Freestone · Mixed · South / Tipperary

River Drish

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The Drish is one of the Tipperary rivers nobody much writes about — small, freestone, running through farm country with more wild brown trout than it has any right to.

Prime · Brown Trout
Pheasant Tail Nymph · 14-18
Primelive now
About as good as it gets
Low and clear — careful approach country. Take your time — read the water before you cast.
75% confidence
What moved it
  • Level0.25 m
  • Water temp13.9°C
  • ClarityClear
Today’s fly
Pheasant Tail Nymph
Pheasant Tail Nymph14-18
Upstream
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Level
Steady
0.25 m
Water temp13.9°C
ClarityClear
Weather13°C
WindNW 17 km/h
Pressure1025 hPa
Rain · recent5.7 mm
Rain · ahead1.1 mm

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

Water temperature for brown trout
Ideal
13.9°Cideal 1016°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 right today, though time of day could be better.
Hatch timeline · todayQuiet day

Hatch predictions

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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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Trout seasonSeason
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2
2
2
2
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Daddy Long LegsHatch
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3
2
GrannomHatch
2
2
Evening SedgeHatch
2
3
3
3
2
Large Dark OliveHatch
1
2
2
1

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
Other water nearby · 5
Gallery · 1
  1. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

The Drish is one of the Tipperary rivers nobody much writes about — small, freestone, running through farm country with more wild brown trout than it has any right to. You can have it entirely to yourself on a Tuesday in May, which is either a sign that the rest of the world has overlooked something or simply that you've been paying attention. The fish are modest, the access is simple, the afternoon is yours.

  • 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 Time45 × 13%5.9
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity52 × 12%6.2
Conditions total= 80
Can you trust it?
Water temperaturelive gauge readinggauge
Level / flowon-river gaugeobserved
Prey activitysurvey-backed invertebrate datasurvey
What would change the calculation
The dawn and dusk windows score higher than the midday lull.
Directions
Seasons & zones
  • Trout1 March → 30 September
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