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Río Tea

Río Tea — Río Tea Ponteareas

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

Good · Brown Trout
Klinkhammer · 14-18
Goodlive now
A proper day on the water
River steady at a fishable height. A proper day for it. Work the seams with an upstream nymph, switch to the dry when they show.
75% confidence
What moved it
  • Level0.72 mLast reading 21h ago
  • Water temp16.6°C
  • ClarityClear
Today's fly
Klinkhammer
Klinkhammer14-18
High-confidence seasonal pick
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Level
Steady
0.72 m
Last reading 21h ago
Water temp16.6°C
ClarityClear
Weather15°C
WindNE 7 km/h
Pressure1016 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm
Rain · ahead1.7 mm

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

Water temperature for Brown Trout
Warm — slow
17°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
Good — water clarity is right today, though time of day could be better.
Hatch timeline · todayPeak at 6pm

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Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

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Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey

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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
1
2
1
Trout seasonSeason
1
2
1
March BrownHatch
2
3
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
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
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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.

  • Granite
The full read · show the working · for Brown Trout · confidence 75%
How the 77 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature86 × 28%24.1
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity95 × 18%17.1
Feeding Time45 × 13%5.9
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity54 × 12%6.5
Conditions total= 77
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowon-river gaugeobserved
Prey activitymodelled from regional profilemodelled
What would change the calculation
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

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

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