Spate · Mixed · East / Wicklow

Avoca River

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The Avoca is formed at the Meeting of the Waters, where the Avonmore and Avonbeg join, and runs on through Avoca to the sea at Arklow, gathering the Aughrim on the way.

Good · Brown Trout
Pheasant Tail Nymph · 14-18
Goodlive now
A proper day on the water
Low and clear — careful approach country. Stay small, stay accurate.
90% confidence
What moved it
  • LevelProxyvia Derry Water
  • Water temp17.6°C
  • ClarityClear
Today’s fly
Pheasant Tail Nymph
Pheasant Tail Nymph14-18
Upstream
Conditions on the water
Proxy gauge
Level
Steady
Proxy
via Derry Water
Water temp17.6°C
ClarityClear
Weather26°C
WindE 14 km/h
Pressure1015 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm
Rain · ahead9.0 mm

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

Water temperature for brown trout
Warm — slow
17.6°Cideal 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
Good — water clarity is right today, though insect activity could be better.
Hatch timeline · todayQuiet day

Hatch predictions

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Through the year
0–3 scale · June highlighted
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Daddy Long LegsHatch
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March BrownHatch
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GrannomHatch
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2
Large StoneflyHatch
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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
Other water nearby · 5
River Ow
7.0 km
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River Ow
7.0 km
Brown trout
Aughrim River
8.0 km
Brown trout
Aughrim River
8.0 km
Brown trout
River Avonmore
10 km
Brown trout
Gallery · 1
  1. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

The Avoca is formed at the Meeting of the Waters, where the Avonmore and Avonbeg join, and runs on through Avoca to the sea at Arklow, gathering the Aughrim on the way. Its history is a sad one for an angler: drainage from the old Avoca copper mines scarred the main river, and its trout fishing remains limited because of it. The better wild-trout water is upstream, on the Avonmore and Avonbeg headwaters before they meet.

  • Mixed
The full read · show the working · for brown trout · confidence 90%
How the 72 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature64 × 28%17.9
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity95 × 18%17.1
Feeding Time55 × 13%7.2
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity55 × 12%6.6
Conditions total= 72
Can you trust it?
Water temperaturelive gauge readinggauge
Level / flowproxy via Derry Waterproxy
What would change the calculation
Cooler water — back toward the 10–16 °C ideal band — would lift the score and ease welfare.
The dawn and dusk windows score higher than the midday lull.
Directions
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Seasons & zones
  • Trout15 March → 30 September
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