Spate · Granite · Galicia (A Coruña

Río Furelos

Río Furelos — Cae a tarde no río Furelos
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Cae a tarde no río Furelos

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A short Ulla tributary crossing the Camino de Santiago at Melide, where the medieval bridge still carries pilgrims.

Marginal · Brown Trout
Klinkhammer · 14-18
Marginallive now
Slow going — pick your moments
River temperature is the limiting factor today, not the flow. Fish dawn or dusk if you go at all, and handle everything with extra care.
80% confidence
What moved it
  • LevelDry recentlyNo gauge reading
  • Water temp18.7°C
  • ClarityClear
Today’s fly
Klinkhammer
Klinkhammer14-18
High-confidence seasonal pick
Conditions on the water
Estimate
Level
Dry recently
No gauge reading
Water temp18.7°C
ClarityClear
Weather16°C
WindW 10 km/h
Pressure1020 hPa
Rain · recent0.3 mm
Rain · ahead4.0 mm

No gauge on this water — readings are regional estimates from weather, not a live gauge.

Water temperature for brown trout
Warm — slow
19°C est.ideal 10–16°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 18.7°C — above the brown trout caution line (18°C). Fish dawn or dusk only. Land it fast, wet hands, no air shots. Otherwise poor — water clarity is in the right range.
Hatch timeline · todayPeak at 6pm

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Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey

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Evidence
Records-basedModerate confidence

Based on species-occurrence records, not local invertebrate surveys.

Through the year
0–3 scale · July highlighted
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Trout seasonSeason
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March BrownHatch
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GrannomHatch
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Large StoneflyHatch
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Yellow SallyHatch
2
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Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.

Ranked for today
Brown Trout fly box
Permits & access
Permit required — see local rules.
  • Se requiere licencia gallega
  • Agua pequeña — los cruces del Camino son sendas públicas, pero los derechos de pesca siguen aplicándose.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Cooler water nearby · 1
Water here around 19°C — probably warm enough to stress brown trout. These are likely cooler.
Mandeo
34 km
~17°C
Brown trout · Sea trout
Gallery · 2
  1. Río Furelos — Cae a tarde no río Furelos
    Cae a tarde no río Furelos
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

A short Ulla tributary crossing the Camino de Santiago at Melide, where the medieval bridge still carries pilgrims. The Furelos is wadable wild brown trout water — small, mostly intimate, with classic Galician granite-freestone pool-riffle structure. A good half-day diversion from the Ulla, especially when the bigger river is too high after rain.

  • Granite
The full read · show the working · for brown trout · confidence 80%
How the 36 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature44 × 28%12.3
Flow60 × 22%13.2
Clarity95 × 18%17.1
Feeding Time50 × 13%6.5
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity54 × 12%6.5
Conditions total= 61
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowon-river gaugeobserved
Prey activitymodelled from regional profilemodelled
What would change the calculation
Cooler water — back toward the 10–16 °C ideal band — would lift the score and ease welfare.
The dawn and dusk windows score higher than the midday lull.
Directions
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Seasons & zones
  • Trout1 May → 31 July
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