Tailwater · Mixed · Castilla y León / Salamanca (below Santa Teresa reservoir)

Río Tormes (Santa Teresa trout beats — Salamanca)

Río Tormes (Santa Teresa trout beats — Salamanca) — Aceña del Arrabal
Prime · Barbel
Perdigón (14–16, tungsten) · 14–16
Primelive now
About as good as it gets
River steady at a fishable height. On the feed top to bottom — start on the rises with a dry, drop a nymph if they stay down.
90% confidence
What moved it
  • Level1.00 mLast reading 5h ago
  • Water temp22.2°C
  • ClarityClear
Today's fly
Perdigón (14–16, tungsten)
Perdigón (14–16, tungsten)14–16
Search the runs and pockets, dead-drift near the bottom.
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Level
Steady
1.00 m
Last reading 5h ago
Water temp22.2°C
ClarityClear
Weather35°C
WindSW 21 km/h
Pressure1018 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm
Rain · ahead0.2 mm

Live readings only. Trends shown where the gauge supports them.

Water temperature for Barbel
Ideal
22.2°Cideal 16–24°C
0°14°28°
How to fish it · for Barbel
When
Summer through autumn — barbel feed in warmer water than trout enjoy. June through September is prime; fish move to deeper runs in midsummer heat.
Where
Slower deeper runs and the cushion behind boulders. Barbel hold below the trout water in summer warm; the lower Santa Teresa beats hold them reliably.
Method
Weighted nymphs upstream — Spanish-style heavy nymphing through the deeper runs. San Juan worm patterns and large weighted caddis pupa take well; strike on the slightest pause.
Kit
10 ft #4 nymphing rod with a heavy weighted point fly; 5 to 6 lb fluoro tippet. Studded boots — barbel water runs deeper and slicker than the trout reaches.
Why this works
Excellent — water temperature is right today, though insect activity could be better.
Hatch timeline · todayQuiet day

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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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Black MidgeHatch
2
3
3
3
3
3
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3
3
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2
Freshwater ShrimpHatch
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
Summer River MidgeHatch
2
3
3
3
2
Large Dark OliveHatch
1
2
2
1

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

Ranked for today
Barbel fly box
Permits & access
Permit required — see local rules.
  • Castilla y León fishing licence required
  • Four cotos on the Tormes in Salamanca province, all under mixed or catch-and-release regimes
  • The Junta says most of these sections require C&R for trout
  • Free-access stretches are generally sin muerte with a valid licence
  • Check the annual Castilla y León tramo map and order before travelling — detail is section-specific.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Other water nearby · 5
Embalse de Santa Teresa
8.0 km
Barbel · Carp · Pike
Río Tormes — Villagonzalo II (Hucho)
18 km
83
Brown trout · Barbel
Reservoirs near Salamanca / lower Tormes
20 km
Rainbow trout · Brown trout
Río Corneja system (research priority)
30 km
Brown trout
Zapardiel de la Ribera
37 km
Brown trout
Gallery · 2
  1. Río Tormes (Santa Teresa trout beats — Salamanca) — Aceña del Arrabal
    Aceña del Arrabal
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
The full read · show the working · for Barbel · confidence 90%
How the 83 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature100 × 28%28.0
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity85 × 18%15.3
Feeding Time70 × 13%9.1
Pressure75 × 7%5.3
Insect activity62 × 12%7.4
Conditions total= 83
Can you trust it?
Water temperaturelive gauge readinggauge
Level / flowon-river gaugeobserved
Prey activitysurvey-backed invertebrate datasurvey
Directions
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Seasons & zones
  • Barbel 1 January → 31 December

    Barbel is fishable year-round in Castilla y León's aguas libres, but a mandatory catch-and-release (zero-kill) window applies 1 May–15 July each year to protect spawning — anglers must release all barbel caught in that period (Orden MAV/1506/2025). This is a harvest rule, not a closure, so the season stays open throughout the year.

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