Trout fishing reports

Fly fishing reports for trout

Some good fishing in September as season wound down on Corrib

Lough Corrib saw a fairly dry September, with plenty of warm weather, and much less wind than August. The second mayfly hatch petered out,...
River Bride

Poor hatches and poor evening rise on the Bride

Evening Trout angling should be advanced by now but hatches of flies are poor due to unusually cold evenings/nights. Anglers would normally be starting...

New “Irish Spring Angling Fair” in Ardaire Springs announced for May Bank Holiday Weekend

Ned Maher of Ardaire Spring Angling Centre, Mooncoin, County Kilkenny has just announced that he will host his first IRISH SPRING ANGLING FAIR. Taking place...

Random trout from Irish streams – Gundog and Fly

George McGrath from the Gundog and Fly YouTube channel has posted a lovely video of some of his small stream fishing over the course...

Eamon Kelly wins President’s Cup fished on Loughs Conn & Cullin

Michael Murphy reports from Loughs Conn & Cullin... Foxford Angling Club held their annual President's Cup competition across both lakes on Sunday 26th with twenty...

Great fishing on Ballinlough

A total of 52 rods fished the Ballinlough Fishery over the past four weeks catching over 100 trout many of which were released. Amongst...
nore trout

Decent fishing on the Nore despite high water but not much left in it

Dan O'Neill, angling guide and casting instructor in the South East reports from the River Nore... With the water gauge reading a very high on...

Mayfly kicks off on Arrow

Jimmy Frazer reports from Lough Arrow... Angling Report week ending Sunday 9th May The weather has been very cold up to last Friday with gusty northerly...

Arrow still worth a cast

With only a handful of anglers still venturing out on Arrow catch numbers have dropped considerably. However, local angler Roger Maxwell proved that it...

Youth anglers spring into action at Irish Spring Angling Fair

The Game Angling Instructor's Association was at the Irish Spring Angling Fair at the weekend where they were flat out teaching kids and novices...