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Irish Angling Update – 01 March 2018

Spring salmon fishing in Ireland has taken off, even with the cold weather we had in the lead up to the arrival of the...

Irish Angling Update 20 May 2022

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sailsΒ  (William Arthur Ward). We have to confess to...
Catch Photo Release

Irish Angling Update – 23 June 2016

It was another week of historic catches for Irish anglers. The rain saw salmon fishing improve on many rivers and the cloudy, cooler conditions...

Irish Angling Update 🎣 26 May 2023

It's been another dry and bright week and northerly winds have kept temperatures more like early spring mainly affecting mayfly fishing at times.   So it...
River Nore

Irish Angling Update, 04/06/15

Well it is summer time here in Ireland and earlier today the first blue shark was caught and released in Union Hall in West...
Fishing guide Jacek Gorny with a fine Corrib trout caught on a handmade lure, March 2016

Irish Angling Update – 10 March 2016

They say that March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. Well, it's a bit early to say whether or...
A picture paints a thousand words 'The Race' - Damien Willis's photograph taken at Kilnahard, Lough Sheelin 9 years ago, epitomising the frantic rush to get to that fish place.

Irish Angling Update – 15 September 2016

The weather hit angling hard last week and the weekend was particularly bad following Friday and Sunday's stormy conditions. All branches of our sport...

Irish Angling Update 🎣 20 Sept 2024

We have enjoyed something approaching an Indian Summer over the past week, with plenty of bright sunshine and what seemed to me like warm...

Irish Angling Update 🎣 27th March 2026

March borrowed of April three days, they say. One rained, one snowed, and the other was the worst day that ever blowed... As the rhyme...