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United Kingdom / Powys / River Afon Rhaeadr

Bite forecast: River Afon Rhaeadr

  • length 4 km
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Best fishing days for the next week

  1. SundaySeptember 6weather-based forecast
    63/100high activity

    Cloudy: 12–19 °C

  2. ThursdaySeptember 3weather-based forecast
    60/100high activity

    Cloudy: 15–19 °C

  3. MondaySeptember 7weather-based forecast
    58/100medium activity

    Cloudy: 12–16 °C

River Afon Rhaeadr (Powys) — a popular fishing spot. About 4 km long. See when the bite is best: hourly fish activity for the days ahead, computed from the weather, pressure, and season.

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Bite calendar

7–Sep 13
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Bite activity:highmediumlowslow
Based on:weatherseasonal
What is a bite calendar?

In the fish list, this icon marks species recorded here by GBIF. Unmarked species may still occur in the waterbody.

WhitefishDaceEuropean eelGraylingPikeRuffeBarbelBreamZanderAtlantic salmonBrown troutCarpWels catfishIdePerchRainbow troutChubBleakCrucian carpRoachRuddWhite breamTench

Atlantic salmon

6/10 · Fair

Hourly activity

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Bite activity:highmediumlow

The bite is strong — fish are active. Pressure is dropping — this usually boosts the bite.

Peak bite hours

Best time — 06:00–08:00 (dawn bite) and 19:00–21:00 (dusk bite).

Tactics

Work the cover — snags, weed edges, hole entrances; retrieve the lure with pauses.

Lures

The water's turning murky — go with bright, noisy lures: salmon spoon or salmon fly.

Gear

Pack transitional-season clothing — mornings and evenings are chilly. Rain is expected — don't forget a rain jacket or a waterproof shell.

Summary

Worth going — it's a productive day.

How this forecast is calculated

Why this forecast

The computed water temperature is around 12 °C — inside the 4–14 °C comfort range for Atlantic salmon, so baseline activity is high.

Computed water temperature by month; the green band is the 4–14 °C comfort rangecomfort 4–14 °C12 °C
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Atlantic salmon works the twilight: the peaks are pinned to sunrise and sunset — their times are in the sun-and-moon card above.

The day: daylight hours and when Atlantic salmon feeds0:0012:0024:00

Pressure is rising 3 hPa over the day — the bite usually settles down after a rise.

Pressure through the day, 3 hPa change
00:00 · 101023:00 · 1012 hPa

One more input — the moon's feeding windows: within their hours the score sits higher than across the rest of the day. The window times are in the “Solunar feeding periods” card below.

Feeding windows on the day scale0:0012:0024:00

September is an active season for Atlantic salmon here.

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These are the same values the bite curve above was computed from. How the forecast works

8 SepTuesday, September 8
+12°

Drizzle · feels like +11°

Low / high
+6°…+13°
Precipitation
0.2 mm
Wind
4 mph NW
Cloud cover
92%
Humidity
71%
Pressure
1008 hPa
00:00+11°0.2 mm7 mphsouthwest wind, 7 mph93%100%
01:00+10°0.2 mm7 mphwest wind, 7 mph93%100%
02:00+10°0.1 mm7 mphwest wind, 7 mph93%100%
03:00+10°0.1 mm7 mphsouthwest wind, 7 mph93%100%
04:00+10°0.1 mm6 mphsouthwest wind, 6 mph93%100%
05:00+8°—5 mphsouthwest wind, 5 mph95%67%
06:00+7°—4 mphsouthwest wind, 4 mph98%22%
07:00+6°—4 mphsouthwest wind, 4 mph98%0%
08:00+7°—3 mphsouthwest wind, 3 mph94%22%
09:00+10°—2 mphwest wind, 2 mph89%67%
10:00+11°—2 mphwest wind, 2 mph83%100%
11:00+11°0.2 mm4 mphwest wind, 4 mph76%73%
12:00+12°0.2 mm4 mphnorthwest wind, 4 mph71%92%
13:00+13°0.2 mm5 mphnorth wind, 5 mph68%100%
14:00+13°0.3 mm5 mphnorthwest wind, 5 mph68%95%
15:00+13°0.3 mm6 mphnorthwest wind, 6 mph71%82%
16:00+12°0.3 mm6 mphnorthwest wind, 6 mph74%64%
17:00+12°0.3 mm6 mphnorthwest wind, 6 mph78%43%
18:00+11°0.3 mm7 mphnorthwest wind, 7 mph82%25%
19:00+10°0.3 mm8 mphnorthwest wind, 8 mph85%13%
20:00+10°0.1 mm8 mphnorthwest wind, 8 mph87%6%
21:00+10°0.1 mm9 mphnorthwest wind, 9 mph88%2%
22:00+9°0.1 mm9 mphnorthwest wind, 9 mph89%0%
23:00+9°0.1 mm10 mphnorthwest wind, 10 mph89%0%
+13°+10°+6°
Weather throughout the day
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Sun and moon

Tuesday, September 8
The day: daylight and the hours the moon is above the horizon. Local time0:0012:0024:00
DaylightMoon above the horizon
Sunrise
06:36
Sunset
19:45
Day length
13 h 9 min
Sunshine hours
12 h 39 min
UV index
3
moderate
Moon
Waning crescent
Moonrise
02:33
Moonset
18:50

The day is 4 min shorter than yesterday.

Sunshine hours count direct sun only — cloud cover cuts it, so it is shorter than daylight.

Solunar feeding periods

+13% in the windowTuesday, September 8
Feeding windows on the day scale, local time0:0012:0024:00
Major periodsMinor periods
  • Minor02:03–03:03Moonrise
  • Major09:54–11:54Moon overhead
  • Minor18:20–19:20Moonset
  • Major22:21–00:00Moon underfoot

The windows are set by the moon's transit and rise, and the forecast above already accounts for them: within these hours the bite score sits higher than across the rest of the day, while the day's overall level still comes from the catch-calibrated model.

What are solunar periods?

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