Stoneflies
A short but historically important Ulla tributary running south from Santiago de Compostela through Brión and Padrón to join the parent river just above the Arousa estuary. The Sar carries the name of Rosalía de Castro's poetry collection — "Follas Novas" — and is one of Galicia's classic sea-trout systems despite its modest length. Granite freestone water with lowland sections in the middle reaches. Reo run into the lower river around Padrón from July onwards.
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