Spate · Mixed · East / Wicklow, IE

Avoca River

The Avoca River bending past colourful houses and a church spire in Avoca village, Co. Wicklow
Tomorrow · Closed season
Elk Hair Caddis
Forecast · Tomorrow
Closed season
Out of season. Try elsewhere.
45% projected
Today's fly
Elk Hair Caddis
Elk Hair Caddis
Conditions on the water · Tomorrow
Proxy gauge
Level
Rising
Proxy
via Derry Water
Water temp10.3°C
ClarityVery coloured
Weather9°C
WindN 46 km/h
Pressure1004 hPa
Rain · recent32.8 mm
Rain · ahead5.7 mm

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

Water temperature for Brown Trout
Ideal
10°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.
Likely species
Stoneflies
Gammarids
Hatch timeline · tomorrowPeak at 11 Uhr

12 Uhr(now) — Autumn Needle Fly

Stage: Creeping nymphsApproach: Heavy nymphActivity: 40%
Peak emergence window4 food groups active

Peak activity at 11 Uhr — Autumn Needle Fly (Autumn Needle Fly, Peak emergence window)

Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

Hatch predictions

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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 · October highlighted
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Trout seasonSeason
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2
2
2
2
2
1
March BrownHatch
2
3
2
CapererHatch
2
3
3
2
Heather FlyHatch
2
2
Autumn DunHatch
2
3
2

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

Ranked for today
Fly box · Brown Trout
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Other water nearby · 5
Aughrim River
8.0 km
0
Brown trout
Aughrim River
8.0 km
0
Brown trout
Derry Water
9.0 km
0
Brown trout
Derry Water
9.0 km
0
Brown trout
River Avonmore
9.0 km
0
Brown trout
Gallery · 2
  1. The Avoca River bending past colourful houses and a church spire in Avoca village, Co. Wicklow
    The Avoca River flowing through Avoca village, County Wicklow
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
The full read · show the working · for Brown Trout · confidence 90%
How the 0 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature100 × 28%28.0
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity85 × 18%15.3
Feeding Time60 × 13%7.8
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity71 × 12%8.5
Conditions total= 83
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowproxy via Derry Waterproxy
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 15 March → 30 September
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ConnemaraIrish fishingEuro Nymphingsubsurface methods
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