Stillwater · Volcanic · County Londonderry, GB-NIR

Duncrun Fly Fishing Trout Lakes

Duncrun Fly Fishing Trout Lakes Northern Ireland NI venue image

Duncrun is woodland fly water in County Londonderry, the sort of place that settles in well once you've fished it a couple of times and learned where the fish like to sit.

Fair · Rainbow
Black Buzzer #10-12 · 10–14
A respectable few hours, if you choose your moments
Useful ripple, fishable wave. Worth a session if the wind holds.
46% confidence
limited data

Duncrun Fly Fishing Trout Lakes is often best in spring through autumn.

What moved it
  • WindW 20 km/hModerate breeze
Today's fly
BB
Black Buzzer #10-1210–14
Static or slow on a long leader — the staple stillwater chironomid.
Conditions on the water
Estimate
Wind
Moderate breeze
W 20 km/h
N
W
from the west
Wave40 cm chop
Water temp10.4°C
Air temp11°C
CloudClear
Pressure1010 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm

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

How to fish it · for Rainbow
When
Overcast days with a light ripple, cool water; sheltered enough to fish in wind
Where
Start with Red Sedge (8-10) on a As per local method. Rainbows respond to more active retrieves — try short strips between pauses. If that does not produce, switch depth or speed before changing the pattern entirely.
The plan
Plan A

Start with Red Sedge (8-10) on a As per local method. Rainbows respond to more active retrieves — try short strips between pauses. If that does not produce, switch depth or speed before changing the pattern entirely.

Plan B

A fry-imitating pattern stripped through the margins can save a blank in autumn.

Watch for

Keep an eye on changing conditions — wind shifts and cloud breaks can trigger short feeding spells.

Bank

Bank-only venue. Fish from accessible margins, points, weed edges, and inflows.

Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

Hatch predictions

Top nymph shown — see all 2 guilds as a supporter.

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Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey(1)

Hatch predictions

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Through the year
0–3 scale · September highlighted
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Reservoir BuzzerHatch
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
Daphnia SwarmHatch
2
3
3
3
2
Lake OliveHatch
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
Silverhorns & LonghornsHatch
1
2
2
2
1

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

Ranked for today
Rainbow fly box
BB
Black Buzzer #10-12Top
10–14 · Buzzer
Static or slow on a long leader — the staple stillwater chironomid.
HE
Hares Ear Nymph #12
14–16 · Nymph
Search the runs and pockets, dead-drift near the bottom.
DB
Diawl Bach #12
10–14 · Nymph
On a team, slow retrieve through the top few feet.
OD
Olive Damsel #10
8–10 · Damsel
Slow figure-of-eight through weed margins in summer.
CO
Cormorant or small lure #10
10–14 · Nymph
On a team, slow retrieve through the top few feet.
CE
CDC Emerger #14
12–16 · Fly
A dependable searching pattern for these waters.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Condition match
64%
Cloud25%
Wind65%
Temp100%

A reasonable day here, though cloud isn't quite in the sweet spot.

Other water nearby · 5
Gallery · 1
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About this water

Duncrun is woodland fly water in County Londonderry, the sort of place that settles in well once you've fished it a couple of times and learned where the fish like to sit. The lakes lie over volcanic ground, sheltered by trees, which takes the sting out of a brisk day and gives you somewhere to fish when the wind is up. It rewards a fly-focused approach — buzzers worked slowly through the cool water, a diawl bach team as spring warms along, a damsel pulled past the weed in summer. On a soft grey day with a touch of ripple the rainbows feed with confidence; on a hard bright one they drop away and you fish deeper and slower for them. Honest sport in a quiet corner that gets better the more you understand it.

  • Fishery
  • Volcanic
Why this score
  • Temperature (cool) is in the sweet spot for autumn fishing.
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