Limestone · East / Meath

River Deel (Meath)

River Deel (Meath) terrain map

A clear limestone river draining Loughs Lene and Bane down through Raharney to the Boyne.

Prime · Brown Trout
Pheasant Tail Nymph · 14-18
Primelive now
About as good as it gets
River steady at a fishable height. On the feed top to bottom — start on the rises with a dry, drop a nymph if they stay down.
90% confidence
What moved it
  • LevelProxyvia Boyne
  • Water temp13.6°C
  • ClarityClear
Today's fly
Pheasant Tail Nymph
Pheasant Tail Nymph14-18
Upstream
Conditions on the water
Proxy gauge
Level
Steady
Proxy
via Boyne
Water temp13.6°C
ClarityClear
Weather17°C
WindW 22 km/h
Pressure1020 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm
Rain · ahead0.4 mm

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

Water temperature for Brown Trout
Ideal
14°C est.ideal 1016°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
Excellent — water temperature is right today, though insect activity could be better.
Hatch timeline · todayQuiet day

Hatch predictions

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Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

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Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey

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Through the year
0–3 scale · July highlighted
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Trout seasonSeason
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2
2
2
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Daddy Long LegsHatch
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GrannomHatch
2
2
Evening SedgeHatch
2
3
3
3
2
Large Dark OliveHatch
1
2
2
1

Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.

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What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Other water nearby · 5
About this water

A clear limestone river draining Loughs Lene and Bane down through Raharney to the Boyne. It throws the sort of hatches that make a limestone river worth the name — upwings, sedges and diptera in good number — and the trout have come back well since the drainage works, with wild fish to over two pounds. It fishes best early, before the weed sets in and turns every drift into a negotiation. Deel and Boyne Angling Association water; dry-fly only from Raharney to Inan Bridge.

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The full read · show the working · for Brown Trout · confidence 90%
How the 83 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature100 × 28%28.0
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity95 × 18%17.1
Feeding Time65 × 13%8.5
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity54 × 12%6.5
Conditions total= 83
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowproxy via Boyneproxy
What would change the calculation
The dawn and dusk windows score higher than the midday lull.
Directions
Seasons & zones
  • Trout 1 March30 September
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