Trout fishing reports

Fly fishing reports for trout

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Carrigavantry stocked for summer angling

David Tantrum tells us that Waterford City and County Trout Angling Association  has just completed their summer stocking of Carrigavantry. They are asking all their...

Good Green Peter fising reported from Lough Arrow

On the warmer evenings, Green Peter fishing continued to be productive on Lough Arrow. Local angler, Peter Dunne had three trout, best at 5.5...
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A few more Nore trout for Dan on the nymphs

Dan O’Neill reports from the Nore… 25 April: With water temperatures getting a little higher during the day and fish are becoming more active. The...
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Cold start but decent sport on Kings River

Dan O'Neill reports from the River Nore... The weather forecast this weekend predicted we were going to be in for a tough time. Had I...

Lough Arrow end of season competition results.

Lough Arrow Fish Preservation Society hosted their end of season competition recently. First place was won by Pat Eyres, with a trout of 3.19lbs,...

The West Casts its Spell on French Film Makers

The West of Ireland played host film makers Philippe Collet and Philippe Proix who had returned to Ireland recently to complete their film on Mayfly fishing...
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Sheelin is swathed in mayflies, like snowflakes in the wind

Lough Sheelin Angling Report By Brenda Montgomery, IFI May 23rd – May 29th 2016 ‘The surreal beauty of a spontaneous mayfly hatch, the heart thumping...
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Birthday bows on Lough Lene for Reece and Oran

Jonathon O’ Keeffe was in touch to share the news of a fantastic first ever fish caught on Reece O’ Keeffe, age 11. Reece...

Pigs, porpoises and pirouettes – a week on Sheelin

‘The trout lives, as it were, in a room with a ceiling made of mirrors except for a round skylight in the middle (the...

Golden browns from the Nore on fly and nymph

Dan O’Neill at the Mount Juliet Estate reports on the trout fishing on the Nore… Monday 4th  June: Weather warm, water temperature 14.5C. Water quite murky still...