The Ephemeral Dance: Triumph and Tribulation on an Irish River

Keith McDonnell of Impact Fly Fishing shared his latest blog post with us: Green fields rolled past the car window with a blur of broken...

Jack and Lisa master the Melvin

JACK Wade, aged 16, of Loughrea in Galway is the winner of the 2025 World Youth Lough Open fly fishing championship on Lough Melvin....

Pike to over 1m from Lough Allua

Living on the shores of a lake made it very straightforward for Greg and Siggy Latour of Tir na Spideog to stay with 5km...

Moy Estuary produces some nice sea trout

Skipper Judd Ruane reports from the Moy Estuary... Now that water levels have dropped angling conditions on the Moy Estuary have improved immensely with good...

The best salmon fishing advice ever received

Noel Fitzmaurice of Blackwater Salmon Fishery passes on some wisdom he received from two wise old angling sages when he was but a young...
Water on a weir

A couple of fresh fish in Galway get the season going

April saw water levels remain high in Galway, with little angling until the last few days of the month, when the weir was closed...
slob bank, youghal

West Cork and District have a tough day on Youghal’s Slob...

West Cork and District SAC fished the third match of their club competition at the weekend... The Slob Bank was the venue for our third...
Sheelin Duck fly, April 11th 2017

No salmon to report from Currane but Duckfly up for trout...

Vincent Appleby reports from the shore of Lough Currane… 21/3/2024 The Currane anglers were all quiet in the Salmon department, be it fly or lure....

Hard work pays off for young Cal with Fish Tales

Chris Scally of Fish Tales had the pleasure of guiding two of his regular customers, John and his grandson Cal, on Lough Ree at...
Blackwater at Lismore

Grilse appear at Ballinaroone on Munster Blackwater

Angling on the Munster Blackwater has been slow of late and the river is running low and clear. The best of the fishing has...