Trout fishing reports

Fly fishing reports for trout

Mayflies starting to hatch on Melvin

Trout fishing was pretty good over the week with anglers reporting decent wet fly fishing for Sonaghan and Gillaroo. The mayflies are starting to...

Brown trout to 8 lb. reported from Lough Sheelin

The weather conditions have made catching fish hard for anglers this week.  Wind direction keeps changing and as soon as the...

Lough Melvin still quiet but rising levels should improve prospects

Lindsey Clarke reports that even Lough Melvin should start to fish better as water levels rise… Lough Melvin was very quiet this week and those...

All things bright and beautiful as Jason tries Ardaire

It's all colours bright and beautiful for Jason O'Riordan of as he fishes in Ardaire Springs Fishery in Mooncoin. Jason tells us: Been having great...

Lough Ree Mayfly hatch should pick up with warm weather

John Devaney reports that Mayfly have been showing on Lough Ree for nearly a week but no major hatch as yet. With the weather...

Anglers enjoy good sport on Mask

Ronan Cusack reports on some excellent angling from Mask this week, as the duckfly make their first appearance of 2017. Westport brothers Colin and...
Lough Sheelin’s Mayfly

A jerky start to the Mayfly season on Sheelin

Fishing is a… discipline in the equality of men – for all men are equal before fish. Herbet Hoover This week’s fishing consisted of seven days...
damsels

Waterford trout like nothing better than a damsel

The August Bank holiday Monday  and the sun shone on Carrigavantry. The trout just gobbled up damsel's. No rises they took them drowned; this...

Some nice rainbow trout fishing reported at Lough Acalla.

John Devaney from the IFI  Ballymurray  Office reports Lough Acalla Big numbers of anglers on Lough Acalla over the weekend as everywhere else was flooded. Mark...
Beautiful Trout

Frost back but olives still hatching on Bann and Cusher.

Both Rivers still are producing quality trout to nymphs and dries, although hatches tended to occur later in the day probably due to the...