UK angler Mike Edwards was in touch to tell us about his recent trip to Ireland, one of many trips he has taken over the past 30 years:
Just got back from our annual fishing holiday to Ireland, and we had a wonderful fortnight especially the first week when we caught good roach and hybrid’s on the Rivers Shannon (Battle Bridge and Drumsna) Boyle and the Lung at Lough Gara, best bag 41lb 7oz of roach and rybrids in a three hour evening session on the River Boyle with lots of 20lb+ nets of roach.
The second week was a lot harder, they closed the gates at Jamestown weir, which stopped the flow and lowered the level on our fishing spots in the area that seemed to put the larger roach off. Anthony, my son, caught 122 roach for 22lb 10oz at Drumsna, averaging 3oz per fish. I think the wind was also a factor, as it went out to the North and got stronger as the week went on, so we fished a couple of loughs for a few days and had sensible nets of hybrids and tench.
Still, we really enjoyed ourselves as we have done in the past 30-odd years in coming to Ireland for true “wild” fishing and would like to thank the farmers and landowners who allow us to cross their land to fish the waters and Terry at the Jamestown tackle shop for all the bait.
The group have stayed near Jamestown for several years and has already booked their accommodation again for 2027.
