Spate · Mixed · East / Louth

River Dee (Louth)

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East coast spate river in County Louth.

Prime · Brown Trout
Partridge and Orange · 14-16
Primelive now
About as good as it gets
River dropping into shape after a lift. The kind of afternoon you remember — a weighted nymph through the clearing seams, the dry as it settles.
75% confidence
What moved it
  • LevelProxyvia River Glyde
  • Water temp13.7°C
  • ClarityClearClearing
Today’s fly
Partridge and Orange
Partridge and Orange14-16
Upstream
Conditions on the water
Proxy gauge
Level
Steady
Proxy
via River Glyde
Water temp13.7°C
ClarityClear
Weather13°C
WindW 18 km/h
Pressure1023 hPa
Rain · recent8.0 mm
Rain · ahead1.6 mm

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

Water temperature for brown trout
Ideal
14°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.
Why this works
Excellent — water temperature is working for you, but time of day is the limiting factor today.
Hatch timeline · todayQuiet day

Hatch predictions

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Evidence
Survey-backed · regionalModerate 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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Salmon runRun
Sea trout runRun
Trout seasonSeason
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2
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2
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Daddy Long LegsHatch
2
3
2
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
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
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Gallery · 1
  1. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

East coast spate river in County Louth. Wild brown trout and occasional sea trout. Mixed geology catchment draining the Cooley peninsula hinterland. Good fly hatches: mayfly (E. danica), olives, sedges, black gnat, reed smut. Salmon and sea-trout runs in the lower river below Cappogue Bridge.

  • Mixed
The full read · show the working · for brown trout · confidence 75%
How the 80 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature100 × 28%28.0
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity95 × 18%17.1
Feeding Time40 × 13%5.2
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity53 × 12%6.4
Conditions total= 80
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowproxy via River Glydeproxy
Prey activitysurvey-backed invertebrate datasurvey
What would change the calculation
The dawn and dusk windows score higher than the midday lull.
Directions
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Seasons & zones
  • Salmon1 February → 30 SeptemberClosed
  • Sea trout1 February → 30 SeptemberClosed
  • Trout1 March → 30 September
Related guides
ConnemaraIrish fishingEuro Nymphingsubsurface methods
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