Peter Driver of Piscari Fly is back with his weekly roundup of the fishing scene
How’s The Fishing?
Congratulations to Mark Driver on winning the Denis Dodd Cup up at Wicklow Anglers at the weekend. Mark and Peter’s dad, Tommy, fished together and they had a great day. Difficult enough conditions with bright sunshine and an east wind. Never makes it easy on lakes. But well done to Mark on 1st place and to all the anglers who took part.
Pike fishing on the Shannon
It was a challenging enough week in pursuit of pike on the fly this week. It was more a matter of keeping my finger on the pulse to see where the fishing was well and what was working. The story of the week was a massive amount of followers, strikes and poorly hooked fish, due to the sheer number of encounters, this still meant quite a few fish landed.
Over the weekend, I had my own family out in the boat, which is chaotic at the best of times! However, we had fun, caught a couple of pike, and I managed to test a new line or two.
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Avonmore River
Jamie Conway got up onto the Avonmore River over the weekend and enjoyed a lovely session on the river. The river is quite low, as is the story around the country. But beautiful to see some pictures of the Avonmore from Jamie. Well done.
North West Angling Fair
Peter was at the fair in Strabane 2 weekends ago, and we never got to do a report from it. Great weekend altogether, very well put together show. Peter was giving demonstrations over the weekend on Euronymphing. There was an hour-long talk on the pitches followed by a half-hour demonstration on the River Mourne – a beautiful river up there. Conditions were a bit challenging, as there was a bit of a colour coming down the river and it was still quite cold, but we managed a couple of small trout for the demonstrations. Peter was made to feel very welcome up at the show, and there was a great response to the exhibition. Well done to all involved in hosting the show and those that came along to demonstrate, and of course to everyone that attended over the weekend. Thanks so much to everyone who came over and said hi.
