Trout fishing reports

Fly fishing reports for trout

Improving prospects on Lough Conn with mayflies beginning to show and water levels falling

Michael Murphy reports from Lough Conn... On Sunday 26th April the Devaney Cup was held on Lough Conn with ten boats carrying eighteen anglers going...

Good Sonaghan and Gillaroo from Lough Melvin

Lindsey Clarke reports from LOUGH MELVIN – Monday 15th  to Sunday 21st June 2015. Lough Melvin fished well again this week with good salmon and...

Carra hits form despite sparse mayfly hatches

Joe Flannelly of Keel River Lodge www.keelriverlodge.com reports some excellent fishing on Lough Carra over the past week. Pat Bannon and Kieran McDonagh from...

Some Good Rainbow Catches at the Wavin Lake

Aidan Curran of Gormanston and District Anglers reports that Kevin McGuire did a four hour session on Monday morning 3rd August on the Wavin...

Mayfly up on Corrib with buzzer also producing good fishing

Declan Gibbons reports that sport on Corrib has really taken off lately. The Lower Corrib Area is fishing well to buzzer and the Upper Corrib is...

Superb trout fishing continues on Lough Mask

Ronan Cusack reports on fishing on Lough Mask. Good fishing was reported again this week, as the Welshman’s button sedge fly hatch off in...

New arrivals at Carrigavantry and Knockaderry awaken the lazy bone residents

Knockaderry and Carrigavantry have been stocked with 1 kilo rainbows.   This should give exciting winter fishing.   The competition from the new arrivals stirs up...
Deirdre Dempster with a nice Rainbow from the Sheet of Water

Spring in the air at Carton House rainbow fishery

My spirits lifted considerably yesterday while doing a check on the Sheet of Water.  To my great joy I saw a couple of fish...

Mayfly up on Corrib as conditions change for the better

It’s a part of mayfly lore on the great western loughs that the whitethorn blooms with the mayfly hatch. This unassuming tree, which produces...
Julie Gerry

Top rod went to Julie Gerry at the Leinster Championships on Lough Owel

The Irish Trout Federation of Ireland held the Leinster championships on Owel recently in calm sunny conditions. Not the best conditions for fly fishing,...