Fishing the Guadiana

River views

The Guadiana river system, forms a border between southern Portugal and Spain at its lower tidal reaches. It is considered one of Spain's premiere Comizo barbel rivers. Its tributaries and many dam formed lakes makes for amazing fishing.
  There are a few companies in Spain offering some excellent fishing adventures, but none in Portugal with accommodation actually on the Guadiana river until now.
  We are based in the small historic town of Mertola where we have two houses and we fish a section of the river about five kilometres upstream to a large weir, and about three kilometres downstream to a large deep pool area, which is fresh water tidal.
  The river varies from fast flowing tumbling glides, where, during the spawning run of May and June you can take shad on the fly or small silver spinner, to deep slow pools where with one rod you can bag up with small barbel and carp while the other rod and bite indicator waits for the big comizo or big river carp. 

                  The specimen barbel fishing could be just as good as Spain.