Spate · Granite · West / Connemara, IE

Owenglin River

Owenglin River — IRL 2025, Clifden; Owenglin River, June 2025 Republic of Ireland photographs (01)
Today · Prime conditions — go now
Bibio
Forecast · Today
Prime conditions — go now
Settled and taking. Work it methodically.
70% projected
Today's fly
Bibio
Bibio
Conditions on the water · Today
Proxy gauge
Level
Falling
Proxy
via Erriff
Water temp14.6°C
ClarityClearing
Weather14°C
WindN 35 km/h
Pressure1016 hPa
Rain · recent15.3 mm
Rain · ahead7.1 mm

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

Water temperature for Atlantic Salmon
Ideal
15°C est.ideal 10–16°C
0°14°28°
How to fish it · for Atlantic Salmon
When
Morning into early afternoon.
Where
Pool tails, steadier runs, and any water with pace.
Method
Fish a sensible line-and-fly combination for the height and pace of water.
Kit
13 ft #8/9 double-hander in spate, 10 ft #8 single in low water. Floating line plus a fast-sink tip. 12–15 lb fluoro tippet.
Why this works
Poor — water temperature is working for you, but water clarity is the limiting factor today.
Likely species
Hatch timeline · todayPeak at 12h

12h(now) — Heather Fly

Stage: Terrestrials on topApproach: Dry flyActivity: 95%
Also:Reed Smut87%Autumn Dun53%Cinnamon Sedge49%
Peak emergence windowWeather boost11 food groups active

Peak activity at 12h — Heather Fly (Heather 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 · September highlighted
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Salmon runRun
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
Sea trout runRun
1
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
Fly box · Atlantic Salmon
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Other water nearby · 5
Gallery · 2
  1. Owenglin River — IRL 2025, Clifden; Owenglin River, June 2025 Republic of Ireland photographs (01)
    IRL 2025, Clifden; Owenglin River, June 2025 Republic of Ireland photographs (01)
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
Water quality (WFD)
  • Ecology: Unknown
  • Chemical: Unknown
Why this score · for Atlantic Salmon
  • Temperature10030% weight
  • Flow8025% weight
  • Clarity1520% weight
  • Feeding Time10015% weight
  • Pressure8510% weight
Directions
Seasons & zones
  • Salmon 1 February → 30 September
  • Sea trout 1 June → 30 September
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