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Lough Derg

Irish Angling Update – 27 September 2018

Last week's storms have blown through and left behind a real Indian summer. Temperatures in the last couple of days have topped 20C, but...
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...
playing a bass

Irish Angling Update 05 October 2017

Mornings and evenings are distinctly cooler now and for most game angling is over for another year. There are still a few waters that...
Salmon released by Gelnda Powell on the Munster Blackwater

Irish Angling Update – 16 March 2017

Well, it's only one day to that time of year when the whole world goes green and everyone does their level best to be...
Butlers Pool

Irish Angling Update – 08 March 2018

Most of the country was shut down by snow and ice following the arrival of the Beast from the East and Storm Emma last...
20lb salmon

Irish Angling Update – 09 June 2016

Wow! We have had some of the most angler unfriendly weather over the last couple of weeks but Irish fisheries continue to produce some...
A wild morning on Lough Corrib last week

Irish Angling Update – 28/03/13

March, in like a lion out like a lamb. Not likely! Though last year we were basking in 20C at the moment it feels...
Donegal beach

Irish Angling Update 18 May 2017

May is being it's usual self here in Ireland. Blazing sunshine, hailstorms, winds from the east, north, south and west. That was just over...

Irish Angling Update 🎣 14th November 2025

It’s been a decidedly soggy week, and the rain looks set to keep stealing the headlines for the next few days. Most of the...

Irish Angling Update 🎣 28 November 2025

We've had all seasons of weather this week, with the mildest daytime highs up to 15Β°C and the bitterest overnight lows down to -3Β°C....