Xavier with his 102 cm

First time fishing In Ireland for Belgium and French pair.

Kevin Lyons at Melview Lodge in Co. Longford tells us that Xavier and JP just had the trip of their lives. The first time...
Ephemera danica (May 6th)

Finally some fishing to report and a reminder of current guidelines...

It was another dry week here in Ireland and the majority of the country experienced well below average rainfall over the past seven days....

Get ready for Inniscarra with Cathal Hughes

What better way to while away the lockdown than dreaming about your next coarse angling adventure... ...well dream no more, look and learn! Cathal Hughes...

Big trout on troll marks opening day on Gowna

Padraig Carroll, IFI Corlesmore, reports that opening day on Lough Gowna turned up trumps with a super trout landed... Kieran Lee is a local angler...
worms

Look and Learn: Collecting Red Worms for coarse fishing

Cathal Hughes is back again on the Daiwa Youtube channel. This time he advises on the art of collecting, keeping and preparing much valued...

Decent water on the Drowes, salmon to 12lb caught and released

Monday 9th   to Sunday 15th March 2020. The Drowes ran at nice levels at the start of the week reading 0.88m on the gauge. Heavy...
roughty brown tag draw

Third brown tag draw for Lower Lee opens on Sunday

Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) will open the third draw for anglers wishing to catch and keep salmon from Cork’s lower River Lee at 09:00...

Cloongee Fishery, Galway Fishery and River Erriff close as water temperatures...

Salmon anglers are advised that Cloongee Fishery on the River Moy, the Galway Fishery and the River Erriff have closed due to high water...
ling

Ling to 37lb and skate to 150lb for Silver Dawn

Dave Edwards reports from Courtmacsherry where anglers onboard Silver Dawn have had good skate and ling recently... I had to cancel a number of offshore...

Irish Winter Shore Festival – January 26-28, Wexford

For all shore anglers itching to get back out on an Irish strand, the Irish Winter Shore Festival is less than a fortnight away....