Spate · Mixed · South East / Wexford, IE

River Urrin

River Urrin terrain map

The Urrin rises in the Blackstairs Mountains and joins the Slaney just south of Enniscorthy.

Tomorrow · Closed season
Stonefly Nymph
Forecast · Tomorrow
Closed season
Out of season. Try elsewhere.
45% projected
Today's fly
Stonefly Nymph
Stonefly Nymph
Conditions on the water · Tomorrow
Proxy gauge
Level
Rising
Proxy
via Slaney
Water temp9.4°C
ClarityVery coloured
Weather3°C
WindN 6 km/h
Pressure1019 hPa
Rain · recent17.2 mm
Rain · ahead0.4 mm

No gauge on this water — conditions are inferred from Slaney. 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
Hatch timeline · tomorrowPeak at 11am

12pm(now) — Autumn Needle Fly

Stage: Creeping nymphsApproach: Heavy nymphActivity: 39%
Also:Autumn Olive31%
Peak emergence windowWeather boost5 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

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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 · November 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
About this water

It is chiefly a sea-trout fishery — and a good one, when the conditions come right — with brown trout around three-quarters of a pound for company. A sea-trout licence is required. One angling club controls the river, and day tickets are available.

Hatches & food

An acidic Blackstairs granite spate river — stoneflies, March Browns and terrestrials dominate while upwings are thin; primarily fished for summer sea trout on sedges and traditional wets after rain.

  • Mixed
The full read · show the working · for Brown Trout · confidence 90%
How the 0 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature84 × 28%23.5
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity95 × 18%17.1
Feeding Time55 × 13%7.2
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity51 × 12%6.1
Conditions total= 77
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowproxy via Slaneyproxy
Prey activitysurvey-backed invertebrate datasurvey
What would change the calculation
The dawn and dusk windows score higher than the midday lull.
Directions
Seasons & zones
  • Trout 17 March → 31 August

Sea trout: Variable seasonal (2026)

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At a glance

River Urrin is a spate river in South East / Wexford, Ireland. It sits at about 14 m above sea level. Our data lists sea trout and brown trout here. The trout season is recorded as running from 17 March to 31 August. Core methods listed: floating-line wet fly down-and-across; night fishing for sea trout; upstream nymph for brown trout. Access is recorded as a water managed by an angling association or club. Nearby waters in our listings include Slaney at 3.0 km, River Boro at 5.0 km and River Sow at 17 km.