Trout fishing reports

Fly fishing reports for trout

Irish Angling Update – 11 December 2020

We've had the first real freeze-up of the winter in the last seven days; temperatures dropped to below zero or lingered in the low...

Look and Learn: Live fly tying tonight with Peter Driver

Peter Driver of Piscari Fly has started a new series of live fly tying demos at his Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/Piscarifly/ The classes are normally streamed...

Season of the stolen summer on Sheelin

Lough Sheelin Angling Report  September 21st – October 4th 2020 'Out of the night that covers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank...
Angler in boat holding big trout

Up and down on Corrib – big fish for some anglers

Ups and Downs The weather recently has been quite unsettled, with water levels fluctuating substantially in response. Like the weather and water levels, the fishing...
Angler in boat on lake holding a very large trout.

Storm Ellen fails to dampen spirits on Corrib

Declan Gibbons reports from Corrib, where Storm Ellen and rising water levels hampered anglers, but good sport was had by those who did get...
Lough Sheelin, May 9th 2020

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...
aasleagh falls

Irish Angling Update: Covid-19 restrictions continue #stayathome – 23 April 2020

#Stayathome Fishing is at a virtual standstill here in Ireland despite the overwhelming urge anglers have to take to the waters and wild. The 2km...

Cracking Ferox for young specimen hunter Nichola

Fresh from picking up a specimen cert for a Spurdog in last month's ISFC awards, 12 year old specimen angler Nichola Ward was back...

The Wild Brown Trout of Ireland’s Lough Corrib – an American perspective

We met Rick Taupier at an angling show recently. Unusually for an American angler he is passionate about lough style fishing and his favourite...