Spate · Granite · Galicia

Tambre

Tambre — File:Rio Tambre.Portor.Ponte Maceira.jpg
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The Tambre is a heritage salmon river flowing to the Noia ría, but salmon are now depleted and out of bounds.

Poor · Brown Trout
Klinkhammer · 14-18
Poorlive now
Not the day for it
River temperature is the limiting factor today, not the flow. This is not the day to push it. Check the thermal advice above before you head out.
80% confidence
What moved it
  • Level0.52 mRising in the last 6h
  • Water temp21.5°C
  • ClarityClear
Today’s fly
Klinkhammer
Klinkhammer14-18
High-confidence seasonal pick
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Level
Steady
0.52 m
Rising in the last 6h
Water temp21.5°C
ClarityClear
Weather23°C
WindSW 11 km/h
Pressure1017 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm
Rain · ahead5.1 mm

Live readings — water temperature is an estimate where the gauge does not record it.

Water temperature for brown trout
Warm — slow
22°C est.ideal 10–16°C
0°14°28°
How to fish it · for brown trout
When
Trout season opens 1 May and closes 31 July — short Galician window. Spring olives and sedges through May; summer sedges in June and July evenings; small dark flies as the close approaches.
Where
Steeper upper water above the Noia ría tideline. Pool tails, riffle heads, and the seams behind boulders through the granite gorges.
Method
Upstream dry to risers; dry-dropper through the riffles. The Tambre's granite water reads clear — long leader, fine tippet, careful approach.
Kit
9 ft #4 — Galician spate default. Floating line, 12 ft leader to 4 lb fluoro. Studded boots — granite cobble runs slick.
Why this works
⚠️ Water at 21.5°C — above the brown trout caution line (18°C). Fish dawn or dusk only. Land it fast, wet hands, no air shots. Otherwise very poor — water clarity is in the right range.
Hatch timeline · todayPeak at 6pm

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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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GrannomHatch
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Large StoneflyHatch
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Yellow SallyHatch
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Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.

Ranked for today
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Permits & access
Permit required — see local rules.
  • Se requiere licencia de pesca gallega
  • Puede ser necesario un permiso adicional de coto o tramo según la zona
  • Consulta la normativa vigente de la Xunta antes de desplazarte; el pasado salmonero del río no convierte al salmón en objetivo legal.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Cooler water nearby · 1
Water here around 22°C — probably warm enough to stress brown trout. These are likely cooler.
Río Dubra
15 km
~17°C
Brown trout
Gallery · 2
  1. Tambre — File:Rio Tambre.Portor.Ponte Maceira.jpg
    File:Rio Tambre.Portor.Ponte Maceira.jpg
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

The Tambre is a heritage salmon river flowing to the Noia ría, but salmon are now depleted and out of bounds. Its present practical value is as a granite spate river with brown trout in the steeper upper water and sea trout in the lower river and estuarine reaches. The 8-hour response time makes it attractive after rainfall, and the river still carries real migratory-fish atmosphere even though active salmon fishing should not be part of trip planning.

  • Granite
Water quality (WFD)
  • Ecology: Moderate
  • Chemical: Unknown
What this classification means

WFD ecological status Poor → Moderate corrected to EEA WISE 2022 (3rd RBMP) classification for waterbody ES014MSPFES-014-NR-244-100-01-01 (was a stale earlier-cycle value). Source: EEA WISE SWB_SurfaceWaterBody (discodata.eea.europa.eu), verified 2026-06-18.

WFD classification · ES014MSPFES-014-NR-244-100-01-01

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How the 18 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature10 × 28%2.8
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity95 × 18%17.1
Feeding Time60 × 13%7.8
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity57 × 12%6.8
Limiting factor: Water temperature (21.5°C) is outside Brown Trout's preferred range (10–16°C)= 58
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
  • Sea trout1 May → 31 July
  • Trout1 May → 31 July

Sea trout: Variable seasonal (2026) — Reo (Galician sea trout) present in lower Tambre reaches. Salmon banned 2026. Sea trout are a secondary quarry on this heritage salmon river — present and occasionally taken but not a reliable primary target. Local knowledge essential.

Salmon: Heritage only (2026) — Salmon fishing banned in Galicia by 2026 Xunta decree. Heritage salmon river — not a salmon fishing destination.

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