Trout fishing reports

Fly fishing reports for trout

Weather sub tropical on Corrib, but fishing not sub-parr

The west of Ireland bathed in sub-tropical conditions over the last few days, with the temperature gauge reaching 28 degrees on several ...
Part of the Shannnon Backwater near Drumharlow lake….

Great May fly fishing on Drumharlow lake last week

Drumharlow Lake Two Longford anglers Sean Kenny and Richie McDermott had great May Fly fishing on Drumharlow Lake  last week. They fished the lake five...
Thomas on the Strule with a small trout

Strule still producing sport in low flows

Although water levels are very low and salmon aren’t a prospect yet the trout can still provide an excellent days sport.  With the high...
Brown trout from the River Callan

Evening and early mornings order of day on Lagan, Cusher, Callan and Bann

The warm temperatures have made daytime fishing very frustrating on these rivers over the last week.  However  anglers prepared to don knee pads and...

Anglers scarce during the day around Mullingar as fish feed in evenings

Lough Ennell: Over the past week Ennell was at its best…..warm weather, great hatches of May fly and some remarkable trout fishing to the Spent...
Martin Hope from Mullingar with a 6lb Trout from Lough Ree

Hope for us all on Lough Ree, algae gone, flies buzzing and Martin lands...

Lough Ree Lough Ree is a transformed lake. Gone are the days of algae blooms, turbid water and no fly life.  All last week the...

Low water levels limit trout anglers on Clare rivers

Ken O'Neill reports from the Clare area: The fine weather is keeping the water level low in Clare Rivers – many anglers turning to the...

Only a small number of flies are returning to the water on Lough Derg

Lough Derg: The general consensus from anglers fishing Derg is that the best of the fishing could be over, but most of the anglers are...

Hawthorn, Connemara Black and Viva all working well on Pallas Lake

Pallas Lake: Albert Cassidy caught 3 nice trout at Pallas lake after previously landing himself a wonderful catch of 2 pike on one cast. Anglers are reporting...
Francis McGoldrick with two nice Hybrids from River Shannon at The Mud Flats in Carrick on Shannon

Trout had a feeding frenzie on the Shannon especially on the spent

Angling report from Shannon River Basin Last week was the high point of the May Fly fishing on most of the Shannon trout lakes and...