Team Ireland wins youths’ Home Countries international event

Congratulations to Team Ireland who retained the Bob Church Trophy with a comprehensive victory in the Home Countries fly fishing international held this week...

Mayfly fishing tailing off on Arrow

The good spent fishing has been tailing off on Arrow. Wednesday  saw the last big fall of spent and anglers who ventured out were...

Good spring salmon fishing in Galway

It has been a good April on the Galway Fishery, according to James Quinn. Water levels have been suitable for angling, and anglers have...

Mayfly all but over, time to Trichoptera on Sheelin

Lough Sheelin Angling Report June 8th – June 14th, 2020 ‘Fly-fishing is solitary, contemplative, misanthropic, scientific in some hands, poetic in others, and laced with conflicting...

Local anglers continue to do well on Lough Conn

Kevin O'Boyle reports from Lough Conn... Only a few local anglers ventured out on Lough Conn this week. Ian Wise from Cloonamoyne Fishery had some...

Irish Angling Update – 03 July 2020

This week saw June become July and with the windy then calm weather, the sunny then showery, the cloudy then clear and the warm...
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Look and Learn: Tying pike flies with synthetics – Norbert Renaud

Norbert Renaud from L'Ile Verte Lodge in Cavan is a pike guide who specialises in bringing French anglers to Ireland. Based in Killeshandra, Norbert...

Bluefin tuna fishing still in full swing in Donegal Bay

Various bluefin boats along the northwest coast reported excellent tuna fishing over the past two weeks with many fish in the 250 to 450...

Jason wins Belmont Anglers competition with some good tench

An angler from Belmont Anglers reports on their first competition in over a year which was fished in perfect conditions on Sunday... 13 June: Belmont...

Great fishing on Gowna for the Kirwan brothers

Ciaran Kirwan and his sons, Ben (8) and Oisin (6), went fishing last week on Lough Gowna in County Cavan. The Kirwans, from Rathfarnham...