Spate · Mixed · South West / Kerry, IE

Cashen

Cashen fishing venue photo

It fishes as a distinct salmon and sea-trout venue from the parent Feale, with a stronger sea-trout reputation than the upper river.

Poor · Atlantic Salmon
Ally's Shrimp · 8-12
Closed season
Out of season. File this water for the right month.
Closed — confidence not applicable today.
What moved it
  • Level1.12 mDropping in the last 6h
  • Water temp15.6°C
  • ClaritySlightly colouredClearing
Today's fly
Ally's Shrimp
Ally's Shrimp8-12
From the river-specific salmon pack.
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Level
Falling
1.12 m
Dropping in the last 6h
Water temp15.6°C
ClaritySlightly coloured
Weather15°C
WindSW 42 km/h
Pressure1003 hPa
Rain · recent4.8 mm
Rain · ahead13.1 mm

Live readings only. Trends shown where the gauge supports them.

Water temperature for Atlantic Salmon
Ideal
15.6°Cideal 10–16°C
0°14°28°
How to fish it · for Atlantic Salmon
When
Morning into early afternoon.
Where
Pool tails, steadier runs, and any water with pace.
Method
Fish a sensible line-and-fly combination for the height and pace of water.
Kit
13 ft #8/9 double-hander in spate, 10 ft #8 single in low water. Floating line plus a fast-sink tip. 12–15 lb fluoro tippet.
Likely species
Stoneflies
Caddisflies
Gammarids
Hatch timeline · todayPeak at 2pm

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 · September highlighted
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Salmon runRun
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March BrownHatch
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CapererHatch
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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
Atlantic Salmon fly box

Munster Blackwater and neighbouring SW spring rivers: when the water is cold or running high, a tube fly fished deep on a Skagit head or sinking shooting head with a heavier leader finds fish that a floating line can't reach. Comes down to a 9'-10' single-handed rod and small flies on an 8lb tippet once the river drops into summer trim.

Cashen Fishing Map
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Cashen Map

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Fishery map — attribution pending

Permits & access
Permit required — see local rules.
  • IFI rod licence (RoI)
  • Estuary beats managed; day tickets available
  • Tidal — check Dingle Bay tide table; plan around falling tide.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Other water nearby · 5
River Doonbeg
29 km
0
Brown trout · Salmon · Sea trout
Feale
12 km
Brown trout · Salmon · Sea trout
River Maine (Castlemaine)
35 km
Salmon · Sea trout · Brown trout
Laune
43 km
Brown trout · Salmon · Sea trout
Lough Leane (Killarney)
49 km
Brown trout · Salmon · Sea trout
Gallery · 2
  1. River Feale as seen in Summer 2005 at Finuge crossing linking Finuge to Killocrim, near Listowel, Kerry, Ireland.
    River Feale as seen in Summer 2005 at Finuge crossing linking Finuge to Killocrim, near Listowel, Kerry, Ireland.
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

It fishes as a distinct salmon and sea-trout venue from the parent Feale, with a stronger sea-trout reputation than the upper river. The estuary enters Cashen Bay near Ballybunion in north Kerry, with macrotidal range (4–5 m on springs). Highly productive in the 12–36 hours after rain when water is dropping and clearing. Grilse from June; sea trout from May. Subject to Atlantic tidal conditions; plan around a falling tide. A compact but classic salmon/sea-trout venue. Mandatory catch-and-release applies.

Hatches & food

No venue-specific hatch data yet; as a spate river in this Cork/Kerry sandstone-freestone system, expect the typical acid-tolerant character of upwings and stoneflies with a seasonal terrestrial contribution on low, clear water — treat this as a general expectation, not an observed hatch.

  • Mixed
Water quality (WFD)
  • Ecology: Good
  • Chemical: Good
Why this score · for Atlantic Salmon
  • Temperature10030% weight
  • Flow8525% weight
  • Clarity8520% weight
  • Feeding Time8015% weight
  • Pressure8510% weight
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Seasons & zones
  • Salmon 1 February → 30 SeptemberC&R

Sea trout: Variable seasonal (2026)

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