Trout fishing reports

Fly fishing reports for trout

Emy Lough Fly Fishing Competitions

Six youths and fourteen adults braved the elements on Sunday 25th May to contest the Eugene Mulligan and Pat Owen Memorial Cups on Emy...

Lough Sheelin Angling Report: July 6th  – July 12th 2020

Brenda Montgomery, IFI, reports from Lough Sheelin ‘Successful trout fishing isn’t a matter of brute force or even persistence, but something more like infiltration’ John Gierach The...

Trout fishing tough in the midlands

Mick Flanagan of Midlands Angling and Shooting has been out on the loughs in search of trout. Mick fished Lough Lene and had just...

Dr Martin O’Grady's ‘Brown Trout in Ireland’ book

On World Book Day, we remember our colleague, Dr Martin O’Grady, who passed away recently. His beautifully illustrated book, ‘Brown Trout in Ireland’, deals...

Dry fly is working well for rainbow trout at the Cashel Trout Fishery

report by Marlene Mc Laughlin Warm weather has encouraged anglers to try dry flies once again.  David Speirs (Scotland) banked one using a...

Angling improves on Corrib with 2nd hatch of Mayfly on the way

Declan Gibbons reports Larry McCarthy of Corrib View Lodge http://www.corribangling.com reported of a good improvement in fishing over the last week. Malcolm Patrick and Ian...
Nymphing November part 3

Look and Learn: Nymphing November part 3 with Peter Driver

Peter Driver of Piscari Fly continues his series of live fly tying demos at his Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/Piscarifly/ Peter's notes: Don't forget to join us tomorrow night right...
Carl Liljenstolpe fly-fishing the River Maigue at Adare

Photo ops but not much fishing as Maigue goes dead low

Paddy Dunworth of Celtic Angling reports from the Maigue: Good for photos... diabolical for fly-fishing. It's gone beyond a joke at this stage with no rain for...

Anthony’s ‘David and Goliath’ challenge

Dan O'Neill reports from a busy weekend of fishing with Anthony, 'David' and 'Goliath'! With the end now very much in sight on the trout...

Fortune favours the brave on Lough Sheelin

Lough Sheelin angling report April 10th - April 21st 2023 'Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go' William...