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August report from the Erriff Fishery

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Donavin Brinklow reports from the Erriff Fishery on angling during August, which saw plenty of water, and fish landed almost every day during the month.

 

A summer flood at Aasleagh Falls, River Erriff, Co.Mayo

There were 60 salmon and 10 sea trout caught.

2 August  S.McManus landed a 10lbs and a 6lbs salmon off the on Beat 9 using a Sunray and P.Errity landed 2.75 lbs sea trout on Beat 9. McDonagh landed a 10 lbs salmon in Joyces Sand Hill using a Foxford shrimp on Beat 5 and a 1.5 lbs sea trout on Beat 6 in Colonels Run.

3 August  S.McManus landed a 6lbs salmon on Beat 9.

4 August  P.Coyne landed a 3lbs and a 5lbs salmon in the Middle Garden Pool on Beat 9 using a Cascade and B.Miller landed a 3.5lbs salmon in the Garden Pool on Beat 9.

5 August  B.Miller landed a 5lbs salmon on a cone head Willie Gunn in the Bridge Pool on Beat 5. J.Delany landed a 4.5lbs and a3lbs salmon in the Lower Garden Pool on a Posh Tosh and a 6.5lbs salmon in the Middle Garden Pool on a Willie Gunn tube, he  also landed a 9lbs salmon in the Upper Garden Pool and a 2lbs sea trout on a Willie Gunn tube.

7 August  N.Lynch landed 3lbs salmon in the Middle Garden Pool on a Sunray, P.Gargan landed a 4lbs and a 6lbs salmon on Beat 9and K.Mitchell landed 3lbs and a 4lbs salmon on Beat 9. I.Ferris landed a 10lbs and a 12lbs salmon on Beat 6 and P.Murphy landed 4 salmon on Beat 9.

8 August  P.Murphy landed a 5lbs salmon on Beat 9 using a Posh Tosh. J.Phelan landed 10lbs salmon off the Falls on a Sunray and a 2.5lbs salmon in the Upper Garden and a 6lbs salmon in the Lower Garden Pool on Beat 9.

9 August  P.Coyne landed a 6lbs and a 5lbs salmon off the Falls on Beat 9 using a Green Highlander.

10 August  C.Lynam landed a 1.5 lbs sea trout off the Falls on Beat 9 using a Cascade.

11 August  P.O’Brain and J.O’Brien both landed a salmon around 6lbs on Beat 6 using a Curry’s red shrimp.

 

13 Augus  D.Flynn landed 5lbs, 8lbs and a 4.5lbs salmon on Beat 4 using a ghillie pattern and two 1lbs sea trout. J.O’Neill landed a 5.5lbs salmon off the Falls using a Cascade. I.Ferris landed a 4lbs salmon on Beat 3 in the School House on a Cascade and J.Joyce landed a 4lbs salmon in the School House Pool on Beat 3 using a Cascade.

15 August  I.Ferris landed a 4.5lb salmon off the black banks on Beat 6 using a Willie Gunn.

19 August  J.O’Neill landed a 4lbs salmon on Beat 8 in the Coronation Pool using a Willie Gunn.

20 August  C.Graham landed 2 sea trout around the 1lbs mark on a Willie Gunn off the Falls on Beat 9.

21 August  J.Mannion landed 8lbs salmon off the Falls using a Cascade and a 3lbs salmon in the Middle Square using a Cascade on Beat 9 and C.O’Leary landed a 4lbs salmon on Beat 8 in the Coronation Pool using a collie dog.

22 August  H.Cosgrove landed a 4.5lbs salmon in the Middle Garden Pool on a Cascade and E.Cosgrove landed a 6lbs salmon in the Middle Garden Pool and a 4lbs salmon in the Lower Garden Pool on Beat 9 using a Cascade. C.Thornton landed a 4lbs salmon on Beat 5 in Jenkins Pool using a Cascade.

