As the mayfly hatches have started to fall off on the Boyne at Navan the spent gnat is providing some good fishing in the evenings. Daytime fishing has been tough and Nick Onesco and Cornell Sandu have being trying their luck French nymphing on the Boyne at Navan.
Their novel set up included a reeless rod with approximately 5.5m of mono/fluorocarbon with a coloured section as a bite indicator to which was attached two very small nymphs, they recommended sizes 16, 18 and 20. The technique is very suited to shallow water from approximately 1m and shallower. Nick had a nice 15inch trout and a number of smaller fish at Kilcarn during one recent outing.
The lads reported that the trout are absolutely bursting with mayfly which account for the lack of activity during the day. The water continues to fall and clear and there are some olive hatches during the day, the remainder of the mayfly hatch is sparse and there can be some good sedge fishing in the evenings. reports have also been received that some nice trout to circa 2lbs have been taken on sedge at Dunmoe.
On the Kells Blackwater in Navan local angler Like Walpole had some nice fishing on Monday evening. Luke’s best fish was a lovely 2lb brown trout and together with angling buddy Matthew O’Connor whose best fish was a nice 1.5lb wild brow trout, the lads managed 12 trout for their evenings fishing. Most fish were taken either on a spent mayfly or small brown sedge.
