Trout fishing reports

Fly fishing reports for trout

Derek Evan had the biggest of the day a lovely 60cm rainbow

Big rainbows in big rain at Annamoe Media Competition

Des Chew reports that the 9th Annamoe Media Fly Fishing Competition was held recently in appalling conditions.  Extremely heavy rain had made driving hazardous...

Cold knocks early hatches of fly on the head at Melvin

04/03 - 10/03: Conditions were decidedly wintery over the week on the lough and only a few ‘hardy souls’ ventured out into...

Long wait is over for King’s River trout

Dan O'Neill sent us in a first report for 2021 from the Kings River, Mount Juliet: With the River Nore too high, I decided to...

Tough days for anglers on Conn & Cullin

Kevin O'Boyle reports from Loughs Conn & Cullin... The lakes are fishing poor at present with water temperatures high and fish seem to be inactive...
Knockaderry cup

Knockaderry competition sees a cracking 64cm trout being landed

Guide Jason O’Riordan of Game Fishing Ireland fills us in on how last weekend's competition went in Waterford: Last Saturday the Knockaderry Cup was held...
Alan Thomson on Lene

Blistering sunshine and calm conditions but Lene still produced a few lovely fish

Regular visitor to Mullingar Alan Thomas from Antrim was back on Lene last week, and had some lovely rainbow trout. Alan’s good lady is...

Counting down the days to casting a fly on the Nore

Dan O’Neill, Fishery Manager at Mount Juliet reports from the River Nore where the close season will open on March 17th… At last the close...

Great read about dry fly on Irish loughs

Tom Doc Sullivan is a well-known guide on Lough Corrib in the west of Ireland. He was recently online with Peter Driver from Piscari...
Lough O'Flynn

More anglers on Lough O’Flynn but fishing tough going

Joe Fitzharris reports from Lough O’Flynn… There has been a slight increase in anglers using Lough O'Flynn in recent weeks as society slowly returns to...

Trout fishing slow with the floods around Clare but Ennis throws up some nice...

Ken O'Neill reports: West Clare Rivers and Lakes                                                                                               Rivers and lakes have been in flood all week and the angling is limited. Fergus River The Fergus is in...