Lowland · Limestone · North West / Sligo

Garavogue River

The Garavogue River in Sligo town centre, Ireland, with the Glasshouse Hotel on the bank.

The short river draining Lough Gill through Sligo town to the sea — a small but productive salmon and sea-trout fishery closely tied to the Gill/Bonet system.

Marginal · Atlantic Salmon
Cascade · 10-14
Marginallive now
Marginal — persistence required
Low and clear — careful approach country. Hard going on bright water. Favour cloud and shadow.
80% confidence
What moved it
  • LevelProxyvia Drowes
  • Water temp18.6°C
  • ClarityClear
Today's fly
Cascade
Cascade10-14
Regional salmon default — river-specific evidence is thin.
Conditions on the water
Proxy gauge
Level
Steady
Proxy
via Drowes
Water temp18.6°C
ClarityClear
Weather19°C
WindS 20 km/h
Pressure1019 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm
Rain · ahead7.9 mm

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

Water temperature for Atlantic Salmon
Warm — slow
19°C est.ideal 10–14°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.
Why this works
Water at 18.6°C — above the atlantic salmon caution line (18°C). Fish dawn or dusk only. Land it fast, wet hands, no air shots.
Hatch timeline · todayPeak at 6am

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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.

Updated 15 hours ago

Through the year
0–3 scale · August highlighted
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Sea trout runRun
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Trout seasonSeason
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Daddy Long LegsHatch
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Terrestrial BeetlesHatch
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Blue Winged OliveHatch
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Black MidgeHatch
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Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.

Ranked for today
Atlantic Salmon fly box
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Water here around 19°C. Nothing cooler within range — carry a thermometer.
Gallery · 2
  1. The Garavogue River in Sligo town centre, Ireland, with the Glasshouse Hotel on the bank.
    The Garavogue River flowing through Sligo town past the Glasshouse.
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

The short river draining Lough Gill through Sligo town to the sea — a small but productive salmon and sea-trout fishery closely tied to the Gill/Bonet system. Catch-and-release for salmon and sea trout in 2026.

Hatches & food

EPA kick-sample monitoring at the Garavogue River's single monitored station confirms mayflies, stoneflies, caddis, midges and blackflies, and freshwater shrimp and hoglice are all present in the food base. With only one segment sampled, this is a modest presence record rather than a hatch calendar.

  • Limestone
Why this score · for Atlantic Salmon
  • Temperature1830% weight
  • Flow6025% weight
  • Clarity9520% weight
  • Feeding Time9015% weight
  • Pressure8510% weight
Directions
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Seasons & zones
  • Salmon 1 February → 30 SeptemberC&R
  • Sea trout 1 February → 30 SeptemberC&R
  • Trout 15 February → 30 September
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