23 August  B.White landed a 3lbs salmon on Beat 5 using a Cascade. M.Helmore landed two 3lbs salmon and a 10lbs salmon on Beat 4 using a black shrimp pattern.

24 August  N.Lynch landed a 6lbs, 7lbs and a 9lbs salmon on Beat 9 in the Middle Garden Pool. D.Convery landed a 5lbs salmon on Beat 9 Falls Pool using a Sunray.

26 August  J.Coyne landed a 6lbs salmon and S.O’Neill landed a 6lbs salmon on Beat 9 using a Collie Dog.

28 August  A.Dunlop landed a 1lbs sea trout on Beat 9.

29 August  A.Dunlop landed another 1lbs sea trout on Beat 9 using a Connemara Black.

30 August  L.McDermit landed a 5lbs salmon in the Middle Garden Pool on Beat 9 using a Sunray.

31 August  T.Coulter landed a 5lbs salmon in the Falls Pool on Beat 9 using a Sunray.

 

Go Fishing

The Erriff System is comprised of the Erriff River and the two small loughs of Tawnyard and Derrintin. The River Erriff is one of the premier salmon fishing rivers in Ireland. A spate river, it is characterised by lively streams and deep fish-holding pools. It has 8 miles of prime angling water, divided into 9 beats. Beats are un-crowded with only two rods on most and a maximum of 3 sometimes. Angling is rotated on a daily basis.

Telephone: (095) 42382

Email: erriff.fishery@fisheriesireland.ie

Double delight for Dawson on Lough Derg

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Damien Culliney from Anglers Paradise reports on some recent good fishing on Lough Derg:

I had Paul and his son Dawson from Canada out for a day’s fishing on Lough Derg recently. Dawson is a very keen fisherman, and he had two goals coming to Ireland: catching a wild brown trout and a wild Irish pike. The winds were up and it rained for a lot of the day but that did not deter young Dawson. We started casting for trout and within the first hour, he had caught two wild brown trout. So far, so good, and needless to say, he was over the moon. With goal one achieved, we set our sights on the second target, an Irish pike. We had some fantastic fishing through the day with nine pike to the boat and some lost to tail walking acrobatics. Goal number two achieved, with his biggest just shy of the meter. Paul and Dawson have fallen in love with Irish fishing and can’t wait to come back.

 

Go fishing…

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Busy days ahead on Lough Muckno

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Muckno

On Sunday, the 10th of September, Lough Muckno will host the Feedermasters final, which will take place on the Yellow Island section. This is the finale of the Feedermasters events, and only those anglers who placed in the qualifying rounds can compete.

Also on that date, an open match will be held to facilitate those travelling to the Co Monaghan Pairs commencing 11th September, sections to be advised nearer the date, when expected numbers are known – currently circa 20 pairs booked on; this event ends on the 15th of September.

Lough Muckno group will be the organiser of this event but again this year they are pleased to announce that Craig Ellis and his partner from the travelling group will manage the day to day running.

Muckno

All rules and issues pertaining to this event, such as section selection, are being organised by the Lough Muckno group who will have full oversight and input on the draws, weigh in recording, prize fund allocations, along with all other rules and protocols involved.

The travelling anglers who will assist with the day to day running of the event have an impeccable track record in fairness, transparency and competence. There is still time to book on for what promises to be a top-ranking event, with unparalleled fishing throughout the week and through all sections.

Following this festival, Muckno will host the IADA open feeder championships to be held over two days 16th and 17th September. With fishing at its brilliant best right now, this is your chance to be on one of these splendid competitions and experience the special feel of an exciting Lough Muckno event.

A pre festival practice gave a flavour of what’s to come over the coming weeks, with peg 33 on Concra Lower producing a weight of 21.800kgs (pictured below) comprising all big Roach with 10 hybrids thrown in.

Lough Muckno

 

Random pairs for IASCaire Feeder Club on Brackley Lough.

