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

River Glyde

Photo of River Glyde

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

Today · Closed season
Wickham's Fancy
Forecast · Today
Closed season
Out of season. File this water for the right month.
40% projected
Today's fly
Wickham's Fancy
Wickham's Fancy
Conditions on the water · Today
Live gauge
Level
Rising
0.43 m
Lifting fast
Water temp8.1°C
ClarityVery coloured
Weather7°C
WindN 22 km/h
Pressure1008 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm
Rain · ahead1.9 mm

The nearest gauge doesn't record temperatures, so we've estimated it — defer to the river keeper's advice.

Water temperature for Atlantic Salmon
Cool — slow
8°C est.ideal 10–16°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.
Likely species
Stoneflies
Gammarids
Hatch timeline · todayPeak at 11am

12pm(now) — Autumn Needle Fly

Stage: Creeping nymphsApproach: Heavy nymphActivity: 37%
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

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Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey(1)

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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
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
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Salmon runRun
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
Trout seasonSeason
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
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.

What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Other water nearby · 5
River Glyde
< 1 km
Brown trout
River Fane
15 km
Brown trout
River Fane
15 km
Brown trout
Kells Blackwater
22 km
Brown trout
Kells Blackwater
22 km
Brown trout
Gallery · 2
  1. Photo of River Glyde
    River Glyde
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

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
  • Temperature1830% weight
  • Flow6025% weight
  • Clarity9520% weight
  • Feeding Time1015% weight
  • Pressure8510% weight
Directions
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Seasons & zones
  • Salmon 1 February → 30 SeptemberC&R
  • Trout 1 March → 30 September
Related guides
Atlantic Salmonsalmon tacticsIrish Salmon Rivers Guidefive great salmon fisheriesConnemaraIrish fishing
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At a glance

River Glyde is a spate river in East / Louth-Cavan-Monaghan, Ireland. It sits at about 50 m above sea level. The species listed for this water is brown trout. It is classed as a salmon river. The trout season is recorded as running from 1 March to 30 September. The salmon season is recorded as running from 1 February to 30 September. Core methods listed: upstream_nymph; dry_fly; soft_hackle_swing. Level and flow data for this water is linked from 1 gauge. Nearby waters in our listings include River Glyde at < 1 km, River Fane at 15 km and River Fane at 15 km.