Waters

Lough Sheelin

Baseline tactics

Co. Cavan / Westmeath / Meath · Lough · wild · 1.9k ha

Yellow warninguntil Fri 02:00

Rain warning for Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford, Wicklow, Cork, Waterford

Spells of heavy rain with a possibility of thunderstorms. Potential impacts: • Localised flooding • Outdoor events impacted • Difficult travelling conditions

Met Éireann

Yellow warninguntil Sun 21:00

Blight advisory for Ireland

A potato blight advisory is in effect. For details, please see the Farming commentary under the Forecast tab.

Met Éireann

Weather check

Issued 18:00

Light easterly11 km/h · gusting 18 km/hBlowing onto the west shore · rippleGusty — hard casting.

Today — conditions every three hours
Time	Sky	Wind	Air	Rain
04:00	cloud	E 13 km/h	16 °C	dry
06:00	cloud	NE 12 km/h	16 °C	dry
08:00	cloud	ENE 18 km/h	17 °C	dry
10:00	cloud	ENE 19 km/h	18 °C	dry
12:00	cloud	E 19 km/h	18 °C	dry
14:00	cloud	E 17 km/h	19 °C	dry
16:00	cloud	E 13 km/h	19 °C	dry
18:00	cloud	E 11 km/h	18 °C	dry
20:00	cloud	NE 7 km/h	17 °C	0.1 mm

Times are UTC · wind in km/h · sun and rain read left to right across the day.

Air: 15–19°
Wind: 22 km/h
Rain: Dry

Water

measured

Warm 18 °C

Fish the cool ends of the day. Barbless, quick, wet hands.

Measured at Mount Nugent on the water · OPW

Ripple on the forecast.

Today · Lough Sheelin

Best window today is dawn, around 06:18.

Water · Warm (16–19°C)

Fishability is the engine's own hourly score. Why these conditions matter.

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Check season dates with the fishery (link below).

Where & when — all waters ›Pack for this trip — Kit Check ›

Depth character (estimated)

Mostly shallow · to ~15 m

Water clarity (estimated)

Clear

Exposure (estimated)

Moderate

Species

Brown trout →

Hatch calendar

BuzzerMar–Sep
Duckfly opens the season.
OliveApr–Jun, Sep
Lake olives spring and autumn.
MayflyMay–Jun
A renowned mayfly water — mid-May to mid-June.
SedgeJun–Aug
Evening sedge through summer.
CaenisJun–Aug
Calm-morning caenis.

Getting there

Bank access: LimitedThe lake has several piers and slipways, especially around Kilnahard, Crover and Tonagh, but the named drifts in the official guide show that the best fly water is generally covered by boat rather than by foot.

Boats available

Kilnahard Pier · Pier
Crover Pier · Pier

12 more unverified piers, slipways and car parks on the map (OpenStreetMap).

Features

Drop offsShoalsWeed bedsBaysIslandsRocky shorelinePointsRiver mouths

Weed: ModerateProductive charophyte beds are repeatedly referenced in Sheelin monitoring history and the guide shows extensive shallow bars, reeds and bay structure. Weed is not the whole game, but it matters.

Coarse fry present (Roach, Perch)

Local notes

The official guide's named drifts are unusually specific and useful: Long Rock to Curry Rocks, Inchacup to the Upper Inny mouth, Coyle's Point to Gaffney's Bay, Curadooan Point to the Rabbit/Stone islands, Corru Bay and Carrick Reeds to Sporting Rock. Sheelin is a structured drift lake rather than open-water guesswork, with bars, points, rocks, reeds and mouths all featuring. Best-attested condition patterns are southerly or westerly drifts over bars and points, and dry-fly fishing when fish show on calmer windows, especially around major hatches and evening spinner returns.

Fishery rules & regulations

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