Spate · Mixed · East / Wicklow, IE

Aughrim River

The Aughrim River flowing through the countryside of County Wicklow, Ireland

The Aughrim River forms below the confluence of the Ow and the Derry Water at Aughrim village in south Wicklow, then runs south-east through farmland and broken woodland to meet the Avonmore at Woodenbridge — where the joined waters become the Avoca.

Today · Closed season
Wickham's Fancy
Forecast · Today
Closed season
Out of season. Try elsewhere.
45% projected
Today's fly
Wickham's Fancy
Wickham's Fancy
Conditions on the water · Today
Proxy gauge
Level
Rising
Proxy
via Slaney
Water temp8.5°C
ClarityUnfishable
Weather7°C
WindN 30 km/h
Pressure1010 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm
Rain · ahead3.1 mm

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

Water temperature for Brown Trout
Cool — slow
9°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.
Likely species
Stoneflies
Gammarids
Hatch timeline · todayPeak at 11am

12pm(now) — Autumn Needle Fly

Stage: Creeping nymphsApproach: Heavy nymphActivity: 37%
Also:Autumn Olive21%
Peak emergence window3 food groups active

Peak activity at 11am — Autumn Needle Fly (Autumn Needle Fly, Peak emergence window)

Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

Hatch predictions

Top nymph shown — see all 4 guilds as a supporter.

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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 · November highlighted
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Trout seasonSeason
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2
2
2
2
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March BrownHatch
2
3
2
CapererHatch
2
3
3
2
Heather FlyHatch
2
2
Autumn DunHatch
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
Other water nearby · 5
Derry Water
1.0 km
0
Brown trout
River Ow
4.0 km
0
Brown trout
Aughrim River
< 1 km
Brown trout
Derry Water
1.0 km
Brown trout
River Ow
4.0 km
Brown trout
Gallery · 2
  1. The Aughrim River flowing through the countryside of County Wicklow, Ireland
    The Aughrim River, County Wicklow
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

Short, intimate, often heavily overgrown in summer. Wild brown trout throughout. The Aughrim & District Trout Angling & Conservation Club holds the rights here and on both headwater tributaries; the three waters are ticketed together but kept named and walked separately, in the way of small Irish rivers everywhere.

Hatches & food

EPA river-invertebrate monitoring confirms a broad food base along the Aughrim, with mayflies, stoneflies and caddis well represented alongside chironomids, freshwater shrimp and hoglice — a food-rich Wicklow freestone rather than a river built around one standout hatch.

  • Mixed
The full read · show the working · for Brown Trout · confidence 75%
How the 0 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature44 × 28%12.3
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity95 × 18%17.1
Feeding Time40 × 13%5.2
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity31 × 12%3.7
Conditions total= 62
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowproxy via Slaneyproxy
Prey activitysurvey-backed invertebrate datasurvey
What would change the calculation
Warmer water — toward the 10–16 °C ideal band — would lift the temperature score.
The dawn and dusk windows score higher than the midday lull.
Directions
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Seasons & zones
  • Trout 1 March → 30 September
Related guides
ConnemaraIrish fishingEuro Nymphingsubsurface methods
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Booking & contacts
At a glance

Aughrim River is a spate river in East / Wicklow, Ireland. It sits at about 84 m above sea level. The species listed for this water is brown trout. The trout season is recorded as running from 1 March to 30 September. Core methods listed: spider; soft_hackle_swing; upstream_nymph. Nearby waters in our listings include Aughrim River at < 1 km, Derry Water at 1.0 km and Derry Water at 1.0 km.