Spate · Mixed · East / Louth-Cavan-Monaghan, IE

River Glyde

Photo of River Glyde

Brown trout throughout; sea trout pushing the lower reaches in season.

Marginal · Atlantic Salmon
Marginallive now
Marginal — persistence required
River temperature is the limiting factor today, not the flow. Fish the cool of dawn or dusk, land fish fast, and stop if one struggles to recover.
80% confidence
What moved it
  • Level0.28 mLast reading 16h ago
  • Water temp18.4°C
  • ClarityClear
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Level
Steady
0.28 m
Last reading 16h ago
Water temp18.4°C
ClarityClear
Weather12°C
WindNW 11 km/h
Pressure1022 hPa
Rain · recent0.2 mm
Rain · ahead5.3 mm

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

Water temperature for Atlantic Salmon
Warm — slow
18.4°Cideal 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 18.4°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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Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey

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Through the year
0–3 scale · August highlighted
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Salmon runRun
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
Trout seasonSeason
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
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.

What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Cooler water nearby · 1
Water here at 18.4°C — the fishing's alive, but these are cooler if you'd rather rest the warm water.
River Dee (Louth)
20 km
14.5°C
Brown trout
Gallery · 2
  1. Photo of River Glyde
    River Glyde
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

Brown trout throughout; sea trout pushing the lower reaches in season. This is a river for the local angler who knows it. The Glyde will not impress you on first meeting, but that is generally true of rivers worth fishing. Mandatory catch-and-release applies.

Hatches & food

EPA invertebrate monitoring along the River Glyde records mayflies, stoneflies, a notably wide range of caddis, midges and blackflies, and freshwater shrimp and hoglice present across its WFD segments. This confirms a broad aquatic food base, not emergence timing or a visible hatch.

  • Mixed
Why this score · for Atlantic Salmon
  • Temperature2030% weight
  • Flow6025% weight
  • Clarity9520% weight
  • Feeding Time4015% weight
  • Pressure8510% weight
Directions
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Seasons & zones
  • Salmon 1 February → 30 SeptemberC&R
  • Trout 1 March → 30 September
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