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Río Sor

Río Sor terrain map
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Boundary river between A Coruña and Lugo provinces, entering the sea near O Barqueiro.

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
  • Level1.08 m
  • Water temp18.0°C
  • ClarityClear
Today’s fly
Klinkhammer
Klinkhammer14-18
High-confidence seasonal pick
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Level
Steady
1.08 m
Water temp18.0°C
ClarityClear
Weather17°C
WindNE 25 km/h
Pressure1028 hPa
Rain · recent0.1 mm
Rain · ahead2.4 mm

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

Water temperature for brown trout
Warm — slow
18°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 18°C — above the brown trout caution line (18°C). Fish dawn or dusk only. Land it fast, wet hands, no air shots. Otherwise fair — 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
  • Check current Xunta coto and catch-and-release rules before travel
  • Heritage salmon status does not make salmon a legal target.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Water here around 18°C. Nothing cooler within range — carry a thermometer.
About this water

Boundary river between A Coruña and Lugo provinces, entering the sea near O Barqueiro. Dark-water, rain-driven salmonid catchment with wild character and clear salmon heritage, but current practical fishing is better framed around brown trout and sea trout because salmon are depleted and out of bounds.

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The full read · show the working · for brown trout · confidence 80%
How the 40 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature56 × 28%15.7
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity95 × 18%17.1
Feeding Time40 × 13%5.2
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity48 × 12%5.8
Conditions total= 67
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) — Río Sor — dark peatland river. Reo present in lower reaches alongside a declining salmon population (salmon prohibited 2026). Sea trout are a secondary species here; stocks are fragile and rain-dependent.

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