Spate · Mixed · East / Wicklow, IE

Avoca River

The Avoca River bending past colourful houses and a church spire in Avoca village, Co. Wicklow

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.

Tomorrow · Closed season
Stonefly Nymph
Forecast · Tomorrow
Closed season
Out of season. Try elsewhere.
90% projected
Today's fly
Stonefly Nymph
Stonefly Nymph
Conditions on the water · Tomorrow
Proxy gauge
Level
Steady
Proxy
via Derry Water
Water temp8.5°C
ClarityClear
Weather4°C
WindN 6 km/h
Pressure1019 hPa
Rain · recent4.0 mm
Rain · ahead0.0 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
Cool — slow
9°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.
Likely species
Stoneflies
Gammarids
Hatch timeline · tomorrowPeak at 11am

12pm(now) — Autumn Needle Fly

Stage: Creeping nymphsApproach: Heavy nymphActivity: 76%
Also:Autumn Olive45%Black Midge33%
Peak emergence windowWeather boost5 food groups active

Peak activity at 11am — Autumn Needle Fly (Autumn Needle Fly, Peak emergence window)

Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

Hatch predictions

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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 · November 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
Brown Trout fly box
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Other water nearby · 5
Aughrim River
8.0 km
0
Brown trout
Derry Water
9.0 km
0
Brown trout
River Avonmore
9.0 km
0
Brown trout
Aughrim River
8.0 km
Brown trout
Derry Water
9.0 km
Brown trout
Gallery · 2
  1. The Avoca River bending past colourful houses and a church spire in Avoca village, Co. Wicklow
    The Avoca River flowing through Avoca village, County Wicklow
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

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.

Hatches & food

Mining pollution has left the lower main river poor for fly life and trout; what hatches there are run to hardy stoneflies, a few olives and summer sedges, with terrestrials important along the wooded banks.

  • Mixed
The full read · show the working · for Brown Trout · confidence 90%
How the 0 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature89 × 28%24.9
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity95 × 18%17.1
Feeding Time85 × 13%11.1
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity61 × 12%7.3
Conditions total= 84
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowproxy via Derry Waterproxy
Prey activitysurvey-backed invertebrate datasurvey
Directions
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Seasons & zones
  • Trout 15 March → 30 September
Related guides
ConnemaraIrish fishingEuro Nymphingsubsurface methods
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Booking & contacts
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At a glance

Avoca River is a spate river in East / Wicklow, Ireland. It sits at about 30 m above sea level. The species listed for this water is brown trout. The trout season is recorded as running from 15 March to 30 September. Core methods listed: upstream dry fly (headwaters); upstream nymph; searching the cleaner tributary water. Nearby waters in our listings include Aughrim River at 8.0 km, Aughrim River at 8.0 km and Derry Water at 9.0 km.