Peter Quinn, Belfast with his Sheelin beauty of 5.6lbs on May 13th

The fishing world gathers at Lough Sheelin, see the reports and results

May 13th to May 20th 2012 ‘Victory is in the quality of competition and not the final score’ Mike Marshell The Spring International Fly Fishing competition dominated...

Trout coming to the Mayfly on Lough Derg

Peter Gleeson reports that with the mayfly hatch well underway, angling on Lough Derg has been reasonably good over the past week, despite the...

Low water levels limit trout anglers on Clare rivers

Ken O'Neill reports from the Clare area: The fine weather is keeping the water level low in Clare Rivers – many anglers turning to the...

Hard fighting, full-finned rainbow trout on wet olives and mayfly patters in North Tipperary

Anglers may be interested to learn that the mayfly has just made its annual appearance on the pristine 16-acre put-and-take lake operated by Pat...

Lough Mask Continues to Provide Excellent Sport

Ronan Cusack reports that the rise in temperatures this week has reflected in a slight improvement in mayfly hatches. Anglers fishing the southern end...

Sheelin trout are like dentures, they only come out at night

Lough Sheelin Angling Report By Brenda Montgomery, IFI July 11th - July 17th 2016 'Fishing provides time to think, and reason not to. If you...

No fairy tales on Sheelin as sundown brings the fish to the ball

Sheelin report -  May 2nd – May 8th, 2022 “Choose only one master — nature.” Rembrandt After the previous week’s noticeable escalation in trout catches, this week...

Lough Arrow Anglers look back on this year’s great Mayfly season

Lough Arrow anglers report... 'WE'LL BE BACK!' So said a group of visiting anglers after their first Lough Arrow mayfly experience. The lure of the...

Exciting fishing as Sheelin comes alive !

Lough Sheelin Angling Report By Brenda Montgomery, IFI May 8th – May 15th 2016 ‘Like they say, you can learn more from a guide in...

Mayfly in full swing on Arrow

Anglers on Lough Arrow enjoyed great mayfly fishing during the past week with many fine trout in the 3 to 5 lbs. range caught....