Spate · Mixed · South East / Wexford, IE

River Bann (Wexford)

River Bann venue image

A fast, overgrown Slaney tributary rising on Croghan Mountain and running west of Gorey through Camolin.

Poor · Sea Trout
Black & Silver Tube · 1–2 inch
Closed season
Out of season. File this water for the right month.
Closed — confidence not applicable today.
What moved it
  • LevelProxyvia Slaney
  • Water temp9.0°C
  • ClarityVery colouredColouring up
Today's fly
BS
Black & Silver Tube1–2 inch
In deep pools and dark water, silhouette and contrast do the work colour cannot. A fly that reads as black against depth is enough. Fish it broadside, hold the swing, let it hang at the dangle — that is when the best fish take.
Conditions on the water · Today
Proxy gauge
Level
Rising
Proxy
via Slaney
Water temp9.0°C
ClarityVery coloured
Weather6°C
WindN 30 km/h
Pressure1012 hPa
Rain · recent9.8 mm
Rain · ahead0.0 mm

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

Water temperature for Sea Trout
Ideal
9°C est.ideal 8–15°C
0°14°28°
How to fish it · for Sea Trout
When
From dusk into the first half of the night.
Where
Deeper pools and slower glides · hold water and current seams.
Method
Fish dark patterns on a sink-tip or lightly sunk line, especially near structure.
Kit
10 ft #6/7 rod, floating line with a sink-tip option, 8–10 lb fluoro tippet for the swing.
Likely species
Stoneflies
Gammarids
Hatch timeline · todayQuiet day

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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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March BrownHatch
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CapererHatch
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Heather FlyHatch
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Autumn DunHatch
2
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Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.

Ranked for today
Sea Trout fly box
BS
Black & Silver TubeTop
1–2 inch · Tube
In deep pools and dark water, silhouette and contrast do the work colour cannot. A fly that reads as black against depth is enough. Fish it broadside, hold the swing, let it hang at the dangle — that is when the best fish take.
Medicine Fly
Medicine Fly
8–12 · Streamer
Slim and mobile — fished sunk through the pool when surface work is not producing. Consistently takes fish that will not come to the surface.
SF
Snake Fly (Black)
2–4 inch · Streamer
A mobile eel-like profile that undulates through deep pools — effective when sea trout are lying deep and not responding to conventional wets.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Other water nearby · 5
Owenavorragh River
14 km
0
Brown trout · Sea trout
River Boro
22 km
0
Brown trout · Sea trout
Slaney
16 km
Brown trout · Salmon · Sea trout
River Urrin
18 km
Sea trout · Brown trout
Derry Water
27 km
Brown trout
Gallery · 1
  1. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

It is chiefly a sea-trout river, and the best of it lies below Camolin from mid-July to late August; there are small wild brown trout besides, and the occasional salmon to surprise you. Fly-only from the railway bridge to the Slaney confluence from 1 May onward.

Hatches & food

A fast, overgrown granite-influenced Slaney tributary with sparse upwings but good stoneflies and sedges; chiefly a summer sea-trout river where night sedges and terrestrials drive the feeding.

  • Mixed
Why this score · for Sea Trout
  • Temperature10028% weight
  • Flow8022% weight
  • Clarity8518% weight
  • Feeding Time4013% weight
  • Pressure857% weight
  • Insect activity4012% weight
Directions
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Seasons & zones
  • Trout 10 March → 31 August

Sea trout: Variable seasonal (2026)

Related guides
ConnemaraIrish fishingEuro Nymphingsubsurface methods
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Booking & contacts
Permits & access
At a glance

River Bann (Wexford) is a spate river in South East / Wexford, Ireland. It sits at about 60 m above sea level. Species listed for this water: brown trout and sea trout. The trout season is recorded as running from 10 March to 31 August. Core methods listed: floating-line wet fly down-and-across; night fishing for sea trout; upstream dry for brown trout. Access is recorded as a water managed by an angling association or club. Nearby waters in our listings include Owenavorragh River at 14 km, Slaney at 16 km and River Urrin at 18 km.