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Río Sar

Río Sar — Rio Sar Pontepedrina Santiago Galicia 070310 2

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.

Poor · Brown Trout
Klinkhammer · 14-18
Poorlive now
Not the day for it
River temperature is the limiting factor today, not the flow. This is not the day to push it. Check the thermal advice above before you head out.
90% confidence
What moved it
  • Level0.89 mRising in the last 6h
  • Water temp22.1°C
  • ClarityClear
Today's fly
Klinkhammer
Klinkhammer14-18
High-confidence seasonal pick
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Level
Steady
0.89 m
Rising in the last 6h
Water temp22.1°C
ClarityClear
Weather27°C
WindNE 6 km/h
Pressure1015 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm
Rain · ahead3.4 mm

Live readings — water temperature is an estimate where the gauge does not record it.

Water temperature for Brown Trout
Warm — slow
22°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.
Why this works
Water at 22.1°C. This is the line where catch-and-release kills brown trout. Do not fish for them today.
Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey

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 licence required
  • Padrón coto allocation applies on the reo beats.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Water here around 22°C. Nothing cooler within range — carry a thermometer.
Gallery · 2
  1. Río Sar — Rio Sar Pontepedrina Santiago Galicia 070310 2
    Rio Sar Pontepedrina Santiago Galicia 070310 2
  2. Terrain map of the venue
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About this water

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.

  • Granite
The full read · show the working · for Brown Trout · confidence 90%
How the 12 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature6 × 28%1.7
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity95 × 18%17.1
Feeding Time60 × 13%7.8
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity55 × 12%6.6
Limiting factor: Water temperature (22.1°C) is outside Brown Trout's preferred range (10–16°C)= 56
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
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