A steep Ribeira Sacra trout river falling from the Courel mountains to the Sil through some of Galicia's most dramatic terraced-vineyard country. The Lor is essentially mountain trout water — pocket-pool sequences, broken bedrock, narrow access. Wild brown trout, sometimes wonderfully marked. Best fished from the bridge crossings between Quiroga and Folgoso do Courel from late spring through to early July; the high tributaries above 700 m hold up later.
In Galicia's Atlantic trout rivers, resident browns feed through a spring build-up of olives and other up-wings into a long summer of caddis and small buzzers, with frequent spates and cool water keeping fish active; terrestrials from lush banks and meadows become important once levels settle and the banks green up.
- Schist
