Spate · Schist · Galicia (Lugo inland), ES

Río Sarria

Río Sarria — Puente medieval sobre el río Celeiro, Sarria, Camino de Santiago

An inland Lugo trout river joining the Miño near Portomarín.

Poor · Brown Trout
Pheasant Tail Nymph · 14-18
Closed season
Out of season. Try elsewhere.
Closed — confidence not applicable today.
What moved it
  • Level0.34 mLifting fast
  • Water temp8.5°C
  • ClarityVery colouredColouring up
Today's fly
Pheasant Tail Nymph
Pheasant Tail Nymph14-18
High-confidence seasonal pick
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Level
Rising
0.34 m
Lifting fast
Water temp8.5°C
ClarityVery coloured
Weather14°C
WindNE 21 km/h
Pressure1024 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm
Rain · ahead0.0 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
9°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 11am

Hatch predictions

Today's headline hatch shown — see all 7 active hatches hour by hour 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 · October 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
  • Inland-water class — check 2026 Xunta order for coto and tramo rules on the Lugo Miño tributaries.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Fishing better nearby · 5
Gallery · 2
  1. Río Sarria — Puente medieval sobre el río Celeiro, Sarria, Camino de Santiago
    Puente medieval sobre el río Celeiro, Sarria, Camino de Santiago
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

An inland Lugo trout river joining the Miño near Portomarín. The Sarria runs through schist-and-slate country with classic Galician interior character — wooded, broken, often slow to clear after autumn rain but steady through May and June. Wild brown trout only. Best fished in the middle reaches around Sarria town and downstream towards the Camino crossings, where pool-and-riffle structure gives short-line nymph fishing and pocket-water dry fly all the cover an angler needs.

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.

  • Schist
The full read · show the working · for Brown Trout · confidence 45%
How the 0 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature73 × 28%20.4
Flow55 × 22%12.1
Clarity15 × 18%2.7
Feeding Time80 × 13%10.4
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity44 × 12%5.3
Limiting factor: Water is very coloured — too coloured for Brown Trout= 57
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowon-river gaugeobserved
Prey activitysurvey-backed invertebrate datasurvey
What would change the calculation
A drop and clear would lift the flow and clarity scores.
Directions
Seasons & zones
  • Trout 1 May → 31 July
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