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Río Tea

Río Tea — Río Tea Ponteareas

A lower-Miño tributary draining the Condado country between Mondariz and Salvaterra.

Today · Closed season
Black Gnat
Forecast · Today
Closed season
Out of season. Plenty of other water available now.
75% projected
Today's fly
Black Gnat
Black Gnat
Conditions on the water · Today
Live gauge
Level
Falling
0.36 m
Dropping after lift
Water temp15.4°C
ClarityClearing
Weather19°C
WindN 5 km/h
Pressure1022 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
Ideal
15°C est.ideal 1016°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.
Hatch timeline · todayPeak at 12pm

12pm(now) Heather Fly

Stage: Terrestrials on topApproach: Dry flyActivity: 95%
Also:Reed Smut87%Cinnamon Sedge53%Autumn Dun52%
Peak emergence windowWeather boost10 food groups active

Peak activity at 12pm — Heather Fly (Heather Fly, Peak emergence window)

Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

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Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey(1)

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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 · September highlighted
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Sea trout runRun
1
2
1
Trout seasonSeason
1
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
  • Lower-Miño coto rules apply
  • Salmon fishing prohibited (Xunta 2026 emergency decree).
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Other water nearby · 5
Gallery · 2
  1. Río Tea — Río Tea Ponteareas
    Río Tea Ponteareas
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

A lower-Miño tributary draining the Condado country between Mondariz and Salvaterra. The Tea has been one of Galicia's classic salmon tributaries historically, but the 2026 Galician salmon closure rules it out as a legal salmon target. It remains a fine wild brown trout river and one of the more reliable Pontevedra sea-trout (reo) systems in the lower reaches. Granite freestone character, slower-clearing than Lugo schist water but with a steady fishing window once the dropping stage sets in.

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.

  • Granite
The full read · show the working · for Brown Trout · confidence 75%
How the 0 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature100 × 28%28.0
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity95 × 18%17.1
Feeding Time45 × 13%5.9
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity45 × 12%5.4
Conditions total= 80
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowon-river gaugeobserved
Prey activitysurvey-backed invertebrate datasurvey
What would change the calculation
The dawn and dusk windows score higher than the midday lull.
Directions
Seasons & zones
  • Sea trout 1 May31 July
  • Trout 1 May31 July

Salmon: Banned (2026) — Galicia 2026 salmon closure — Xunta emergency decree.

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