Limestone · East / Meath, IE

Riverstown River

Riverstown River — File:Riverstown, Birr - geograph.org.uk - 1814341.jpg

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.

Tomorrow · Closed season
Czech Nymph
Forecast · Tomorrow
Closed season
Out of season. Try elsewhere.
90% projected
Today's fly
Czech Nymph
Czech Nymph
Conditions on the water · Tomorrow
Proxy gauge
Level
Steady
Proxy
via Kells Blackwater
Water temp8.8°C
ClarityClear
Weather2°C
WindN 7 km/h
Pressure1019 hPa
Rain · recent0.1 mm
Rain · ahead0.1 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
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
Stoneflies
Gammarids
Hatch timeline · tomorrowPeak at 12pm

12pm(now) — Autumn Olive

Stage: On emergersApproach: Emerger or dryActivity: 52%
Also:Autumn Needle Fly40%Black Midge35%
Peak emergence windowWeather boost6 food groups active

Peak activity at 12pm — Autumn Olive (Autumn Olive, Peak emergence window)

Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

Hatch predictions

Top nymph shown — see all 4 guilds as a supporter.

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Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey(1)

Hatch predictions

Top prey shown — see all 3 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
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
Daddy Long LegsHatch
2
3
3
2
CapererHatch
2
3
3
2
Hawthorn FlyHatch
2
2
GrannomHatch
2
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 Deel (Meath)
9.0 km
0
Brown trout
Mongagh & Yellow Rivers
15 km
0
Brown trout
Lough Ennell
12 km
Brown trout · Pike
Lough Owel
14 km
Brown trout
Lough Lene
19 km
Brown trout
Gallery · 2
  1. Riverstown River — File:Riverstown, Birr - geograph.org.uk - 1814341.jpg
    File:Riverstown, Birr - geograph.org.uk - 1814341.jpg
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

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.

Hatches & food

A small overgrown limestone Deel tributary with good spring olive and summer sedge hatches in its sheltered runs; black gnat and other terrestrials matter heavily under the canopy of high banks.

  • Limestone
The full read · show the working · for Brown Trout · confidence 75%
How the 0 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature85 × 28%23.8
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity95 × 18%17.1
Feeding Time50 × 13%6.5
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity58 × 12%7.0
Conditions total= 78
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowproxy via Kells Blackwaterproxy
Prey activitysurvey-backed invertebrate datasurvey
What would change the calculation
The dawn and dusk windows score higher than the midday lull.
Directions
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Seasons & zones
  • Trout 1 March → 30 September
Related guides
ConnemaraIrish fishingEuro Nymphingsubsurface methods
Casting instructors near here
Booking & contacts
Permits & access
At a glance

Riverstown River is a limestone river in East / Meath, Ireland. The catchment geology is recorded as limestone, and the water sits at about 80 m above sea level. The species listed for this water is brown trout. The trout season is recorded as running from 1 March to 30 September. Core methods listed: upstream dry fly; short-line upstream nymph; careful wading approach. Access is recorded as a water managed by an angling association or club. Nearby waters in our listings include River Deel (Meath) at 9.0 km, Lough Ennell at 12 km and Lough Owel at 14 km.