
Parachute Olive · 16-18
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Reasonable summer fishing likely at Embalse de La Granda
Water temperature is the limiting factor today, not the wave. Fish dawn or dusk if you go at all, and handle everything with extra care.
53% confidence
What moved it
  • WindN 14 km/hGentle breeze
Today's fly
Parachute Olive
Parachute Olive16-18
Upstream dry, on top
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Wind
Gentle breeze
N 14 km/h
N
N
from the north
Wave20 cm ripple
Water temp—
Air temp24°C
CloudOvercast
Pressure1020 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm

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How to fish it · for Trout
When
Conditions are not ideal but fishable at Embalse de La Granda. The ripple should help fish move and feed more confidently. Very warm conditions — trout have a narrower safe zone of cool, oxygen-rich water. Fish only at first light or last light, use barbless hooks, keep fish in the water during release, and stop if fish struggle to recover.
Where
Start with Ignita CDC (16-20) on a As per local method. If that does not produce, switch depth or speed before changing the pattern entirely.
The plan
Plan A

Start with Ignita CDC (16-20) on a As per local method. If that does not produce, switch depth or speed before changing the pattern entirely.

Plan B

Fish early and late, try deeper during the heat of the day with a fast-sinking line.

Watch for

Evening tends to be the best period in summer — stay late if you can for a sedge or spinner fall.

Either bank or boat

Good ripple suits both bank and boat. Bank: work inflows, dam walls, and points. Boat: broadside drift covering wind lanes.

Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

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Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey

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Through the year
0–3 scale · August highlighted
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Trout seasonSeason
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
Black MidgeHatch
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
Reservoir BuzzerHatch
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
Lake OliveHatch
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
Silverhorns & LonghornsHatch
1
2
2
2
1

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

Ranked for today
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Permits & access
Free state water
State rod licence required for trout / salmon as applicable.
  • Asturian fishing licence required
  • Check current permit, stocking, and venue status with the Principado before travelling.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Condition match
65%
Cloud70%
Wind65%
Temp60%

A reasonable day here, though temperature isn't quite in the sweet spot.

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Embalse de Trasona
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Río Esqueiro
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Río Cubia
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Brown trout
Coto Intensivo de San Andrés
23 km
Brown trout · Rainbow trout
Gallery · 1
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Why this score
  • summer conditions with overcast skies and breezy wind.
Directions
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Seasons & zones
  • Trout 1 March → 30 November
  • Carp 1 March → 30 November

    Embalse La Granda is one of Asturias' intensive fishing reservoirs. 2026 rules list La Granda, San Andrés and Trasona as open from 1 March to 30 November. Some La Granda margins/cola areas have extra closures/vedados, so retain venue notes.

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