Trout fishing reports

Fly fishing reports for trout

Sunny and calm conditions make fishing tricky on Conn & Cullin

Kevin O'Boyle reports from Loughs Conn & Cullin... Due to the brilliant sunshine and almost calm weather not many anglers ventured out on the lakes...

Bugs a plenty on Sheelin and the trout keep biting

  Lough Sheelin Angling Report, By Brenda Montgomery, IFI   August 1st – August 25th 2019   ‘Never give up on something that you can’t go a day without...

First outing of the year for Dodder Anglers

Last Sunday, 28 members of the Dodder Anglers headed to the foothills of the Dublin Mountains to fish their Nolan Cup competition at Bohernabreena...

Mayfly in full swing on Arrow

Anglers on Lough Arrow enjoyed great mayfly fishing during the past week with many fine trout in the 3 to 5 lbs. range caught....

Starting competitive fly fishing – tips from Tain Fly Fishing

Eamonn Conway of Tain Fly Fishing has been fishing competitively for many years and he has posted up this helpful clip on the competitive...

Trout anglers on Lough Arrow back in action!

Lough Arrow Anglers report... The season on Lough Arrow got off to a slow start mainly due to the bad weather.   The high water level...

Rough on Melvin, no salmon but a couple of good trout

Monday 17th  February to Sunday 1st March 2020 (2 weeks).  There was little to report about on Melvin again. With the storms still hitting us...

Lack of wind hampers trout fishing on Arrow

Calm and sunny conditions hamper lough fishing all around the country these days. This is not much different on Lough Arrow where generally a...

First ever trout for young angler Joey

Kenneth Pyke from Tullamore took his son Joey aged 9 to their local river to teach him how to fish for trout. As it...
Cock Robin Dabbler

Jackie Mahon’s Cock Robin Dabbler and a variant

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