- Free fishing
- Fly only
Summer pike on the fly. Fish early (first light) and late (last hour) when pike push shallow to feed. Topwater is king — poppers and gurglers over weed beds. Mid-day fish hold deep in weed channels. Take a break during the heat of the day. Use a 9-10wt rod with a stiff butt for turning big fish away from weed. Welfare note: Water at 19.2°C — warm for pike. Fish dawn or dusk only. As a non-native invasive, handle by local rules: return one only where catch-and-release is legally permitted; elsewhere the official advice is to remove it from the water rather than return it.
Fish early and late, try deeper during the heat of the day with a fast-sinking line.
Evening tends to be the best period in summer — stay late if you can for a sedge or spinner fall.
Good ripple suits both bank and boat. Bank: work inflows, dam walls, and points. Boat: broadside drift covering wind lanes.
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Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.
- Castilla y León licence required; reservoir sits under the Confederación Hidrográfica del Duero
- Barbel, boga and cacho are protected during spawning — check current dates
- Zander is a non-native predator with specific handling/retention rules in the Duero basin; confirm before fishing.
A good match for Embalse de Almendra — most conditions are close to what it fishes best in.
Embalse de Almendra - reservoir with the highest dam in Spain Terrain map
- Wind conditions (ripple) closely match what this water fishes best in.
- Reservoir near full — settled fish across plenty of holding water.
Embalse de Almendra
Summer pike on the fly. Fish early (first light) and late (last hour) when pike push shallow to feed. Topwater is king — poppers and gurglers over weed beds. Mid-day fish hold deep in weed channels. Take a break during the heat of the day. Use a 9-10wt rod with a stiff butt for turning big fish away from weed. Welfare note: Water at 19.2°C — warm for pike. Fish dawn or dusk only. As a non-native invasive, handle by local rules: return one only where catch-and-release is legally permitted; elsewhere the official advice is to remove it from the water rather than return it.
Fish early and late, try deeper during the heat of the day with a fast-sinking line.
Evening tends to be the best period in summer — stay late if you can for a sedge or spinner fall.
Good ripple suits both bank and boat. Bank: work inflows, dam walls, and points. Boat: broadside drift covering wind lanes.
Hatch predictions
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Top prey shown — see all 5 with Pro.
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Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.
- Castilla y León licence required; reservoir sits under the Confederación Hidrográfica del Duero
- Barbel, boga and cacho are protected during spawning — check current dates
- Zander is a non-native predator with specific handling/retention rules in the Duero basin; confirm before fishing.
A good match for Embalse de Almendra — most conditions are close to what it fishes best in.
Embalse de Almendra - reservoir with the highest dam in Spain Terrain map
- Wind conditions (ripple) closely match what this water fishes best in.
- Reservoir near full — settled fish across plenty of holding water.