On May 1st Andrew Ryan from Clonanav, Ballymacarbry was guiding Chicago Dentist Mark Lundell -a great guy! What a day to be out on the river but they did get a few fish. It was hard to get into the water in most places but they tried a few secret spots on a tributary of the Suir. The morning began with some heavy rain so they started off on his casting ponds – had a few fish there. Then on to the river streamer fishing – the fishing was tough as the water was still really high – but Mark battled hard here are a few photos.
May 5th: Clonanav Fly Fishing held a nymph fishing clinic at their shop and on the river Suir. The focus of the clinic was to highlight the benefit of fishing with heavier nymphs on the Suir. The clinic covered flies, leader set up, tackle, techniques, watercraft, reading the water and general techniques.
They were using the new Greys Streamflex 10ft #3 and it is fantastic on the Suir. The weather was windy and cold but they hooked and landed a few fish. The bigger ones got away! For the rest of the season Clonanav are running a series of clinics on different aspects of fly fishing.
Andrew tells us that the past few days have seen some great hatches of Iron Blue duns on the river. The trout have been feeding on them in the afternoon from about 2.30 on wards. Earlier in the week they had a lot of heavy rain which brought water levels up and flooded most of the rivers. This really freshened things up and now the fishing is really improving.
North east winds are making the casting and conditions difficult and are set to continue into next week. As soon as we get some good weather fishing should really improve. Andrew was out on Thursday and Friday with Conor Lynch and they had some good but hard earned fish. They caught some on IBDs and some on PTN flashbacks.
Andrew Ryan
Clonanav Fly Fishing
