Limestone · East / Meath

Athboy–Tremblestown River

Athboy–Tremblestown River terrain map
Prime · Brown Trout
Pheasant Tail Nymph · 14-18
Primelive now
About as good as it gets
River steady at a fishable height. On the feed top to bottom — start on the rises with a dry, drop a nymph if they stay down.
90% confidence
What moved it
  • LevelProxyvia Kells Blackwater
  • Water temp13.9°C
  • ClarityClear
Today's fly
Pheasant Tail Nymph
Pheasant Tail Nymph14-18
Upstream
Conditions on the water
Proxy gauge
Level
Steady
Proxy
via Kells Blackwater
Water temp13.9°C
ClarityClear
Weather22°C
WindSW 13 km/h
Pressure1020 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm
Rain · ahead0.3 mm

No gauge on this water — conditions are inferred from Kells Blackwater. The trend transfers, the absolute level does not.

Water temperature for Brown Trout
Ideal
14°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
Excellent — water temperature is right today, though time of day could be better.
Hatch timeline · todayPeak at 6am

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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
Survey-backed · regionalHigh confidence

Backed by regional invertebrate surveys; no sampling on this exact reach yet.

Updated 14 hours ago

Through the year
0–3 scale · August highlighted
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Trout seasonSeason
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2
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Daddy Long LegsHatch
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GrannomHatch
2
2
Evening SedgeHatch
2
3
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3
2
Large Dark OliveHatch
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2
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1

Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.

Ranked for today
Brown Trout fly box
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
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84
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Kells Blackwater
8.0 km
Brown trout
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12 km
84
Brown trout
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16 km
84
Brown trout · Salmon · Sea trout
The full read · show the working · for Brown Trout · confidence 90%
How the 84 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 activity67 × 12%8.0
Conditions total= 84
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowproxy via Kells Blackwaterproxy
Prey activitysurvey-backed invertebrate datasurvey
What would change the calculation
The dawn and dusk windows score higher than the midday lull.
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Seasons & zones
  • Trout 1 April → 15 September
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