Lowland · Mixed · South / Cork-Waterford, IE

River Bride (Blackwater)

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Today · Not the day for it
Cinnamon Sedge
Forecast · Today
Not the day for it
Not much stacked in your favour today. Worth an hour if you are nearby, not worth the special trip.
45% projected
Today's fly
Cinnamon Sedge
Cinnamon Sedge
Conditions on the water · Today
Live gauge
Level
Rising
0.21 m
Lifting fast
Water temp13.7°C
ClarityUnfishable
Weather13°C
WindN 21 km/h
Pressure1019 hPa
Rain · recent18.1 mm
Rain · ahead26.3 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
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 — conditions well-balanced, with water temperature particularly in your favour.
Likely species
Mayflies
Hatch timeline · todayPeak at 11:00

12:00(now) — Black Gnat

Stage: On emergersApproach: Emerger or dryActivity: 49%
Also:Cinnamon Sedge28%Pale Watery23%Heather Fly23%
Peak emergence window9 food groups active

Peak activity at 11:00 — Black Gnat (Black Gnat, Peak emergence window)

Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

Hatch predictions

Top nymph shown — see all 4 guilds as a supporter.

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Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey(1)

Hatch predictions

Top prey shown — see all 5 as a supporter.

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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 · September highlighted
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Trout seasonSeason
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
Mayfly (Green Drake)Hatch
2
2
Large Cinnamon SedgeHatch
2
3
3
2
Daddy Long LegsHatch
2
3
2
CapererHatch
2
3
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
Munster Blackwater
19 km
Brown trout · Salmon · Sea trout
River Owenacurra
23 km
Salmon · Sea trout
River Colligan
26 km
Brown trout · Salmon · Sea trout
River Nire
27 km
Brown trout
Suir
34 km
Brown trout · Salmon · Sea trout
The full read · show the working · for Brown Trout · confidence 90%
How the 85 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature100 × 28%28.0
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity85 × 18%15.3
Feeding Time70 × 13%9.1
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity77 × 12%9.2
Conditions total= 85
Can you trust it?
Water temperaturelive gauge readinggauge
Level / flowon-river gaugeobserved
Prey activitysurvey-backed invertebrate datasurvey
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Seasons & zones
  • Trout 15 February → 30 September
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ConnemaraIrish fishingEuro Nymphingsubsurface methods
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