Limestone · East / Meath, IE

Riverstown River

Riverstown River — File:Riverstown, Birr - geograph.org.uk - 1814341.jpg
Tomorrow · Not the day for it
Blue-Winged Olive
Forecast · Tomorrow
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
Blue-Winged Olive
Blue-Winged Olive
Conditions on the water · Tomorrow
Proxy gauge
Level
Rising
Proxy
via Kells Blackwater
Water temp14.2°C
ClarityUnfishable
Weather14°C
WindN 37 km/h
Pressure1005 hPa
Rain · recent13.5 mm
Rain · ahead0.1 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
Excellent — water temperature is right today, though time of day could be better.
Hatch timeline · tomorrowPeak at 12:00

12:00(now) — Heather Fly

Stage: Terrestrials on topApproach: Dry flyActivity: 48%
Also:Daddy Long Legs36%
Peak emergence window9 food groups active

Peak activity at 12:00 — Heather Fly (Heather Fly, Peak emergence window)

Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

Hatch predictions

Top nymph shown — see all 2 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
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2
2
2
2
2
1
Daddy Long LegsHatch
2
3
2
CapererHatch
2
3
3
2
Hawthorn FlyHatch
2
2
GrannomHatch
2
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
River Deel (Meath)
9.0 km
Brown trout
Lough Ennell
12 km
Brown trout · Pike
Lough Owel
14 km
Brown trout
Mongagh & Yellow Rivers
15 km
Brown trout
Lough Lene
19 km
Brown trout
Gallery · 2
  1. Riverstown River — File:Riverstown, Birr - geograph.org.uk - 1814341.jpg
    File:Riverstown, Birr - geograph.org.uk - 1814341.jpg
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
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
Clarity95 × 18%17.1
Feeding Time55 × 13%7.2
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity76 × 12%9.1
Conditions total= 85
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowproxy via Kells Blackwaterproxy
Prey activitysurvey-backed invertebrate datasurvey
What would change the calculation
The dawn and dusk windows score higher than the midday lull.
Directions
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Seasons & zones
  • Trout 1 March → 30 September
Related guides
ConnemaraIrish fishingEuro Nymphingsubsurface methods
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