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Ulla

Ulla — Cabellos dorados (Río Ulla)
Poor · Sea Trout
Black & Silver Tube · 1-2 inch
Closed season
Out of season. File this water for the right month.
Closed — confidence not applicable today.
What moved it
  • Level4.12 mLifting fast
  • Water temp13.6°C
  • ClarityVery colouredColouring up
Today's fly
BS
Black & Silver Tube1-2 inch
In deep pools and dark water, silhouette and contrast do the work colour cannot. A fly that reads as black against depth is enough. Fish it broadside, hold the swing, let it hang at the dangle — that is when the best fish take.
Conditions on the water · Today
Live gauge
Level
Rising
4.12 m
Lifting fast
Water temp13.6°C
ClarityVery coloured
Weather15°C
WindN 22 km/h
Pressure1019 hPa
Rain · recent34.5 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 Sea Trout
Ideal
14°C est.ideal 8–15°C
0°14°28°
How to fish it · for Sea Trout
When
From dusk into the first half of the night.
Where
Deeper pools and slower glides · hold water and current seams.
Method
Fish dark patterns on a sink-tip or lightly sunk line, especially near structure.
Kit
10 ft #6/7 rod, floating line with a sink-tip option, 8–10 lb fluoro tippet for the swing.
Likely species
Stoneflies
Caddisflies
Gammarids
Hatch timeline · todayPeak at 6h

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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
Fly box · Sea Trout
BS
Black & Silver TubeTop
1-2 inch · Tube
In deep pools and dark water, silhouette and contrast do the work colour cannot. A fly that reads as black against depth is enough. Fish it broadside, hold the swing, let it hang at the dangle — that is when the best fish take.
Medicine Fly
Medicine Fly
8-12 · Streamer
Slim and mobile — fished sunk through the pool when surface work is not producing. Consistently takes fish that will not come to the surface.
SF
Snake Fly (Black)
2-4 inch · Streamer
A mobile eel-like profile that undulates through deep pools — effective when sea trout are lying deep and not responding to conventional wets.
Permits & access
Permit required — see local rules.
  • Galician fishing licence required
  • Additional coto or tramo permit may be needed depending on the beat
  • Check current Xunta rules before travel; salmon heritage does not make salmon a legal target.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Other water nearby · 5
Río Deza
5.0 km
Brown trout · Sea trout
Tambre
21 km
Brown trout · Sea trout
Río Sar
26 km
Brown trout · Sea trout
Río Furelos
34 km
Brown trout
Río Umia
34 km
Brown trout · Sea trout
Gallery · 2
  1. Ulla — Cabellos dorados (Río Ulla)
    Cabellos dorados (Río Ulla)
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
Water quality (WFD)
  • Ecology: High
  • Chemical: Unknown
What this classification means

WFD ecological status Good → High corrected to EEA WISE 2022 (3rd RBMP) classification for waterbody ES014MSPFES-014-NR-244-059-03-02 (was a stale earlier-cycle value). Source: EEA WISE SWB_SurfaceWaterBody (discodata.eea.europa.eu), verified 2026-06-18.

WFD classification · ES014MSPFES-014-NR-244-059-03-02

Why this score · for Sea Trout
  • Temperature10028% weight
  • Flow3022% weight
  • Clarity4518% weight
  • Feeding Time10013% weight
  • Pressure857% weight
  • Insect activity5112% weight
Directions
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Seasons & zones
  • Sea trout 1 May → 31 July
  • Trout 1 May → 31 July

Salmon: Banned (2026) — Salmon fishing banned in Galicia by 2026 Xunta decree. Historic salmon presence (salmon_presence: historic) reflects the cultural and ecological importance, but no rod harvest is permitted in 2026. Sea trout (reo) and brown trout fishing remain open under standard Galician regional rules.

Sea trout: Variable seasonal (2026) — Galician reo (sea trout / Salmo trutta) present in the lower Ulla estuary and lower river reaches. Salmon are prohibited 2026 (Xunta emergency decree). Sea trout are legal but stocks are fragile — reo fishing is condition-dependent and low-intensity. Not a primary sea-trout destination in the tradition of Irish or Welsh fisheries.

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