Freestone · Mixed · Cumbria

River Eamont

A calm stretch of the River Eamont in Cumbria, with a stone arched bridge, hawthorn blossom, and green meadows.
Marginal · Brown Trout
Pheasant Tail Nymph · 14-16
Marginallive now
Slow going — pick your moments
River dropping into shape after a lift. A short window. Take your time.
55% confidence
What moved it
  • Level0.17 mDropping after lift
  • Water temp17.8°C
  • ClarityVery colouredColouring up
Today's fly
Pheasant Tail Nymph
Pheasant Tail Nymph14-16
Upstream, sub-surface
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Level
Steady
0.17 m
Dropping after lift
Water temp17.8°C
ClarityVery coloured
Weather16°C
WindNW 17 km/h
Pressure1019 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm
Rain · ahead0.1 mm

The nearest gauge doesn't record temperatures, so we've estimated it — defer to the river keeper's advice.

Water temperature for Brown Trout
Warm — slow
18°C est.ideal 1016°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 — river flow 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.

Through the year
0–3 scale · August highlighted
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Trout seasonSeason
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Daddy Long LegsHatch
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GrannomHatch
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2
Evening SedgeHatch
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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
Permits & access
Permit required — see local rules.
  • EA NW byelaw
  • Penrith Angling Association covers part of the river; private beats and Ullswater Hotel water elsewhere.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Other water nearby · 5
Gallery · 2
  1. A calm stretch of the River Eamont in Cumbria, with a stone arched bridge, hawthorn blossom, and green meadows.
    Banks of the River Eamont near Brougham Castle
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
The full read · show the working · for Brown Trout · confidence 55%
How the 30 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature60 × 28%16.8
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity15 × 18%2.7
Feeding Time70 × 13%9.1
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity44 × 12%5.3
Limiting factor: Water is very coloured — too coloured for Brown Trout= 57
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowon-river gaugeobserved
Prey activitysurvey-backed invertebrate datasurvey
What would change the calculation
Cooler water — back toward the 10–16 °C ideal band — would lift the score and ease welfare.
A drop and clear would lift the flow and clarity scores.
Directions
Seasons & zones
  • Trout 22 March30 September
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