Freestone · Slate · Castilla y León

Río Cabrera

Río Cabrera terrain map
Terrain map

A Sil tributary running east-to-west through the remote Cabrera mountain valley between La Baña and Puente Domingo Flórez.

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
  • Level0.86 mLast reading 1h ago
  • Water temp12.9°C
  • ClarityClear
Today’s fly
Klinkhammer
Klinkhammer14-18
High-confidence seasonal pick
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Level
Steady
0.86 m
Last reading 1h ago
Water temp12.9°C
ClarityClear
Weather13°C
WindS 5 km/h
Pressure1019 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm
Rain · ahead5.5 mm

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

Water temperature for brown trout
Ideal
13°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 temperature is working for you, but insect activity is the limiting factor today.
Hatch timeline · todayQuiet day

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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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Trout seasonSeason
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2
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Large Dark OliveHatch
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Blue Winged OliveHatch
1
2
2
2
2
1
Autumn OliveHatch
1
2
1
GrannomHatch
1
1

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 licence required
  • Remote valley — check JCyL pesca visor and verify any tramo or coto rules before travel.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
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30
Brown trout
About this water

A Sil tributary running east-to-west through the remote Cabrera mountain valley between La Baña and Puente Domingo Flórez. Slate-and-quartzite freestone, classic Atlantic spate character. Wild brown trout throughout; the river also carries the legal status of a salmon-affected tributary lower down, though Galician salmon prohibitions and Sil-system depletion mean salmon is not a realistic target. Best fished from mid-May through July in the middle reaches around Encinedo and downstream.

  • Slate
The full read · show the working · for brown trout · confidence 75%
How the 78 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 activity39 × 12%4.7
Conditions total= 78
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
  • TroutLast Sunday of March → 31 July
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