Spate · Granite · Galicia

Tambre

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The Tambre is a heritage salmon river flowing to the Noia ría, but salmon are now depleted and out of bounds.

Marginal · Sea Trout
Black & Silver Tube · 1-2 inch
Marginallive now
Marginal — persistence required
River lifting fast on the rain. Cover the water properly, fish each lie once.
65% confidence
What moved it
  • Level0.52 mLifting fast
  • Water temp16.9°C
  • ClarityVery colouredColouring up
Today’s fly
BS
Black & Silver Tube1-2 inch
In deep pools and dark water, silhouette and contrast do the work colour cannot. A fly that reads as black against depth is enough. Fish it broadside, hold the swing, let it hang at the dangle — that is when the best fish take.
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Level
Rising
0.52 m
Lifting fast
Water temp16.9°C
ClarityVery coloured
Weather15°C
WindNE 21 km/h
Pressure1026 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm
Rain · ahead0.0 mm

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

Water temperature for sea trout
Warm — slow
17°C est.ideal 8–15°C
0°14°28°
How to fish it · for sea trout
When
Reo season 1 May to 31 July — short, rainfall-dependent window. Fish enter on a rising tide and rain; June and July catches peak. Stocks in documented decline — local guidance is essential.
Where
Lower Tambre reaches and the Noia estuary. Pool tails and tidal margins where reo settle on the run.
Method
Across-and-down on a floating line with small wets — Medicine, Stoat's Tail, small Bibio. Fish the rising tide and the dropping water after rain. Treat the Tambre as a heritage fishery — release with care.
Kit
10 ft #6/7, floating line, 8 lb fluoro tippet. Spare leader on a wrist spool. Galician fishing licence with migratory species fee where applicable.
Why this works
Poor — barometric pressure is working for you, but insect activity is the limiting factor today. ⏰ Sea trout become most active after dark, but this stretch closes at 20:52 — before that window fully opens. Fish hard in the last legal hour: overcast skies and warm evenings can bring fish on early even in fading light.
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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2
GrannomHatch
2
2
Large StoneflyHatch
2
3
2
Yellow SallyHatch
2
3
2

Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.

Ranked for today
Sea Trout fly box
BS
Black & Silver TubeTop
1-2 inch · Tube
In deep pools and dark water, silhouette and contrast do the work colour cannot. A fly that reads as black against depth is enough. Fish it broadside, hold the swing, let it hang at the dangle — that is when the best fish take.
SF
Snake Fly (Black)
2-4 inch · Streamer
A mobile eel-like profile that undulates through deep pools — effective when sea trout are lying deep and not responding to conventional wets.
Permits & access
Permit required — see local rules.
  • Galician fishing licence required
  • Additional coto or tramo permit may be needed depending on the beat
  • Check current Xunta rules before travel; salmon heritage does not make salmon a legal target.
What's coming
Plan ahead
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Gallery · 1
  1. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

The Tambre is a heritage salmon river flowing to the Noia ría, but salmon are now depleted and out of bounds. Its present practical value is as a granite spate river with brown trout in the steeper upper water and sea trout in the lower river and estuarine reaches. The 8-hour response time makes it attractive after rainfall, and the river still carries real migratory-fish atmosphere even though active salmon fishing should not be part of trip planning.

  • Granite
Water quality (WFD)
  • Ecology: Moderate
  • Chemical: Unknown
What this classification means

WFD ecological status Poor → Moderate corrected to EEA WISE 2022 (3rd RBMP) classification for waterbody ES014MSPFES-014-NR-244-100-01-01 (was a stale earlier-cycle value). Source: EEA WISE SWB_SurfaceWaterBody (discodata.eea.europa.eu), verified 2026-06-18.

WFD classification · ES014MSPFES-014-NR-244-100-01-01

Why this score · for sea trout
  • Temperature3828% weight
  • Flow3022% weight
  • Clarity4518% weight
  • Feeding Time4013% weight
  • Pressure857% weight
  • Insect activity2412% weight
Directions
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Seasons & zones
  • Sea trout1 May → 31 July
  • Trout1 May → 31 July

Sea trout: Variable seasonal (2026) — Reo (Galician sea trout) present in lower Tambre reaches. Salmon banned 2026. Sea trout are a secondary quarry on this heritage salmon river — present and occasionally taken but not a reliable primary target. Local knowledge essential.

Salmon: Heritage only (2026) — Salmon fishing banned in Galicia by 2026 Xunta decree. Heritage salmon river — not a salmon fishing destination.

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