Angling on Lough Arrow has continued to be sporadic as the Green Peter fishing is now tailing off. However, dry or wet Daddies should prove effective from now on and through September. With the onset of the cooler weather, wet fly during the day should also produce some good sport.
Lough Arrow Fisheries Preservation & District Anglers (LAFPADA) will hold a competition on Sunday 1st Sept from 11.00am to 6.00pm. Entries are taken between 10.00am and 11.00am at Flynn’s Pier or by text to any of the numbers below before start time (no entries after 11.00am). Alison: 087 9541835 David: 086 3825376 Karl: 086 8343584. Weigh in for single heaviest fish will be at 7.00pm in McDermott’s Bar, Castlebaldwin.
Go Fishing…
Arrow is one of the great Irish trout fishing loughs where the trout average 1½lb and fish to 6lb and 7lb are taken on fly annually. It is 4 miles north-west of Boyle, with Ballymote 6 miles and Ballyfarnan 3 miles away. It is a limestone lough, incredibly rich and, while it has some feeder streams, it is mainly spring-fed… …Find out more at www.fishinginireland.info/trout/northwest/lougharrow.htm
