Spate · Mixed · Co. Antrim / Lough Neagh Tributaries, GB-NIR

River Maine

Wide view of the River Maine flowing through countryside near Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Marginal · Brown Trout
Wickham's Fancy · 12-16
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 Six Mile Water
  • Water temp12.4°C
  • ClarityVery colouredColouring up
Today's fly
Wickham's Fancy
Wickham's Fancy12-16
Upstream dry
Conditions on the water
Proxy gauge
Level
Rising
Proxy
via Six Mile Water
Water temp12.4°C
ClarityVery coloured
Weather14°C
WindSW 26 km/h
Pressure1003 hPa
Rain · recent14.5 mm
Rain · ahead1.9 mm

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

Water temperature for Brown Trout
Ideal
12°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.
Likely species
Stoneflies
Gammarids
Hatch timeline · todayQuiet day

Hatch predictions

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Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

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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
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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
Lower Bann
24 km
30
Brown trout · Salmon · Sea trout
Six Mile Water
24 km
30
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Dungonnell Reservoir
17 km
Brown trout
Killylane Reservoir
19 km
Brown trout
Altnahinch Reservoir
21 km
Brown trout
Gallery · 2
  1. Wide view of the River Maine flowing through countryside near Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
    The River Maine near Ballymena, County Antrim.
  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 Time45 × 13%5.9
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity44 × 12%5.3
Limiting factor: Water is very coloured — too coloured for Brown Trout= 60
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowproxy via Six Mile Waterproxy
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.
Directions
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Seasons & zones
  • Trout 1 March → 31 October
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