Secrets of Trout Fishing in Spain, with Ivan Tarin

The Orvis Fly-Fishing Podcast

James Hathaway

Bass, Fishing, Bonefish, Wilderness, Flyfishing, Trout, How To, Steelhead, Bluegill, Fly, Orvis, Sports, Salmon, Panfish, Education, Rosenbauer

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🗓️ 9 June 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Many North Americans would love to catch brown trout in their native environment, and most of us think of the UK or France or Slovenia for wild, native brown trout. But, Spain has a long history of fly fishing in the Pyrenees (Hemingway loved fly fishing in the Pyrenees and called this region "the closest thing to heaven") and for the traveler, there are many rivers with public access. Spain has small freestone mountain streams, lakes, and tailwaters that offer excellent trout fishing and my guest this week, Ivan Tarin [35:59], of Salvelinus Adventures, has spent thirty years exploring these rivers and has many tips to offer.

In the Fly Box this week, we have some interesting questions and also a listener who was upset by my attitude in a recent podcast:

Do you have any advice to help me catch more trout on dry flies?
Does it matter that jig flies ride upside-down?
Why can't I catch a fish on a Pheasant Tail nymph?
What is the best color for a background on a fly-tying table?
How do you keep track of the leader and tippet you have on a fly line?
How long with rivers in North Carolina take to recover from the devastating floods?
Why has trout fishing been so lousy in the Northeast this spring?
What should I do when trout are feeding on tiny flies? Small dries are too small for me to see.
Should I work a small bass river upstream or down?
I don't do well on dropoffs. How should I fish them?
What is the difference between Helios F and D versions, and what is the difference between the 9-foot and 9-foot 5-inch Helios 5-weight models?
A listener takes me to task for making fun of conventional bass anglers.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi, and welcome to the Orvis Fly Fishing Podcast.
0:13.6	In this week's podcast, we're going to be going to Spain, and we're going to be talking to Yvonne
0:18.8	Taryn of Salvalinus Flyfishing, who is the Orvis and Doris outfitter in Spain.
0:26.2	And we're going to learn about what kind of fly fishing opportunities there are in Spain.
0:31.7	And you probably normally don't think of Spain as a trout fishing destination, but they have excellent fishing for
0:39.6	native brown trout in both in lakes and in tailwaters and in freestone streams.
0:48.4	And it's a beautiful part of the world.
0:50.5	And if you're in Spain for a vacation and you want to take the opportunity to do some
0:58.2	fly fishing there, I would take a rod with you because it sounds like there's a lot of accessible
1:03.8	water in Spain. And also, if you want to take just a strictly fly fishing trip, you should
1:09.9	look up Yvonne's operation on the Orvis website.
1:14.6	I'm actually going to be hosting a trip to Spain to fish with Yvonne in late September.
1:21.7	That's on the Orvis website.
1:23.2	And last I looked, there was two spots open, two spots for two anglers open.
1:29.9	So if you're interested, those spots may not last long.
1:34.1	So you may want to take a look at that.
1:37.6	I've also got some other trips coming up.
1:40.7	I'm going to Iceland in mid-July.
1:43.4	That's coming up real soon. That one has a couple spots left.
1:49.3	We have one spot left in my Argentina trip in late January of 2026 to Teca Lodge.
1:57.3	I believe we have one spot at Magic Waters in Chile next March.
2:01.4	And then just announced, I don't think they're on the website yet, but keep your eye out for them.
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