Spate · Schist · Galicia (Lugo, ES

Río Cabe

Río Cabe — Puente Viejo sobre el río Cabe, en Monforte de Lemos (Lugo, España)
Tomorrow · Closed season
Stonefly Nymph
Forecast · Tomorrow
Closed season
Out of season. Try elsewhere.
90% projected
Today's fly
Stonefly Nymph
Stonefly Nymph
Conditions on the water · Tomorrow
Live gauge
Level
Steady
0.28 m
Water temp10.2°C
ClarityClear
Weather20°C
WindN 12 km/h
Pressure1023 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
10°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
Hatch timeline · tomorrowPeak at 11h

12h(now) — Autumn Needle Fly

Stage: Creeping nymphsApproach: Heavy nymphActivity: 89%
Also:Iron Blue57%Black Gnat56%
Peak emergence window6 food groups active

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

Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

Hatch predictions

Top nymph shown — see all 2 guilds as a supporter.

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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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A
M
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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
Fly box · Brown Trout
Permits & access
Permit required — see local rules.
  • Galician licence required
  • Check Lugo provincial annexes and Cabe coto rules.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Other water nearby · 5
Gallery · 2
  1. Río Cabe — Puente Viejo sobre el río Cabe, en Monforte de Lemos (Lugo, España)
    Puente Viejo sobre el río Cabe, en Monforte de Lemos (Lugo, España)
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
The full read · show the working · for Brown Trout · confidence 90%
How the 0 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature100 × 28%28.0
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity95 × 18%17.1
Feeding Time60 × 13%7.8
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity71 × 12%8.5
Conditions total= 85
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
  • Trout 1 May → 31 July
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