Stillwater · Mixed · West / Mayo

Lough Beltra / Newport

The shoreline of Lough Beltra, County Mayo, open lough water.
Marginal · Atlantic Salmon
Cascade · 10-14
Marginallive now
Marginal — persistence required
Low and clear — careful approach country. Hard going on bright water. Favour cloud and shadow.
85% confidence
What moved it
  • LevelProxyvia Burrishoole
  • Water temp18.8°C
  • ClarityClearClearing
Today's fly
Cascade
Cascade10-14
Regional salmon default — river-specific evidence is thin.
Conditions on the water
Proxy gauge
Level
Falling
Proxy
via Burrishoole
Water temp18.8°C
ClarityClear
Weather19°C
WindS 15 km/h
Pressure1019 hPa
Rain · recent0.1 mm
Rain · ahead0.6 mm

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

Water temperature for Atlantic Salmon
Warm — slow
19°C est.ideal 10–14°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
Water at 18.8°C — above the atlantic salmon caution line (18°C). Fish dawn or dusk only. Land it fast, wet hands, no air shots.
Hatch timeline · todayPeak at 8pm

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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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Evidence
Survey-backed · regionalHigh confidence

Backed by regional invertebrate surveys; no sampling on this exact reach yet.

Through the year
0–3 scale · August highlighted
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Salmon runRun
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2
2
2
2
2
1
Sea trout runRun
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2
2
1
Daddy Long LegsHatch
2
3
2
Murrough (Great Red Sedge)Hatch
2
3
2
Black MidgeHatch
2
3
3
3
3
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3
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2
Lake OliveHatch
1
2
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2
2
1

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

Ranked for today
Atlantic Salmon fly box
Permits & access
Permit required — see local rules.
  • Lough Beltra and Newport River system
  • Newport Angling Club
  • State rod licence required.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Water here around 19°C. Nothing cooler within range — carry a thermometer.
Gallery · 4
  1. The shoreline of Lough Beltra, County Mayo, open lough water.
    The shore of Lough Beltra
  2. Lough Beltra with Nephin mountain rising behind the open water, County Mayo.
    Lough Beltra and Nephin
  3. Fishing boats moored on Lough Beltra, County Mayo.
    Fishing boats on Lough Beltra
  4. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
Water quality (WFD)
  • Ecology: Good
  • Chemical: Unknown
What this classification means

WFD code normalized 2026-06-18: IE_WE_32_452 → IEWE_32_452 (EPA national format → EEA WISE euSurfaceWaterBodyCode; same water body, now joinable to WISE). Status confirmed against EEA WISE 2022 (3rd RBMP). Source: discodata.eea.europa.eu. | Prior note: EPA WFD 2019-2024 (lake layer) — Lough Beltra: Good ecological status. Re-tagged 2026-06-18 from IEWE_32O020100 (a river/stream water body, not the lough) to the lough's own EPA lake water body. Source: EPA Ireland WFD 2019-2024 classification (catchments.ie / EDEN).

EPA (Ireland) · IEWE_32_452

The full read · show the working · for Atlantic Salmon · confidence 85%
How the river scores — hydrology factors
Water heightMedium Ideal0.0
Recent riseNone0.0
Falling after liftNot Applicable0.0
Water temperatureCool To Moderate0.0
Time in seasonOpening Period0.0
ClarityClearing0.0
Hydrology base0.0
Legal gate: Unknown Check Local Rules
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowproxy via Burrishooleproxy
Directions
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Seasons & zones
  • Salmon 20 March → 30 SeptemberC&R
  • Sea trout 1 June → 30 September

Sea trout: Variable seasonal (2026) — Beltra (Newport system, Co. Mayo) sea-trout stocks have collapsed; killing sea trout is legally prohibited in this western district. Famous as a sea-trout fishery historically; remains fishable but on a strict catch-and-release, conservation-aware basis.

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