Mountain Freestone · Granite · Comunidad de Madrid (Sierra de Guadarrama

Upper Río Manzanares (La Pedriza)

Upper Río Manzanares (La Pedriza) terrain map
Poor · Brown Trout
Pheasant Tail Nymph · 14-18
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Not the day for it
River temperature is the limiting factor today, not the flow. This is not the day to push it. Check the thermal advice above before you head out.
90% confidence
What moved it
  • LevelProxyvia Río Eresma
  • Water temp22.9°C
  • ClarityClear
Today's fly
Pheasant Tail Nymph
Pheasant Tail Nymph14-18
High-confidence seasonal pick
Conditions on the water
Proxy gauge
Level
Steady
Proxy
via Río Eresma
Water temp22.9°C
ClarityClear
Weather30°C
WindS 12 km/h
Pressure1020 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm
Rain · ahead5.8 mm

No gauge on this water — conditions are inferred from Río Eresma. The trend transfers, the absolute level does not.

Water temperature for Brown Trout
Warm — slow
23°C est.ideal 1016°C
0°14°28°
How to fish it · for Brown Trout
When
Through the Madrid trout season. Spring olives April through May; summer evenings; small dark flies into autumn close. La Pedriza altitude means the upper Manzanares fishes later than the lower river.
Where
Upper Manzanares through La Pedriza national park. Pool tails and pocket water through dramatic granite slabs. Small intimate Sierra de Guadarrama water.
Method
Upstream dry to risers; dry-dropper through the riffles. The water reads clear — long leader, fine tippet, careful approach.
Kit
8'6 ft #3 to 9 ft #4 — small mountain stream. Floating line, 9 to 12 ft leader to 4 lb fluoro. Studded boots.
Why this works
Water at 22.9°C. This is the line where catch-and-release kills brown trout. Do not fish for them today.
Hatch timeline · todayPeak at 6am

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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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Large Dark OliveHatch
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Blue Winged OliveHatch
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Autumn OliveHatch
1
2
1
GrannomHatch
1
1

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.
  • Se requiere licencia de pesca de la Comunidad de Madrid
  • Verifica cada año el estado del coto y del tramo.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Water here around 23°C. Nothing cooler within range — carry a thermometer.
The full read · show the working · for Brown Trout · confidence 90%
How the 4 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature2 × 28%0.6
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity95 × 18%17.1
Feeding Time60 × 13%7.8
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity61 × 12%7.3
Limiting factor: Water temperature (22.9°C) is outside Brown Trout's preferred range (10–16°C)= 56
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowproxy via Río Eresmaproxy
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.
The dawn and dusk windows score higher than the midday lull.
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