Trout fishing reports

Fly fishing reports for trout

Ceri Jones with his record-breaking Corrib ferox trout, a magnificent fish of 23lbs 12oz, taken while trolling on Lough Corrib, May 2012

Monster Trout on Lough Corrib

Welsh angler and photo-journalist Ceri Jones will not forget his visit to Corrib this year. On his annual pilgrimages in search of the elusive...

Lough Mask Produces Good Sport in BBQ Conditions

Ronan Cusack reports that fishing on Mask was tough this week, with a warm breeze and blazing sunshine making angling very difficult. BBQ’s, steaks...

Six fine sea trout in the space of two hours on Moy Estuary

Moy Estuary There is a good show of sea trout in the estuary at present and due to improved water clarity the sea trout fishing...

Good fishing reported at Carton House Fishery near Maynooth

Carton House fishery report 30/05/12   Carton's stocked lake is fishing well as above photo will testify to.  With the recent warm spell...

Good fishing for Gillaroo and Sonaghan with mayfly hatching on Lough Melvin

Lough Melvin: The weather did a complete turn about this week and we went from decidedly cold conditions to sweltering heat and bright sun!...
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Brown Trout Update from the Fane, Dee and Glyde

Matt Campbell reports that water levels are low in all the rivers in the north east at the moment. Reports have been received that good falls of spent mayfly have...
Selection of Nymphs

Testing Daytime Trout Fishing on the Boyne After the Mayfly

As the mayfly hatches have started to fall off on the Boyne at Navan the spent gnat is providing some good fishing in the evenings. Daytime fishing has been tough...
Tom Sweeney with his bag of Conn trout

Lough Conn produces the trout at the ITFFA National Championship

Congratulations to Tom Sweeney of Marcroom who recently won the Irish Trout Fly Fishing Associations National Angling Championship Cup. Tom went forward to compete...
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Trout to 9lb on Lough Sheelin, plenty of mayfly

May 20th to May 28th 2012 Sheelin fished exceptionally well throughout most of the week with a dip at the weekend due to gusty westerly...

Assorted dries, nymphs and buzzers connect with rainbows in Cashel lake

Marlene McLaughlin from Cashel Lake View in the Sperrin mountains reports that despite the cooler temperatures anglers are still keen to give it a...