Spate · Granite · East / Wicklow

River Dargle (Tinnehinch Fishery)

The River Dargle flowing through a green park in Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland, with the Wicklow Mountains in the background.

One of Ireland's prime sea-trout rivers within striking distance of Dublin — a short Wicklow spate stream rising on Djouce, dropping through Powerscourt and Enniskerry, and entering the Irish Sea at Bray Harbour.

Good · Brown Trout
Partridge and Orange · 14-16
Goodlive now
A proper day on the water
River steady at a fishable height. A proper day for it. Work the seams with an upstream nymph, switch to the dry when they show.
90% confidence
What moved it
  • Level0.53 mLast reading 18h ago
  • Water temp17.5°C
  • ClarityClear
Today's fly
Partridge and Orange
Partridge and Orange14-16
Upstream
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Level
Steady
0.53 m
Last reading 18h ago
Water temp17.5°C
ClarityClear
Weather22°C
WindNW 19 km/h
Pressure1015 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm
Rain · ahead0.5 mm

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

Water temperature for Brown Trout
Warm — slow
17.5°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 · todayPeak at 1pm

Hatch predictions

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Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

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Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey

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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 · July highlighted
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Sea trout runRun
Trout seasonSeason
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Daddy Long LegsHatch
2
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March BrownHatch
2
3
2
GrannomHatch
2
2
Large StoneflyHatch
2
3
2

Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.

Ranked for today
Brown Trout fly box
Permits & access
Permit required — see local rules.
  • Tinnehinch Fishery — fly-only, ~1 mile from Tinnehinch Bridge downstream to the top of the Dargle Glen gorge
  • Evening tickets traditionally available
  • Book direct with Hugh Duff, Tinnehinch House, Enniskerry (+353 1 286 8652) — flyfishingwicklow.com
  • State rod licence required.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
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Gallery · 2
  1. The River Dargle flowing through a green park in Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland, with the Wicklow Mountains in the background.
    River Dargle - Bray Town In County Wicklow (Ireland)
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

One of Ireland's prime sea-trout rivers within striking distance of Dublin — a short Wicklow spate stream rising on Djouce, dropping through Powerscourt and Enniskerry, and entering the Irish Sea at Bray Harbour. The Tinnehinch Fishery downstream of the bridge at Enniskerry is the fly-only stretch most visitors will fish — about a mile of water down to the top of the Dargle Glen gorge, with evening tickets traditionally available and the best sea-trout fishing at and after dusk. Sea trout the headline; small salmon run also present. Bookings through Hugh Duff at Tinnehinch House — flyfishingwicklow.com markets the adjacent stocked-rainbow lake as the lead product, but the river beat is the serious offering for the dedicated sea-trout angler.

  • Granite
Water quality (WFD)
  • Ecology: Unknown
  • Chemical: Unknown
The full read · show the working · for Brown Trout · confidence 90%
How the 78 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature66 × 28%18.5
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity95 × 18%17.1
Feeding Time85 × 13%11.1
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity64 × 12%7.7
Conditions total= 78
Can you trust it?
Water temperaturelive gauge readinggauge
Level / flowon-river gaugeobserved
Prey activitysurvey-backed invertebrate datasurvey
What would change the calculation
Cooler water — back toward the 10–16 °C ideal band — would lift the score and ease welfare.
Directions
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Seasons & zones
  • Sea trout 1 May → 30 SeptemberClosed
  • Trout 15 February → 30 September
Related guides
ConnemaraIrish fishingEuro Nymphingsubsurface methods
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Booking & contacts