Trout fishing reports

Fly fishing reports for trout

Superb season for anglers on Lough Conn

Declan Cooke reports from Lough Conn... Lough Conn was superb in 2020 and continued to produce good trout angling until the cooler weather which arrived...

Ballinrobe TY enjoy great fishing at Laois Angling Centre

Ballinrobe Community School's TY class completed their 10 angling programme with a trip to Laois Angling Centre recently. The group were working with angling...
Pauline McClenaghan, Lead Instructor for the women’s Introduction to Fly Fishing Day

Opportunity for Women to be introduced to Angling

An exciting opportunity, for women interested in learning about fly fishing, will be happening at Laois Angling Centre on Saturday 23rd September. The event has...

Reasonable fishing on Corrib

Declan Gibbons reports from Lough Corrib... Basil Shields of Ardnasillagh Lodge (+353 (0091-552550) reports of reasonable angling in the Oughterard area on mayfly patterns. Fishing...

Ireland on the Fly – Evo Smyth’s fly fishing & fly tying journey from...

This week Tom & Daire are joined by Evo Smyth, originally from Latvia, but living and fly fishing in the Irish midlands for the...
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Jackie Mahon’s Cast of Flies for Irish Loughs, the Octopus

Jackie Mahon writes from his blog at jackiemahonguiding.com… Over the closed season I will be posting a pattern per week for fishing on Irish Loughs....

Challenging conditions continue on Loughs Conn & Cullin

Steve Schreck reports from Loughs Conn & Cullin... Angling Report week ending 04/06/2023 Nothing much has changed on the lakes. Conditions are still very much challenging...

Patchy fishing on Corrib

Reports from Lough Corrib are of patchy hatches, and patchy fishing. Not many fish have been showing at the surface, making the fishing difficult....
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Irish Spring Angling Fair a huge hit with young anglers

Dan O’Neill, angling guide and casting instructor at South East Casting, reports on his time at the Irish Spring Angling Fair… Blessed with sunshine and...

Lough Conn produces some nice end of season trout

Steve Schreck reports from Lough Conn... Angling Report week ending 24/09/23 Castlebar Anglers Association were intending to re-run the Jackson Cup on Lough Conn on Sunday...