Spate · Mixed · South-West / Cork, IE

River Sullane

River Sullane terrain map

West Cork spate river — tributary of the Lee system.

Today · Closed season
Wickham's Fancy
Forecast · Today
Closed season
Out of season. Try elsewhere.
45% projected
Today's fly
Wickham's Fancy
Wickham's Fancy
Conditions on the water · Today
Live gauge
Level
Rising
0.51 m
Lifting fast
Water temp9.2°C
ClarityUnfishable
Weather8°C
WindN 30 km/h
Pressure1007 hPa
Rain · recent0.2 mm
Rain · ahead5.0 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
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 · todayPeak at 11am

12pm(now) — Autumn Needle Fly

Stage: Creeping nymphsApproach: Heavy nymphActivity: 36%
Also:Autumn Olive25%
Peak emergence window4 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

Top nymph shown — see all 4 guilds 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
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.

Ranked for today
Brown Trout fly box
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Other water nearby · 5
River Roughty
18 km
0
Brown trout · Salmon · Sea trout
River Sullane
< 1 km
Brown trout
Lough Allua
7.0 km
Pike · Brown trout
Gougane Barra
14 km
Brown trout
Lee Reservoirs (Inniscarra & Carrigadrohid)
21 km
Brown trout · Rainbow trout · Pike
About this water

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 75%
How the 0 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature39 × 28%10.9
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity95 × 18%17.1
Feeding Time70 × 13%9.1
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity34 × 12%4.1
Conditions total= 64
Can you trust it?
Water temperaturelive gauge readinggauge
Level / flowon-river gaugeobserved
Prey activitysurvey-backed invertebrate datasurvey
What would change the calculation
Warmer water — toward the 10–16 °C ideal band — would lift the temperature score.
Directions
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Seasons & zones
  • Trout 2 March → 12 October
Related guides
ConnemaraIrish fishingEuro Nymphingsubsurface methods
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At a glance

River Sullane is a spate river in South-West / Cork, Ireland. It sits at about 172 m above sea level. The species listed for this water is brown trout. The trout season is recorded as running from 2 March to 12 October. Core methods listed: upstream_nymph; dry_fly_hatches; soft_hackle_swing. Level and flow data for this water is linked from 1 gauge. Nearby waters in our listings include River Sullane at < 1 km, Lough Allua at 7.0 km and Gougane Barra at 14 km.