July and January on Sheelin as Mayfly gets going
May 11th - May 17th, 2020
‘I don’t think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains’
Anne Frank
A persistently cold north to...
As lockdown eases local anglers get out on Sheelin
May 5th - May 10th, 2020
'To Thine Own Self be true'
(William Shakespeare)
This year's angling season has been radically knocked askew by the onset of...
Sheelin shines in dark times; there’s no keeping this Lough down
Lough Sheelin Angling Report, March 23rd-26th
‘Write what should not be forgotten’
Isabel Allinde
The Cambridge English dictionary defines ‘normal’ as ‘being ordinary or usual, the same...
Fine lines catch the fish on Sheelin
Lough Sheelin Angling Report: March 16th–22nd 2020
‘There's a fine line between saying too much and saying too little. I walk that line like a drunken...
Sheelin cold and coloured, yet still alluring as ever
Lough Sheelin Angling Report, March 9th–15th 2020
'Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm'
Winston Churchill
Inarguably this has been a unique and...
Neither winter nor spring on Sheelin, season gets going regardless
Lough Sheelin Angling Report, March 1st ~ March 8th 2020
'The waters are nature’s storehouse in which she locks up her wonders’
Izaak Walton
On Sunday last,...
All over on Sheelin, last week sees temperatures fall and fish go deep
‘Nobody said that it would last forever, that doesn’t mean we didn’t try to get there’
Lewis Capaldi
Once we step into the month of October...
Late season sport on Sheelin produces some fine fish
Lough Sheelin Angling Report September 30th – October 6th 2019
By Brenda Montgomery, IFI
‘Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity’
Seneca
As this year's trout season...
Trout to 12lb on Sheelin, 12 days left to catch your own
‘God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to...
Shortening days on Sheelin, trout getting bigger
‘I fish in the hope of holding beauty’
Jeni Kopriva
The weekending 15th Spetember felt as if autumn had arrived quite suddenly, like a cold slap...
