Limestone · East / Meath

Stoneyford River

Stoneyford River — The River Boyne at Stoneyford, Co.Meath
Marginal · Brown Trout
Pheasant Tail Nymph · 14-18
Slow going — pick your moments
River lifting fast on the rain. Slow going — pick your moments and do not force it.
45% confidence
limited data
What moved it
  • LevelProxyvia Kells Blackwater
  • Water temp14.0°C
  • ClarityVery colouredColouring up
Today's fly
Pheasant Tail Nymph
Pheasant Tail Nymph14-18
Upstream
Conditions on the water
Proxy gauge
Level
Rising
Proxy
via Kells Blackwater
Water temp14.0°C
ClarityVery coloured
Weather25°C
WindSW 14 km/h
Pressure1020 hPa
Rain · recent1.8 mm
Rain · ahead0.6 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
Poor — water temperature is working for you, but water clarity is the limiting factor today.
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 22 hours ago

Through the year
0–3 scale · August highlighted
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Daddy Long LegsHatch
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GrannomHatch
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Evening SedgeHatch
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Large Dark OliveHatch
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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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Gallery · 2
  1. Stoneyford River — The River Boyne at Stoneyford, Co.Meath
    The River Boyne at Stoneyford, Co.Meath
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
The full read · show the working · for Brown Trout · confidence 45%
How the 30 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature100 × 28%28.0
Flow55 × 22%12.1
Clarity15 × 18%2.7
Feeding Time55 × 13%7.2
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity57 × 12%6.8
Limiting factor: Water is very coloured — too coloured for Brown Trout= 62
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowproxy via Kells Blackwaterproxy
Prey activitysurvey-backed invertebrate datasurvey
What would change the calculation
A drop and clear would lift the flow and clarity scores.
The dawn and dusk windows score higher than the midday lull.
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Seasons & zones
  • Trout 1 March → 30 September
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