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Tera

Tera — Un puente con historia pero en donde ? * Puebla de Sanabria (Zamora)

The Tera emerges from Lake Sanabria — Spain's largest natural lake — creating a montane river with reliable year-round base flows.

Today · Closed season
Frenchie
Forecast · Today
Closed season
Out of season. Try elsewhere.
45% projected
Today's fly
Frenchie
Frenchie
Conditions on the water · Today
Live gauge
Level
Rising
2.14 m
Lifting fast
Water temp7.4°C
ClarityUnfishable
Weather13°C
WindN 16 km/h
Pressure1026 hPa
Rain · recent11.3 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
7°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
Stoneflies
Gammarids
Hatch timeline · todayPeak at 11am

12pm(now) — Autumn Needle Fly

Stage: Creeping nymphsApproach: Heavy nymphActivity: 51%
Also:Black Midge22%
Peak emergence window

Peak activity at 11am — Autumn Needle Fly (Autumn Needle Fly, Peak emergence window)

Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

Hatch predictions

Supporters see the full sub-surface read.

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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
2
2
1
Late March BrownHatch
2
3
2
Large Brook DunHatch
2
3
2
Large StoneflyHatch
2
3
2
Olive UprightHatch
2
3
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.
  • Castilla y León fishing licence required
  • Many premium trout waters use the Junta's tramo-based management system, including EDE sections, so check the exact section and current rules before travel.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
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Brown trout
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  1. Tera — Un puente con historia pero en donde ? * Puebla de Sanabria (Zamora)
    Un puente con historia pero en donde ? * Puebla de Sanabria (Zamora)
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    Terrain map
About this water

The Tera emerges from Lake Sanabria — Spain's largest natural lake — creating a montane river with reliable year-round base flows. Mixed geology (granite, limestone, slate) produces moderate alkalinity and excellent insect productivity supporting strong wild brown populations. More rugged and remote than Leonese counterparts, genuinely wild yet accessible. Sanabria's influence means stable summer conditions and consistent mayfly (B. rhodani, E. notata) and sedge hatches. The 6-hour spate response creates both blind-prospecting and hatch-matching opportunities. The 68km offers wilderness fishing: small, selective upper reaches; productive middle pools; lower stretches with larger browns and occasional trout.

  • Granite
Water quality (WFD)
  • Ecology: Good
  • Chemical: Unknown

WFD classification · ES020MSPF000000208

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 Time40 × 13%5.2
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity52 × 12%6.2
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
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Seasons & zones
  • Trout Last Sunday of March → 31 July
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