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

How’s The Fishing?

So it begins.

The 2025 Trout season is officiallly underway in Ireland, in parts of Ireland last Saturday saw various rivers and lakes open around the country and some lucky anglers getting time to get out and enjoy the fishing. Cool enough start, but conditions seem to be okay. Dave was out on the Funchion River down in Cork around Mitchelstown on Saturday and managed a few trout even though he’s just had a knee replacement, there was no stopping him. So he is still in recovery so he couldn’t stay out long but had a few grand handy trout there around a couple of bridges.

He met up with Kevin Lafford and Sean Maher who were also fishing the Funchion and they were having a great day catching trout, picking them off with mostly nymphs as the trout are still stuck to the bottom this time of year. But great to see some fish being caught on the rivers and indeed over in the West of Ireland I saw on Facebook fish being caught on the Corrib. So a few lads off the mark already and great to see

Selection Boxes

Lots of selection box orders coming in at the moment people gettting ready for the new season. Make sure you get onto us quick as possible if you are interested in a selection box and make sure you have it in time for your fishing season.

​https://piscari-fly.com/product-category/flies/fly-selection-boxes/​

AGM Season

AGM season is upon us now as most clubs and angling bodies are having there AGMs. We have the Leinster TAFI in Naas Tonight Tuesday at 7.30pm in the Town Hall Hotel. If your an affliated member of TAFI this is a good place to come and have your say on matters related to Trout fishing around Leinster. I always encourage everyone to attend AGMs whether it be club or province or whatever AGM for fishing because you know here in the shop we hear a lot of conversations on maybe not enough being done around pollution or river maintenance and really the only place you can really get something done about it is through your clubs and throughout the Federations. It’s active people that keep these organisations going, so we encourage everybody to get out, have your say and offer your support. It’s the only way we can keep our fishing.

What’s Coming?

 

Don’t forget to mark it in your calendars 3rd and 4th of May 2025. It will be a fantastic show once again. We will be down there with lots of company, lots of demos, flytying and gear. Make sure to come along for the weekend, bring the kids. I am looking forward to a great weekend. You can find out more and buy tickets online now at https://irishspringanglingfair.com/​

We have brought our kids down the last couple of years and it’s a fantastic day for them. They get to try out some fishing and flytying. So if you have kids that want to give it a go bring them along. Kids get in for free.

The ultimate event for fishing enthusiasts! With a huge lineup of demonstrators, exhibitors, and expert fly tyers, this is your chance to see the latest in fly fishing tackle, techniques, and innovations.

Piscari-fly Club

Over the last few weeks we have been tying all the flys you will need for the start of the season on our Saturday night live fly tying shows. We still have a good few weeks to go with the saturday night live shows so make sure and chek them out. Also if you are in the market for some new fishing gear for this coming season we have great discounts for our club members on all fly tying and fly fishing gear.

Check it out at https://club.piscari-fly.com/​

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