Spate · Granite · Galicia (Ourense, ES

Río Limia

Riolimia

A separate basin to the Miño, draining from the Xinzo de Limia plain south into Portugal where it becomes the Lima.

Today · Closed season
Pheasant Tail Nymph
Forecast · Today
Closed season
Out of season. Try elsewhere.
40% projected
Today's fly
Pheasant Tail Nymph
Pheasant Tail Nymph
Conditions on the water · Today
Live gauge
Level
Rising
0.11 m
Lifting fast
Water temp6.0°C
ClarityVery coloured
Weather12°C
WindN 15 km/h
Pressure1015 hPa
Rain · recent20.7 mm
Rain · ahead28.3 mm

The nearest gauge doesn't record temperatures, so we've estimated it — defer to the river keeper's advice.

Water temperature for Brown Trout
Cool — slow
6°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.
Hatch timeline · todayPeak at 11am

12pm(now) — Autumn Needle Fly

Stage: Creeping nymphsApproach: Heavy nymphActivity: 25%
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 2 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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Trout seasonSeason
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2
1
March BrownHatch
2
3
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 licence required
  • Some sections inside the Peneda-Gerês transfrontier protected area have additional restrictions — check before fishing.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Other water nearby · 5
Río Limia
< 1 km
Brown trout
Río Arnoia
21 km
Brown trout
Minho (Upper System)
30 km
Brown trout
Alto Rabagão
31 km
Brown trout
Cávado (Upper / Gerês)
36 km
Brown trout
Gallery · 2
  1. Riolimia
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

The Galician section is wild brown trout water through the Baixa Limia and into the Peneda-Gerês transfrontier protected area. Two gauging points — Xinzo for the headwater plain and Ponteliñares for the gorge — frame the fishable Galician reach. Best fished in May and June in the middle gorge sections.

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
The full read · show the working · for Brown Trout · confidence 75%
How the 0 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature35 × 28%9.8
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity95 × 18%17.1
Feeding Time40 × 13%5.2
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity34 × 12%4.1
Conditions total= 59
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
  • Trout 1 May → 31 July
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Booking & contacts
At a glance

Río Limia is a spate river in Galicia (Ourense — Baixa Limia), Spain. Its recorded elevation is about 609 m above sea level and the catchment geology is granite. The river is described as roughly 108 km long. The species listed for this water is brown trout. The trout season is recorded as running from 1 May to 31 July. Best window recorded for anglers: May and June; protected-area gorges hold up into July. Core methods listed: dry fly; wet fly; short-line nymph. Level and flow data for this water is linked from 2 gauges. Nearby waters in our listings include Río Limia at < 1 km, Río Arnoia at 21 km and Minho (Upper System) at 30 km.