Peter Driver of Piscari Fly is back with his weekly roundup of the fishing scene:

How’s the Fishing

Munster Banks

The TAFI Munster banks was held in Ardaire Springs on Saturday gone. Conditions seemed to be ok even though it was fairly close to Storm Bert. The winner was Mikey Foley on the day, with Ian Howard in second place and David O Donovan finished in Third Place. Congratulations to all who took part on the day with an impressive number of fish caught. 14 anglers participated with 123 fish caught on the day.

Mark was fishing at Laois Angling Centre on Sunday, getting a bit of practice in for the upcoming TAFI Leinster Bank Competition on 8th December. Mark had a good day overall, plenty of fish to Lures, Damsals and Black Minkie. Several different flies under the bung were working too, eggs and stuff like that. Plenty of good fishing over there. Mark was pulling a fast glass intermediate to a di3 with damsels and they were working prettty good around the lake.

For lures, eggs flies, lures and all you need for bank fishing this winter etc check out: https://piscari-fly.com/product-category/flies/stillwater-nymphs-lures/​

The Welsh Dee

The boys are sailing late tuesday night to the Welsh Dee in Llangollen. The plan was to practice Wednesday, Thursday and Friday but with the recent flooding from storm Bert that’s all up in the air now. Locals are fairly sure the competition will go ahead, that the river will be high and challenging but that’s the nature of competition fishing. They migh need to strap themselves in for this one!!!!!!

Follow club.piscari-fly.com for daily updates from Peter, Mark and Rob over the duration of the competition and the practice sessions.

What’s New?

Wychwood

A restock of Wychwood products and some of their fantastic reels added to our inventory here in the shop.

The reel’s functionality is superb, incorporating a semi-sealed Rulon drag system, a snug, compression fit spool and now featuring sculpted spool release and drag knobs, for comfort when in use.

Wychwood Fly Fishing Kits are suitable for beginners and seasoned anglers alike, offering a range that covers all aspects of the sport from high finesse river and stream fishing right through to vast windswept reservoir fishing. Available in 3 different sizes.

We also have the boatman and bankman nets and boat seats.

Check it out: https://piscari-fly.com/?s=wychwood&post_type=product&product_cat=0

 

 

Wychwood SLA MKII Silver Fly Reel 7/8

Christmas Gift Ideas

We here at Piscari-Fly have a great range of vouchers, you can get one for the shop, lots of great products to choose from.

But if you really want to do something different for the special ones in your life, how about a half day or a full day guiding with Peter or Mark for an experience they won’t forget. So this experience is one to one. You would meet Mark or Peter in the morning and after a cup of coffee and a discussion on what you want to get out of your day or half day we head to the river. They will go through all the gear that you have and see where you are at and then throughout the day there is intensive coaching and guiding on the techniques you want to work on. For the full day there is a light lunch provided and all permits and insurance would be included.

Peter and Mark are highly skilled fly-tyers and fly anglers. Peter is the current National Chairperson of APGAI Ireland and Leinster TAFI. He is a qualified casting instructor and an advanced qualified fly tying instructor. Peter has competed for Ireland on many occasions all across the world in European and World championships. He has several Provincial and National titles. He is a very accomplished angler and has spent his life studying and learning the art of flyfishing. Throughout the day this knowledge and expertise will be passed onto you. Peter has a real passion for passing on and sharing information through fly tying and coaching. While modern nymphing techniques are his go-to method for catching fish, he also spends a lot of time working on all approaches in fly fishing, so he has a complete set of skills for any type of river or place.

Join the lads for discussions on set ups and equipment, rods, reels, lines etc. Then leaders and tippet, the importance of leaders and how they affect tippet choice and impact on techniques, Approaching the river and Beat Management where to start and understanding how to approach the river. Predominate versus protective locations of fish.

We really look forward to the 2025 season and hope to see you on the river.

Live Shows

Saturday just gone we had another great live show on piscari-fly club. Great tying and great craic was had. Peter was disussing all about Grayling flies they find really work for them and other Grayling flies that are really successful which Peter has discovered over the last couple of years. Some lovely dries and nymphs. The live shows are brilliant for a chance to learn someting new and watch some flies being tied and you can ask questions as we go along. If you are interested sign up to our club and see you soon. Don’t forget when you join the club the first month is free and there are some great discounts to be had. https://club.piscari-fly.com/​

Mark was on the ireland on the fly podcast last week here is the link https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/winter-grayling-fishing-with-mark-driver/id1494497441?i=1000677073383 It was in relation to grayling fishing and travelling over to the UK for the Hanak European Grayling Festival. Have a listen in and hope you enjoy the interview.

What’s coming?

Don’t forgot to put these dates in your diary, the 3rd and 4th May for another fantastic Irish Spring Angling Fair. The one and only Hans Van Klinken, the inventor of the Klink and the author of the book The Klink is coming to the Fair. He will be there both days so make sure you get down to meet the legend.

Hans began fly-tying in 1976. By the early eighties he was creating his own designs. He has travelled and fished so much of the world. He enjoys sharing his knowledge about fly-fishing and fly-tying. Come see this master in action.

About us

Based on the River Nore just outside Thomastown, Co Kilkenny, Ireland. Piscari-Fly is a growing Fly Tying and Fly-Fishing business with a vast amount of experience and knowledge. If there is ever anything I can do to make my service better for you please feel free to suggest it to me and I’ll gladly try my best to accommodate your requests. Thanks again. Peter Driver.

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Thanks for the support, its greatly appreciated.

Peter Driver.

Piscari-Fly, Woolengrange, Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny, R95 Y860, Ireland, 0879787040