Spate · Granite · Galicia, ES

Eume

Eume fishing venue photo

Beautiful trout and sea-trout river — salmon no longer present.

Today · Closed season
Hare's Ear Nymph
Forecast · Today
Closed season
Out of season. Try elsewhere.
45% projected
Today's fly
Hare's Ear Nymph
Hare's Ear Nymph
Conditions on the water · Today
Live gauge
Level
Rising
0.76 m
Lifting fast
Water temp7.2°C
ClarityUnfishable
Weather13°C
WindN 14 km/h
Pressure1014 hPa
Rain · recent13.1 mm
Rain · ahead40.6 mm

The nearest gauge is at Eume As Fragas. It doesn't record temperatures, so we've estimated it — defer to the river keeper's advice.

Water temperature for Brown Trout
Cool — slow
7°C est.ideal 10–16°C
0°14°28°
How to fish it · for Brown Trout
When
Trout season 1 May to 31 July. Spring olives and sedges through May; summer sedges through June and July evenings; the close arrives early in this Galician calendar.
Where
Boulder-strewn upper reaches through the Fragas do Eume — ancient Atlantic-forest gorge, Special Area of Conservation. Pool tails, riffle heads, and the seams behind boulders.
Method
Upstream dry to risers; dry-dropper through the riffles. The Eume runs through ancient forest — careful approach to wild trout in clear water. Walk softly, fish quietly.
Kit
9 ft #4 — Galician granite spate default. Floating line, 12 ft leader to 4 lb fluoro. Studded boots — granite cobble runs slick.
Likely species
Stoneflies
Hatch timeline · todayPeak at 11am

12pm(now) — Autumn Needle Fly

Stage: Creeping nymphsApproach: Heavy nymphActivity: 35%
Peak emergence window

Peak activity at 11am — Autumn Needle Fly (Autumn Needle Fly, Peak emergence window)

Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

Hatch predictions

Top nymph shown — see all 3 guilds as a supporter.

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Evidence
Survey-backed · regionalHigh confidence

Backed by regional invertebrate surveys; no sampling on this exact reach yet.

Through the year
0–3 scale · November highlighted
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Sea trout runRun
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Trout seasonSeason
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March BrownHatch
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2
Late March BrownHatch
2
3
2
Large Brook DunHatch
2
3
2
Large StoneflyHatch
2
3
2

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.
  • Galician fishing licence required
  • Check current Xunta rules and any coto-specific extensions or catch-and-release provisions before travel.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
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0
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19 km
0
Brown trout · Sea trout
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20 km
0
Brown trout
Río Mero
24 km
0
Brown trout · Sea trout
Río Xubia
13 km
Brown trout · Sea trout
Gallery · 2
  1. Venue photo
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

Carves through an ancient Atlantic forest gorge (Fragas do Eume, Special Area of Conservation). Strong brown trout populations in boulder-strewn upper sections; sea trout in lower reaches. The 4-hour response time means morning rainfall yields afternoon fishing. Exceptional natural setting with restricted access preserving ecology.

Hatches & food

In Galicia's Atlantic trout rivers, resident browns feed through a spring build-up of olives and other up-wings into a long summer of caddis and small buzzers, with frequent spates and cool water keeping fish active; terrestrials from lush banks and meadows become important once levels settle and the banks green up.

  • Granite
Water quality (WFD)
  • Ecology: Good
  • Chemical: Unknown

WFD classification · ES014MSPFES-014-NR-109-000-01-00

The full read · show the working · for Brown Trout · confidence 75%
How the 0 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature51 × 28%14.3
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity95 × 18%17.1
Feeding Time55 × 13%7.2
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity36 × 12%4.3
Conditions total= 66
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowon-river gaugeobserved
Prey activitysurvey-backed invertebrate datasurvey
What would change the calculation
Warmer water — toward the 10–16 °C ideal band — would lift the temperature score.
The dawn and dusk windows score higher than the midday lull.
Directions
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Seasons & zones
  • Sea trout 1 May → 31 July
  • Trout 1 May → 31 July

Sea trout: Variable seasonal (2026) — The Eume holds reo (sea trout) in its lower river and estuary reach. Salmon no longer present. Sea trout are the migratory highlight — present and fishable in the right conditions but stocks are fragile and rainfall-dependent.

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At a glance

Eume is a spate river in Galicia, Spain. Its recorded elevation is about 86 m above sea level and the catchment geology is granite. The river is described as roughly 79 km long. Our data lists brown trout and sea trout here. The trout season is recorded as running from 1 May to 31 July. The sea trout season is recorded as running from 1 May to 31 July. Best window recorded for anglers: May–July for the core legal and practical window; later fishing depends on specific no-kill cotos. Core methods listed: euro nymphing; dry fly. Level and flow data for this water is linked from 2 gauges. Its Water Framework Directive ecological status is recorded as good. Nearby waters in our listings include Río Belelle at 11 km, Río Xubia at 13 km and Mandeo at 19 km.