Bundorragha River

Type
Freestone river, Mayo, Ireland
Season
Feb–Sep
Where the season comes from

Season Catch and Release to 31 May, Open from 01 June, Brown tag fishery for 2026 Salmon: 1 February to 30 September Sea trout: 1 June to 30 September

Set for this water by name.

Delphi
Inland Fisheries Ireland · checked 2026-11-04. Dates change each season: confirm them there.

Live gauges
None listed
Listed by
3 authoritative lists
Guides
None listed
Shops
None listed

Today on the Bundorragha River

No live reading
Why there is no reading

No provider we read publishes a machine-readable feed on this water. We show no number rather than a guessed one.

Regulations & lists Guides & shops

The Bundorragha River running over rock steps below green mountains in the Delphi valley
Photo credit

The Bundorragha River, Co. Mayo. Photo: JoachimKohlerBremen, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

More about the Bundorragha River

The Bundorragha River is a freestone river in County Mayo, Ireland. Inland Fisheries Ireland lists it as a main salmon fishery (West). Inland Fisheries Ireland's 2026 Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme lists it as a salmon fishery open to catch and release only and an open salmon fishery with optional harvest surplus. It is the Delphi Fishery (Bundorragha River, Finlough and Doolough). Under the 2026 tagging scheme it is catch and release to 31 May and open (brown tag) from 1 June. IFI's regional page lists it under Leenane, Co. Galway; the detail page captions the river as Co. Mayo. Also called Delphi River.

Where to fish

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Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish. Most waters here need a rod licence or permit and often a beat booking or club ticket; the listing pages under Regulations say which.

Nothing on this page grants or implies access.

Restrooms near Bundorragha River

Restrooms near Bundorragha River

Restrooms within 2 miles of Bundorragha River in a straight line, nearest first, with what anglers found when they went. The map says a restroom is there, not whether it is clean or open today.

No restroom mapped within 2 mi yet — add one you know.

Campgrounds, fishing access sites and boat ramps often have one that isn't on the map yet.

Restroom locations and map details: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License, read Oct 24, 2026. Ratings, answers and photos are members' own; who shared them is never shown, and every photo is reviewed before it appears. Visits older than 18 months no longer count. Distances are straight-line miles, not driving. Nothing here grants access to private land. Community guidelines.

More water near Bundorragha River (6)

Sources OpenStreetMap via Nominatim (position)Overture Maps places (guide map points)

Where the map point comes from

Position: the OpenStreetMap feature “Bundorragha River, Bundorragha ED, Westport-Belmullet Municipal District, County Mayo, Connacht, Ireland” (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), found with Nominatim; a point on or near the named feature, approximate.

We hold no access map for Mayo yet.

The map shows shops and guides nearby that publish a street address on their own website. Everyone else is in the lists below.

Regulations and official lists

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Each line is an official list that names this water. Those pages are the authority on seasons, licences, limits and closures for each beat or reach; read them before you go.

Guides and shops near Bundorragha River

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Listings are unclaimed: confirm licensing, rates, dates and hours directly.

Guides

No guide within 60 km yet.

Shops nearby

No shop nearby yet.

How these are chosen

Guides whose own website names this water come first, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Shops whose website names this water first, then fly shops within 100 km when the shop's website gives its location.

Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories.

Species

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The species the agency lists here; presence varies by reach and season.

Listed by the agency

  • Salmon
  • Sea trout

Gear checklist

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A steelhead and salmon fly-fishing checklist: a switch or spey rod (or 9′6″ single-hand) in 7–8 weight, Skagit lines and sink tips, swing flies, studded boots and cold-weather layers, with estimated prices and where to buy.

Steelhead & salmon

11′–13′6″ two-hand rod, 7–8 weight, Skagit head + sink tips · Steelhead and Pacific salmon

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Videos for this water (5)

Watch: reading a trout stream

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Seams, shelves and soft water, shown on real rivers.

Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.

  • How I Learned to Read Water (Fly Fishing)Embedded from YouTube · Mad River Outfitters · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
  • How To Read The Water with Tom RosenbauerEmbedded from YouTube · The New Fly Fisher · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
  • Reading the Water to Successfully Locate TroutEmbedded from YouTube · Orvis Guide to Fly Fishing · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube

Not sponsored All videos on reading water

Watch: nymphing basics

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Indicator rigs, depth and detecting the take.

Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.

  • 90° Nymph RigEmbedded from YouTube · Huge Fly Fisherman · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
  • Casting with an Indicator & Better Nymphing TechniquesEmbedded from YouTube · The New Fly Fisher · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube

Not sponsored All videos on nymphing

Fish Tales

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Trip stories anglers chose to share publicly and tagged with Bundorragha River.

No stories from here yet.

Sources for this page

Not a statement of access, fish presence or conditions.

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All 6 sources and dates

A water page organises discovery. It does not assert public access, legal access, current fish presence, guide availability or fishing conditions.

Live readings come from the named provider when the page is shown, under the licence shown on each card. Designations, species and the flagship note link to the agency or body that publishes them; this page copies only the list wording and the species names. Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories. Position: the OpenStreetMap feature “Bundorragha River, Bundorragha ED, Westport-Belmullet Municipal District, County Mayo, Connacht, Ireland” (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), found with Nominatim; a point on or near the named feature, approximate. Water type is our own classification.