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Río Masma

Río Masma — Río Masma

North Galician river reaching the sea near Foz.

Today · Closed season
Gold-Ribbed Hare's Ear
Forecast · Today
Closed season
Out of season. Try elsewhere.
45% projected
Today's fly
Gold-Ribbed Hare's Ear
Gold-Ribbed Hare's Ear
Conditions on the water · Today
Live gauge
Level
Rising
0.72 m
Lifting fast
Water temp14.8°C
ClarityUnfishable
Weather17°C
WindN 23 km/h
Pressure1017 hPa
Rain · recent6.5 mm
Rain · ahead0.1 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
Ideal
15°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.
Likely species
Hatch timeline · todayPeak at 2pm

12pm(now) — Heather Fly

Stage: Terrestrials on topApproach: Dry flyActivity: 55%
Also:Reed Smut53%Autumn Dun32%Cinnamon Sedge30%
Peak emergence windowWeather boost11 food groups active

Peak activity at 2pm — Autumn Dun (Autumn Dun, Weather boost)

Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

Hatch predictions

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Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey(1)

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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 · September highlighted
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F
M
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Sea trout runRun
1
2
1
Trout seasonSeason
1
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 fishing licence required
  • Check current Xunta rules, cotos and catch-and-release conditions before travel
  • Heritage salmon status does not mean salmon can be targeted.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Other water nearby · 5
Gallery · 2
  1. Río Masma — Río Masma
    Río Masma
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

North Galician river reaching the sea near Foz. Known now mainly for trout and sea trout on a heritage salmon system where salmon stocks are fragile, depleted and out of bounds. Classic A Mariña spate behaviour still shapes the fishing.

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.

  • Slate
The full read · show the working · for Brown Trout · confidence 75%
How the 0 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature100 × 28%28.0
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity95 × 18%17.1
Feeding Time50 × 13%6.5
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity70 × 12%8.4
Conditions total= 83
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowon-river gaugeobserved
Prey activitysurvey-backed invertebrate datasurvey
What would change the calculation
The dawn and dusk windows score higher than the midday lull.
Directions
Seasons & zones
  • Sea trout 1 May → 31 July
  • Trout 1 May → 31 July

Sea trout: Variable seasonal (2026) — Río Masma — small Galician river. Reo present in lower reaches; salmon prohibited 2026. Sea trout fishing is opportunistic and condition-dependent on this small system.

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