Waters

River Suir (Thurles–Cahir stretches)

Baseline tactics

Co. Tipperary / Waterford · River · wild

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Weather check

Issued 17:59

Light north-north-easterly6 km/h · gusting 12 km/hBlowing from the north-north-east · rippleGusty — hard casting.

Today — conditions every three hours
Time	Sky	Wind	Air	Rain
04:00	cloud	NW 9 km/h	15 °C	dry
06:00	cloud	NW 12 km/h	14 °C	dry
08:00	rain	NNW 7 km/h	16 °C	0.3 mm
10:00	rain	NE 6 km/h	17 °C	0.7 mm
12:00	rain	NE 7 km/h	18 °C	2.8 mm
14:00	rain	E 6 km/h	18 °C	2.6 mm
16:00	cloud	ENE 8 km/h	18 °C	0.2 mm
18:00	cloud	NNE 6 km/h	17 °C	0.2 mm
20:00	rain	NNE 6 km/h	17 °C	1.5 mm

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

Air: 14–18°
Wind: 12 km/h
Rain: 15.9 mm

Water

measured

Ideal 16 °C

Trout are willing at every depth.

Measured at Caher Park · OPW

Ripple on the forecast.

Today · River Suir (Thurles–Cahir stretches)

Best window today is dawn, around 06:21.

Water · Ideal (12–16°C)

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Depth character (estimated)

Mixed depths · to ~2 m

Water clarity (estimated)

Clear

Exposure (estimated)

Moderate

Species

Brown trout →Atlantic salmon →

Getting there

Bank access: LimitedBest trout and salmon water is controlled by clubs, syndicates and private beats (e.g. Cashel & Golden AC water from Camus Bridge to Suir Castle; Suir Valley Fishery's beats around Clonmel; Clonmel & District Salmon & Trout Anglers from below Kilsheelan graveyard to Poulakerry). Day tickets/permits and guided access are available through these clubs and local guides rather than open bank access.

No boats

Rossestown Bridge · Bridge
Holycross Bridge · Bridge
Ardmayle Bridge · Bridge
Camus Bridge · Bridge
Cahir Square parking · Car park

Features

GlidesRifflesPoolsRunsWeir pools

Weed: ModerateLimestone spring-fed river with healthy ranunculus (water crowfoot) growth on softer glides and margins; growth peaks in early summer and chokes some tributary stretches (e.g. the Tar) by late June. On the main river this eases after mid-August as flows rise through aquifer recharge, reopening wading and daytime sport. Single-source-leaning claim on the main-channel weed density specifically — see flags.

Coarse fry present (Brown trout, Salmon)

Local notes

Runs south off Devil's Bit Mountain through Thurles, Golden, Cahir and Clonmel to the tidal limit above Carrick-on-Suir — a limestone, spring-fed river long rated one of Ireland's best wild brown trout fisheries (fish typically 3/4-2lb, better ones taken on summer evenings), with trout selective because of abundant natural fly rather than fishing pressure. Best trout water runs Golden/Cashel through Cahir and Clonmel to Kilsheelan/Poulakerry; the mayfly hatch is confined to the Camus Bridge-Golden stretch, but sedges, olives, blue-winged olives, hawthorn, iron blues, caenis and pale wateries hatch more widely, driving a long evening rise (from about 7pm) from mid-May to end August. Salmon (mostly grilse, running June-September) fish best from Ardfinnan down to Carrick-on-Suir and move best on a lifting tide near the tidal limit at Carrick; sea trout share the same lower/tidal water. Since 2013 the Suir and its tributaries (Clodiagh, Lingaun, Blackwater) have been catch-and-release only for salmon — link out to current regs rather than treating it as an open-harvest river.

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