Stillwater · Sandstone · South West / Kerry (Waterville/Currane system), IE

Cloonlaghlin Lough

Cloonlaghlin Lough terrain map

Cloonlaghlin is an upper lough in the Waterville system — quiet water above the main fishery, where sea trout and salmon rest after running up through Currane.

Today · Closed season
Perch Fry
Forecast · Today
Closed season
Out of season. File this water for the right month.
40% projected
Today's fly
Perch Fry
Perch Fry
Conditions on the water · Today
Estimate
Level
Heavy rain recently
No gauge reading
Water temp17.0°C
ClarityUnfishable
Weather12°C
WindN 31 km/h
Pressure1001 hPa
Rain · recent27.9 mm
Rain · ahead12.7 mm

No gauge on this water — readings are regional estimates from weather, not a live gauge.

Water temperature for Atlantic Salmon
Warm — slow
17°C est.ideal 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
Chironomids
Hatch timeline · todayPeak at 12pm

12pm(now) — Heather Fly

Stage: Terrestrials on topApproach: Dry flyActivity: 70%
Also:Daddy Long Legs44%Pond Olive21%
Peak emergence windowWeather boost7 food groups active

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

Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

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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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Sea trout runRun
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Heather FlyHatch
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Daddy Long LegsHatch
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Claret DunHatch
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Murrough (Great Red Sedge)Hatch
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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.

Munroe Killer
Munroe Killer
10–14 doubles · Salmon fly
Traditional Irish salmon fly with long local history. Popular on the Munster rivers; the black/yellow combination has worked reliably for grilse fishing throughout the summer.
Permits & access
Permit required — see local rules.
  • Waterville estate control.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
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About this water

Cloonlaghlin is an upper lough in the Waterville system — quiet water above the main fishery, where sea trout and salmon rest after running up through Currane. Boat only; bank fishing is not an option here. Access is through the Waterville/Currane arrangements — confirm locally before travelling, as the management situation is currently in flux. The fish here are not the target of the serious Currane angler, which means they are occasionally less wary than they should be. For 2026 this remains an open fishery — salmon may be retained in season under the Wild Salmon & Sea Trout Tagging Scheme and bag limits, with catch-and-release at other times.

Hatches & food

No venue-specific hatch data yet; as an oligotrophic upland lough in this Cork/Kerry sandstone-freestone system, expect the typical acid-water stillwater character of thin buzzer and sedge hatches with terrestrial and shrimp interest close to the bank — treat this as a general expectation, not an observed hatch.

  • Lough system
  • Sandstone
Water quality (WFD)
  • Ecology: Unknown
  • Chemical: Unknown
Why this score · for Atlantic Salmon
  • Temperature4530% weight
  • Flow4025% weight
  • Clarity1520% weight
  • Feeding Time1015% weight
  • Pressure8510% weight
Directions
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Seasons & zones
  • Salmon 17 January → 30 September
  • Sea trout 17 January → 12 October

Sea trout: Variable seasonal (2026)

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