Spate · Mixed · Co. Antrim / Lough Neagh Tributaries

River Maine

Wide view of the River Maine flowing through countryside near Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Prime · Brown Trout
Partridge and Orange · 14-16
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 Six Mile Water
  • Water temp15.8°C
  • ClarityClear
Today's fly
Partridge and Orange
Partridge and Orange14-16
Upstream
Conditions on the water
Proxy gauge
Level
Steady
Proxy
via Six Mile Water
Water temp15.8°C
ClarityClear
Weather14°C
WindW 8 km/h
Pressure1022 hPa
Rain · recent2.3 mm
Rain · ahead5.2 mm

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

Water temperature for Brown Trout
Ideal
16°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.
Why this works
Excellent — water temperature is right today, though insect activity could be better.
Hatch timeline · todayPeak at 6am

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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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Trout seasonSeason
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
Daddy Long LegsHatch
2
3
2
March BrownHatch
2
3
2
GrannomHatch
2
2
Large StoneflyHatch
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
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Lower Bann
24 km
Brown trout · Salmon · Sea trout
Six Mile Water
24 km
Brown trout · Dollaghan
Gallery · 2
  1. Wide view of the River Maine flowing through countryside near Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
    The River Maine near Ballymena, County Antrim.
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
The full read · show the working · for Brown Trout · confidence 90%
How the 86 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature100 × 28%28.0
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity95 × 18%17.1
Feeding Time80 × 13%10.4
Pressure80 × 7%5.6
Insect activity59 × 12%7.1
Conditions total= 86
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowproxy via Six Mile Waterproxy
Prey activitysurvey-backed invertebrate datasurvey
Directions
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Seasons & zones
  • Trout 1 March → 31 October
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