Spate · Mixed · South-West / Cork, IE

River Sullane

River Sullane terrain map

West Cork spate river — tributary of the Lee system.

Today · Not the day for it
Olive Klinkhamer
Forecast · Today
Not the day for it
Not much stacked in your favour today. Worth an hour if you are nearby, not worth the special trip.
45% projected
Today's fly
Olive Klinkhamer
Olive Klinkhamer
Conditions on the water · Today
Live gauge
Level
Rising
0.54 m
Lifting fast
Water temp14.7°C
ClarityUnfishable
Weather12°C
WindN 27 km/h
Pressure1002 hPa
Rain · recent21.7 mm
Rain · ahead5.5 mm

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

Water temperature for Brown Trout
Ideal
15°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.
Why this works
Excellent — conditions well-balanced, with water temperature particularly in your favour.
Likely species
Mayflies
Stoneflies
Caddisflies
Gammarids
Hatch timeline · todayPeak at 2pm

12pm(now) — Heather Fly

Stage: Terrestrials on topApproach: Dry flyActivity: 66%
Also:Reed Smut53%Autumn Dun36%Cinnamon Sedge30%
Peak emergence windowWeather boost11 food groups active

Peak activity at 2pm — Autumn Dun (Autumn Dun, Weather boost)

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 · September highlighted
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Trout seasonSeason
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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
River Sullane
< 1 km
Brown trout
Lough Allua
7.0 km
Pike · Brown trout
Gougane Barra
14 km
Brown trout
River Roughty
18 km
Brown trout · Salmon · Sea trout
Lee Reservoirs (Inniscarra & Carrigadrohid)
21 km
Brown trout · Rainbow trout · Pike
About this water

West Cork spate river — tributary of the Lee system. Wild brown trout in mixed geology water. Good fly water through spring and summer.

Hatches & food

EPA freshwater monitoring on the River Sullane confirms a broad food base of mayflies, stoneflies, caddis, aquatic diptera and freshwater shrimp and hoglice across its monitored segments. The records establish presence in the riverbed community rather than emergence timing or a dependable rise.

  • Mixed
The full read · show the working · for Brown Trout · confidence 90%
How the 87 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature100 × 28%28.0
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity95 × 18%17.1
Feeding Time70 × 13%9.1
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity80 × 12%9.6
Conditions total= 87
Can you trust it?
Water temperaturelive gauge readinggauge
Level / flowon-river gaugeobserved
Prey activitysurvey-backed invertebrate datasurvey
Directions
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Seasons & zones
  • Trout 2 March → 12 October
Related guides
ConnemaraIrish fishingEuro Nymphingsubsurface methods
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