Spate · Slate · Asturias, Spain

Río Esqueiro

Río Esqueiro fishing venue photo
Poor · Brown Trout
Ignita CDC · 16-20
Day off — closed today
Reopens Friday. A day for tying flies and reading the river instead.
Closed — confidence not applicable today.
What moved it
  • LevelProxyvia Río Esva (Canero system)
  • Water temp21.9°C
  • ClarityClear
Today's fly
IC
Ignita CDC16-20
Upstream dry, on top
Conditions on the water
Proxy gauge
Level
Steady
Proxy
via Río Esva (Canero system)
Water temp21.9°C
ClarityClear
Weather26°C
WindN 10 km/h
Pressure1021 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm
Rain · ahead1.6 mm

No gauge on this water — conditions are inferred from Río Esva (Canero system). The trend transfers, the absolute level does not.

Water temperature for Brown Trout
Warm — slow
22°C est.ideal 1016°C
0°14°28°
How to fish it · for Brown Trout
When
Nymphing can work through most of the day.
Where
Cover mixed depths.
Method
Start with tight-line nymphs and adjust if fish rise or drift higher.
Kit
9 ft #4 rod, floating line, 12 ft tapered leader to 4–5 lb fluoro tippet.
Why this works
Water at 21.9°C — above the brown trout caution line (18°C). Fish dawn or dusk only. Land it fast, wet hands, no air shots.
Hatch timeline · todayPeak at 6pm

Hatch predictions

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Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey

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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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March BrownHatch
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GrannomHatch
2
2
Large StoneflyHatch
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3
2
Yellow SallyHatch
2
3
2

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

Ranked for today
Brown Trout fly box
Permits & access
Free state water
State rod licence required for trout / salmon as applicable.
  • Asturian fishing licence required.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Water here around 22°C. Nothing cooler within range — carry a thermometer.
Gallery · 2
  1. Venue photo
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
The full read · show the working · for Brown Trout · confidence 80%
How the 0 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature7 × 28%2.0
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity95 × 18%17.1
Feeding Time70 × 13%9.1
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity62 × 12%7.4
Limiting factor: Water temperature (21.9°C) is outside Brown Trout's preferred range (10–16°C)= 59
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowproxy via Río Esva (Canero system)proxy
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.
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