Spate · Granite · Galicia (A Coruña

Río Xubia

Río Xubia terrain map
Terrain map

A Ferrolterra river falling from the Sierra de la Loba through San Sadurniño to the Ría de Ferrol.

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
  • Level0.59 m
  • Water temp19.0°C
  • ClarityClear
Today’s fly
Klinkhammer
Klinkhammer14-18
High-confidence seasonal pick
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Level
Steady
0.59 m
Water temp19.0°C
ClarityClear
Weather19°C
WindS 4 km/h
Pressure1018 hPa
Rain · recent2.2 mm
Rain · ahead8.7 mm

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

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 19°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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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
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GrannomHatch
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2
Large StoneflyHatch
2
3
2
Yellow SallyHatch
2
3
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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 gallega de pesca.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Cooler water nearby · 2
Water here around 19°C — probably warm enough to stress brown trout. These are likely cooler.
Eume
26 km
~17°C
Brown trout · Sea trout
Río Mendo
31 km
~18°C
Brown trout
About this water

A Ferrolterra river falling from the Sierra de la Loba through San Sadurniño to the Ría de Ferrol. The Xubia is a granite spate river with steady flows and good cover — partially canopied, with classic pool-and-riffle structure. Wild brown trout throughout the middle and upper reaches; sea trout running into the lower river around Neda from July onwards. Less famous than the southern Galician reo systems but well-regarded by local anglers.

  • Granite
The full read · show the working · for brown trout · confidence 80%
How the 34 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature39 × 28%10.9
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity95 × 18%17.1
Feeding Time40 × 13%5.2
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity55 × 12%6.6
Conditions total= 63
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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