Spate · Granite · Galicia

Mandeo

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A compact, highly responsive heritage salmon river near Betanzos where salmon are now depleted and out of bounds.

Marginal · Brown Trout
Klinkhammer · 14-18
Marginallive now
Slow going — pick your moments
River steady at a fishable height. Take your time — read the water before you cast.
80% confidence
What moved it
  • Level1.15 mLast reading 17h ago
  • Water temp19.1°C
  • ClarityClear
Today’s fly
Klinkhammer
Klinkhammer14-18
High-confidence seasonal pick
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Level
Steady
1.15 m
Last reading 17h ago
Water temp19.1°C
ClarityClear
Weather23°C
WindN 13 km/h
Pressure1025 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm
Rain · ahead0.0 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
Trout season 1 May to 31 July. Spring olives and sedges through May; summer evenings into July. The Mandeo responds quickly to rain — fish 6 to 12 hours after a spate.
Where
Compact granite spate river through the Betanzos hinterland. Pool tails, riffle heads, and pocket water through the upper reaches.
Method
Upstream dry to risers; dry-dropper through the riffles. The Mandeo is small intimate water — short casts, careful approach, fish each lie before moving on.
Kit
9 ft #4. Floating line, 9 to 12 ft leader to 4 lb fluoro. Studded boots — granite is slick.
Why this works
⚠️ Water at 19.1°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 · todayQuiet day

Hatch predictions

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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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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
Brown Trout fly box
Permits & access
Permit required — see local rules.
  • Galician fishing licence required
  • Additional coto or tramo permit may be needed depending on the beat
  • Check current Xunta rules before travel; salmon heritage does not make salmon a legal target.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Cooler water nearby · 1
Water here around 19°C — probably warm enough to stress brown trout. These are likely cooler.
Río Furelos
34 km
~19°C
Brown trout
Gallery · 1
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About this water

A compact, highly responsive heritage salmon river near Betanzos where salmon are now depleted and out of bounds. Smaller than the Ulla or Tambre, it still offers concentrated trout-and-sea-trout fishing, especially after rain, with a quick 5-hour response that can create short but worthwhile windows. Sea trout in the lower river and estuary now make more practical sense than any salmon-led framing.

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

WFD classification · ES014MSPFES-014-NR-111-025-02-02

The full read · show the working · for brown trout · confidence 80%
How the 33 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature38 × 28%10.6
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity95 × 18%17.1
Feeding Time60 × 13%7.8
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity53 × 12%6.4
Conditions total= 65
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 present in the lower Mandeo and estuary. Salmon depleted and prohibited. Sea trout are a residual fishery — occasional, water-dependent, not a promoted primary species.

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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