Limestone · East / Meath

Riverstown River

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A small Deel tributary near Raharney that has quietly rebuilt its wild brown trout since the drainage, with fish now to one and three-quarter pounds.

Marginal · Brown Trout
Pheasant Tail Nymph · 14-18
Marginallive now
Slow going — pick your moments
River dropping into shape after a lift. A short window. Take your time.
55% confidence
What moved it
  • LevelProxyvia Kells Blackwater
  • Water temp12.2°C
  • ClarityVery colouredColouring up
Today’s fly
Pheasant Tail Nymph
Pheasant Tail Nymph14-18
Upstream
Conditions on the water
Proxy gauge
Level
Steady
Proxy
via Kells Blackwater
Water temp12.2°C
ClarityVery coloured
Weather28°C
WindE 23 km/h
Pressure1014 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm
Rain · ahead6.5 mm

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

Water temperature for brown trout
Ideal
12.2°Cideal 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
Poor — water temperature is working for you, but water clarity is the limiting factor today.
Hatch timeline · todayPeak at 2pm

Hatch predictions

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Through the year
0–3 scale · June highlighted
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Daddy Long LegsHatch
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GrannomHatch
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Evening SedgeHatch
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Large Dark OliveHatch
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Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.

Ranked for today
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What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
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About this water

A small Deel tributary near Raharney that has quietly rebuilt its wild brown trout since the drainage, with fish now to one and three-quarter pounds. It is not easy fishing — the banks are high and overgrown, and you are best off in the water — but it repays the angler who persists, and it comes into its own from May to September. Dry-fly only, single barbless hooks under Bye-law 936 of 2015, with a sanctuary stretch above the Deel confluence. Deel & Boyne Angling Association water, run catch-and-release.

  • Limestone
The full read · show the working · for brown trout · confidence 55%
How the 30 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature100 × 28%28.0
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity15 × 18%2.7
Feeding Time55 × 13%7.2
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity49 × 12%5.9
Limiting factor: Water is very coloured — too coloured for Brown Trout= 67
Can you trust it?
Water temperaturelive gauge readinggauge
Level / flowproxy via Kells Blackwaterproxy
What would change the calculation
A drop and clear would lift the flow and clarity scores.
The dawn and dusk windows score higher than the midday lull.
Directions
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Seasons & zones
  • Trout1 March → 30 September
Related guides
ConnemaraIrish fishingEuro Nymphingsubsurface methods
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