Matallana de Torío · León

A house on the river

A converted mining building of the kind you find all through these mountains, standing on the bank of the Torío — with a drying room for waders and a bench for tying flies.

The sitting room of the Wild Trout lodge, under the timber eaves
The house

Room for a party of six

A penthouse with two double bedrooms, each with its own bathroom, and an attic with two single beds. A fully equipped open kitchen, a dining room, and a sitting room that exists mainly so the day can be talked over properly once the rods are away.

  • Two en-suite doubles plus an attic twin
    Comfortable for four, workable for six.
  • Open-plan kitchen and dining room
    Cook for yourselves, or let us point you at the right table in the valley.
  • Ten paces from the Torío
    You can fish before breakfast without getting in a car.

Built around how anglers actually live

Drying room
For boots and waders, so you don't start the second morning in wet gear.
Fly-tying bench
Set up and ready. Bring materials or use ours.
Rod and tackle storage
Somewhere sensible to leave rods rigged overnight.
Kitchen and dining room
Fully equipped, and León's produce is worth cooking.
Sitting room
For the part of the day that happens after the fishing.
Eight rivers within 40 minutes
By quiet roads, most of them a good deal closer.

Where it is

The house sits in the central León mountains, twenty-five kilometres from the city. It is a privileged valley by any measure — the Vegacervera gorges, the Valporquero caves and the beech wood of Orzonaga are all within a short drive, and the Torío runs past the door.

From here, on low-traffic roads, you can be on several different rivers and some genuinely legendary beats inside a few minutes. For an angler it is close to the ideal address: enough water to never fish the same day twice, and somewhere quiet to come back to.

León airport is a short drive. Most guests fly into Madrid, Bilbao or Asturias and drive; we can advise on the run that suits your dates.

Inside the house

Rates and availability
Stay at the lodge
The house works best taken whole by a party of anglers. Tell us your dates and how many you are, and we'll come back with rates and what's open.