Stillwater · Slate · Castilla y León / Palencia (Fuentes Carrionas)

Embalse de Camporredondo

Embalse de Camporredondo — Embalse de Camporredondo, Spain

Camporredondo is one of the oldest reservoirs in Spain — 1930, when concrete was still a novelty up here in the Palentian mountains — and it has had a long time to settle into its surroundings.

Fair · Trout
Klinkhammer · 14-18
A respectable few hours, if you choose your moments
Good wave on — drift country. A useful wave. Work the productive shore.
45% confidence
limited data

Peak season here starts around September — worth planning ahead.

What moved it
  • WindE 14 km/hGentle breeze
Today's fly
Klinkhammer
Klinkhammer14-18
High-confidence seasonal pick
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Wind
Gentle breeze
E 14 km/h
N
E
from the east
Wave20 cm ripple
Water temp—
Air temp21°C
CloudBroken
Pressure1018 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm

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Reservoir levelas of 10 Aug
┄ 48% 10-yr norm
▼ Dropping
36% full
Low & dropping
▼-12 ptsvs seasonal norm
▼-23 ptsvs last year
▼-9 ptsthis week
Drawdown in progress. Margins exposing — fish moving deeper. Try the dam end on the drop.
How to fish it · for Trout
When
April (season open, first Sunday) to August. Evenings best in summer; spring fishes through the day.
Where
Start with Klinkhammer (14-18) on a As per local method. As evening approaches, switch to dries or emergers if you see surface activity.
The plan
Plan A

Start with Klinkhammer (14-18) on a As per local method. As evening approaches, switch to dries or emergers if you see surface activity.

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
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Black MidgeHatch
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
Daddy Long LegsHatch
2
3
2
Lake OliveHatch
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
Silverhorns & LonghornsHatch
1
2
2
2
1

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

Ranked for today
Trout fly box
Permits & access
Permit required — see local rules.
  • Castilla y León licence + AREC daily permit (Embalse de Camporredondo, Carrión)
  • 40 cm minimum size for trout
  • No-kill on Mondays and Thursdays
  • Fishing closes 31 August in the regulated section
  • Pike present is a non-native predator.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Condition match
74%
Cloud100%
Wind65%
Temp60%

A good match for Embalse de Camporredondo — most conditions are close to what it fishes best in.

Other water nearby · 5
Río Cardaño
11 km
0
Brown trout
Río Carrión
21 km
0
Brown trout
Río Yuso
15 km
Brown trout
Rivera de Valdavia
18 km
Brown trout
Embalse de Riaño
22 km
Brown trout
Gallery · 2
  1. Embalse de Camporredondo — Embalse de Camporredondo, Spain
    Embalse de Camporredondo, Spain
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

Camporredondo is one of the oldest reservoirs in Spain — 1930, when concrete was still a novelty up here in the Palentian mountains — and it has had a long time to settle into its surroundings. The Carrión comes down off the slate tops of Fuentes Carrionas and fills it cold and clear. The trout grow large and correspondingly careful: the regulated zone runs a forty-centimetre size limit, which tells you the calibre of fish that turn up. It is no-kill on Mondays and Thursdays and shut a day or two more besides, so the fishing is rationed — which the trout appreciate even if you don't. Bank water for the most part, and fly fishing is welcome. Carp, barbel and pike share the reservoir, but the trout are the reason to make the drive.

  • Reservoir
  • Slate
Why this score
  • Cloud cover (cloud) suits the fishery well.
  • Drawdown in progress. Margins exposing — fish moving deeper. Try the dam end on the drop.
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