Trout fishing reports

Fly fishing reports for trout

The River Whispers – Fortnightly Newsletter from Dan O’Neill

This week in “The River Whispers”:- I recently fished with good friend Kevin O'Neill, who ties up some fantastic flies that always have a...
Big brown ready for release

Keith McDonnell makes an Impact on big river browns

WHEN THE RIVER LIED: A VERY BIG BROWN TROUT ON THE DRY FLY "The weather forecast screamed heavy rain and high water all week and...
Dodder

Ireland on the fly: Dublin’s River Dodder, an incredible story of regrowth

The Dodder is a unique and special river that flows through Dublin’s south city boundaries with salmon, sea trout and incredible brown trout in...
Lough O'Flynn

Anglers getting good trout to 2.5lb on Lough O’Flynn

Joe Fitzharris reports on some recent catches on Lough O'Flynn. Paddy Purcell and Billy McDonald had 3 fish for their outing best 2lb. English visitor Adrian...
River Bride

Poor hatches and poor evening rise on the Bride

Evening Trout angling should be advanced by now but hatches of flies are poor due to unusually cold evenings/nights. Anglers would normally be starting...
fishing the Maigue

Would you Belize it! A wet day on the Maigue

Paddy Dunworth of Celtic Angling reports from the Maigue: 15 June: Weather for the Swans - I met Kayla and Keith Bassett at Adare this morning for...

Great evening fishing on the Nore – Piscari-Fly Update

Peter is back with a weekly round up from Piscari-Fly... How's The Fishing? Some improvements on the Nore system this week. Mark got out for a...

Dries and wets working well on the Nore

Dan O'Neill reports from the River Nore... What a week, a medium to strong wind made fishing difficult at times but we managed. I had...

Two prestigious competitions fished on Lough Conn

Michael Murphy reports from Lough Conn... The annual Whit weekend competition took place on Lough Conn on Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd June. Eighty-five anglers...

Mayfly and sedges on the menu for Sheelin trout

The mayfly season is drawing to a close on Lough Sheelin, but Chris Oliver reports that there are still a few fish moving to...