Spate · Granite · East / Wicklow, IE

River Avonmore

River Avonmore — Viaduct in Avondale

Wicklow granite spate river with wild brown trout.

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 temp8.6°C
ClarityUnfishable
Weather8°C
WindN 37 km/h
Pressure1010 hPa
Rain · recent0.1 mm
Rain · ahead2.9 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
Hatch timeline · todayPeak at 11am

12pm(now) — Autumn Needle Fly

Stage: Creeping nymphsApproach: Heavy nymphActivity: 37%
Also:Autumn Olive22%
Peak emergence window

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 2 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
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March BrownHatch
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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
Gallery · 2
  1. River Avonmore — Viaduct in Avondale
    Viaduct in Avondale
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

Flows through wooded Avondale valley. Good dry fly and nymph water when conditions allow.

Hatches & food

EPA kick-sample monitoring on the Avonmore confirms mayflies, stoneflies, a strong caddis assemblage, chironomids and blackflies, plus freshwater shrimp are all present in the river, pointing to a well-fed freestone rather than any single dominant hatch.

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The full read · show the working · for Brown Trout · confidence 75%
How the 0 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature45 × 28%12.6
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity95 × 18%17.1
Feeding Time40 × 13%5.2
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity23 × 12%2.8
Conditions total= 61
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
Seasons & zones
  • Trout 15 March → 30 September
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At a glance

River Avonmore is a spate river in East / Wicklow, Ireland. The catchment geology is recorded as granite, and the water sits at about 81 m above sea level. The species listed for this water is brown trout. The trout season is recorded as running from 15 March to 30 September. Core methods listed: upstream_nymph; dry_fly; soft_hackle_swing. Nearby waters in our listings include River Avonmore at < 1 km, Avonbeg River at 6.0 km and Avoca River at 9.0 km.