A Costa da Morte river running west from Santa Comba through the Pena Espiñeira gorge and falling spectacularly into the Atlantic at the Fervenza do Ézaro — until the 1950s, the only ocean-falling waterfall in continental Europe. The lower river is dammed into a chain of small reservoirs; the upper Xallas above Santa Comba and the Mazaricos middle reach remain fishable as honest granite-freestone trout water. Wild brown trout only. Best fished in May and June; the dammed lower river is not in scope for fly fishing.
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.
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