Spate · Mixed · South West Wales / Pembrokeshire

Nevern

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Small north-Pembrokeshire spate running through the village of Nevern into Newport Bay.

Good · Atlantic Salmon
Goodlive now
A good day — worth the effort
River steady at a fishable height. A reliable day. Match the fly size to the water height and cover the lies.
50% confidence
What moved it
  • LevelProxyvia Eastern Cleddau
  • Water temp14.6°C
  • ClarityClear
Conditions on the water
Proxy gauge
Level
Steady
Proxy
via Eastern Cleddau
Water temp14.6°C
ClarityClear
Weather12°C
WindSW 7 km/h
Pressure1019 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm
Rain · ahead0.0 mm

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

Water temperature for atlantic salmon
Warm — slow
15°C est.ideal 10–14°C
0°14°28°
How to fish it · for atlantic salmon
When
Mainly August through October per Nevern AA. Grilse arrive from July. Fish on the drop after rain.
Where
Lower pools above the tidal limit at Newport. Nevern AA named beats.
Method
Small doubles 10 to 12 across-and-down on a floating line; small tubes on a sink-tip in spring or coloured water. Fish the named lies in each pool, working systematically before moving on. Mandatory catch-and-release under NRW byelaw — every salmon goes back.
Kit
10 ft #7/8 single-hander or 11 ft switch — small spate scale; double-handers are wasted on these rivers. Floating line plus light sink-tip. 10 to 12 lb fluoro tippet.
Why this works
Good — water clarity is working for you, but time of day is the limiting factor today.
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Evidence
Survey-backed · regionalModerate confidence

Backed by regional invertebrate surveys; no sampling on this exact reach yet.

Through the year
0–3 scale · July highlighted
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Salmon runRun
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Sea trout runRun
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Trout seasonSeason
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2
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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
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Gallery · 1
  1. Terrain map of the venue
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About this water

Small north-Pembrokeshire spate running through the village of Nevern into Newport Bay. The Nevern AA holds the bulk of the fishing and the club tradition is older and steadier than the river is famous. Sewin lead the calendar — early May into the peak in July — with grilse arriving midsummer and the proper salmon late on. A very level-sensitive small river; the gauge and your eye matter more than the diary. Atlantic salmon are under serious conservation pressure — Natural Resources Wales mandates catch-and-release for salmon on all rivers, so all fish must be returned.

  • Mixed
Water quality (WFD)
  • Ecology: Poor
  • Chemical: Unknown
What this classification means

NRW WFD Cycle 3 — the Nyfer (Welsh name for the Nevern), conf Nant Duad to tidal limit: Poor ecological status. Status corrected 2026-06-18 (was recorded Good). Source: NRW DataMapWales classification layer.

NRW (Wales) · UKGB110061038630

Why this score · for atlantic salmon
  • Temperature8630% weight
  • Flow6025% weight
  • Clarity9520% weight
  • Feeding Time1515% weight
  • Pressure8510% weight
Directions
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Seasons & zones
  • Salmon1 April → 17 October
  • Sea trout3 March → 17 October
  • Trout3 March → 30 September

Sea trout: Variable seasonal (2026) — Small but distinctive Pembrokeshire sewin fishery with a long club tradition (Nevern AA). All-Wales At Risk picture applies. Strongly level-sensitive small catchment.

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