Colin Folan from Lough Inagh Lodge Hotel reports that
17 August: At time of writing the water levels are rising rapidly. The lake has started to come on a bit for sea trout, as Cork angler Don O’Leary fished it for his first time last evening and landed 6 nice fish on wets. Michael Heery and his party of 3 fished Inagh last week for 3 sessions and boated 20 Sea Trout to 2.75lbs and also had a pair of grilse.
First time fly fisherman Henry O’Maille,Galway, fished The Derryclare Butts for a morning with his father Padraic, and landed a nice fresh Grilse of 5lbs on a cascade.
William Martens,USA, aged 81, fished dries on The Trout Pool for a couple of hours and landed 2 sea trout to 1.75lbs and 5 browns to 2lbs.
So far in 16 days of August the books have recorded 98 sea trout, 25 browns and 7 salmon with not much rod effort to be honest.
September is usually a good period on the fishery and the spaces are filling up quickly especially on Lough Inagh so booking is essential.
Colin Folan
Lough Inagh Lodge
Go fishing…
Loughs Derryclare and Inagh lie in the lovely Inagh Valley with the Twelve Pins (Bens) of Connemara rising steeply to the west, and the Maumturk Mountain range to the east. There are two short connecting rivers, which contain four river beats. The fishery has spring salmon, grilse, sea trout and large indigenous brown trout. In recent years the fishery has seen a resurgence of fish numbers, and in 2010 – 2012, the fishery has produced Salmon to 15lbs, Sea Trout to 5lbs and Brown Trout to 12lbs.
Lough Inagh Lodge
Recess, Connemara, Co. Galway, Ireland
Tel: +353 095 34706
Web: www.loughinaghlodgehotel.ie
