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Río Verdugo

Río Verdugo — Cruce de ríos
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Cruce de ríos

Contando Estrelas (https://www.flickr.com/photos/96937621@N00) - CC BY-SA

A Pontevedra river falling from the Serra do Suído to the head of the Ría de Vigo at Pontesampaio.

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
  • Level2.03 mLast reading 17h ago
  • Water temp21.2°C
  • ClarityClear
Today’s fly
Klinkhammer
Klinkhammer14-18
High-confidence seasonal pick
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Level
Steady
2.03 m
Last reading 17h ago
Water temp21.2°C
ClarityClear
Weather21°C
WindSW 8 km/h
Pressure1017 hPa
Rain · recent0.2 mm
Rain · ahead2.2 mm

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

Water temperature for brown trout
Warm — slow
21°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 21.2°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.
Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

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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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Sea trout runRun
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Trout seasonSeason
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March BrownHatch
2
3
2
GrannomHatch
2
2
Large StoneflyHatch
2
3
2
Yellow SallyHatch
2
3
2

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
  • El Verdugo es un sistema clásico de reo en Pontevedra: verifica las normas del coto de Soutomaior.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Cooler water nearby · 3
Water here around 21°C — probably warm enough to stress brown trout. These are likely cooler.
Lérez
8.0 km
~18°C
Brown trout · Sea trout
Miño
29 km
~18°C
Brown trout · Sea trout
Río Oitavén
7.0 km
~18°C
Brown trout
Gallery · 2
  1. Río Verdugo — Cruce de ríos
    Cruce de ríos
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

A Pontevedra river falling from the Serra do Suído to the head of the Ría de Vigo at Pontesampaio. The Verdugo is one of Galicia's classic sea-trout (reo) systems — granite freestone water, partial canopy, with the lower reaches around Soutomaior and Ponte Caldelas holding the running fish. Wild brown trout throughout the middle and upper river. Best fished in May and June for trout, with reo interest building from July after summer rain.

  • Granite
The full read · show the working · for brown trout · confidence 80%
How the 20 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature12 × 28%3.4
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity95 × 18%17.1
Feeding Time60 × 13%7.8
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity54 × 12%6.5
Limiting factor: Water temperature (21.2°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
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