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Brackley Lough

To change things up a bit and keep club members on their toes, the IASCaire Feeder Fishing Club decided to mix it up with a random draw to select teams for their five round pairs match. With Brackley Lough the chosen venue for round one, it was Brackley local Roman Kwasniewski who defended his home turf with a near 12kg net.

Top 3 of the day:

  • Roman Kwasiniewski-11.990
  • Tomas Lisauskas -10.730
  • Tomas Juknevicius -7.400

Next stop for club members is Lough Sillan, with fishing from the Caravan Park section.

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Third edition of Lough Ree Predator Challenge takes place

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This report from the organisers of the event:

On Sunday 3rd of September 33 teams (66 anglers) took part on our 3rd anniversary of this event. Although the conditions were not quite perfect for Lough Ree Predator Challenge, the highly skilled anglers participating in the event did everything in their power to catch 3 longest fish of the day, but in order to win they had to catch not one specie but 3 species Pike-Perch-Trout and receive extra 100pt/cm to their 3 longest fish.

Over 140 fish were caught and safely released after a quick measurement during the event, with Pike, Perch and Trout being the point scoring fish that all the anglers were after. Altogether, the competing anglers landed:

  • 85 Pike over 60cm
  • 13 Trout over 30cm
  • 29 Perch over 25cm

Longest fish of the day was a impressive 107cm Pike – Trout 57cm – Perch 30cm  which in our humble opinion its very good for 8 hours fishing on the lake.

I have to say this event it’s getting bigger and better year after year and we will keep improving.

After checking all entries on FishDonkey app pictures and videos we managed to finally award the anglers.

  • First place – Team – JERKFLY 398cm Trophies +cash
  • Second place – Team – DISCO TEAM 390cm Trophies +cash
  • Third place – Team – TEAM STRIKE 384cm Trophies +cash
  • Longest fish – Team Strike  107cm Pike

We also had some sponsored prizes from our sponsors for runner-up teams.

Big THANK YOU 🫡 them for support.

  • Salmo Lures prize – The Snipers 384cm
  • Dennett Outdoor Ltd prize – Team Blue Tree 376cm
  • L.Corr  Handmade lures prize – Wildhunter Sniper Time 359cm
  • Inland Fisheries Ireland prize – Brema Boat 355cm
  • Wildhunter prize – Irishfishingtours 288cm

We need to mention FishDonkey Tournaments for their support and I strongly believe a app like theirs makes easier for events organisers.

Big Thank You to all anglers present to this event, for helping us to improve year after year!

RESPECT Gentlemen and Ladies.

Full results can be seen on FishDonkey app.

Check out this video of how the event panned out – compiled by competitor and popular YouTuber Senan Stanley:

Now we need to do some preliminary preparation for Predator Battle Ireland later in September and Pike Master Ireland in October (the only competition in Ireland and Northern Ireland which allows anglers to fish any water).

Athlone Angling Centre

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Big tides bring on the bass

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IFI staff
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When he’s not talking the talk on the popular Lure Fishing Podcast, Cormac Walsh likes to walk the walk by getting out there and chasing bass in the south east. This is the business end of the bass fishing season and, with the August blue moon bringing some big 4m+ spring tides, the bass were active and hunting.

Cormac reckons that fish were much more active around the early morning high tide, with the first hour after high water the most productive for him. The fish he caught really wanting the shallow divers he was using, with solid hook ups from aggressive takes. He hopes that, with the spell of settled weather we are currently experiencing, the good fishing might last a few more days as well.

Wicklow to Wexford sea fishing

52 blue sharks and a lot more on the Silver Dawn

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David Edwards, skipper of the Silver Dawn at  West Cork Charters, had some unbelievable blue shark fishing at the weekend…

03 September 2023: A long-range overnight shark trip showed that there is no shortage of Blues. 4 anglers caught 52 Blue Sharks including 2 large specimens of 190 & 195cm fork length 235 & 238cm length overall.

A small Porbeagle was a welcome diversion, as was an unusual double shot of Octopus and Megrim.

All fish (and octopus) were released following research sampling. Well done Paul Kirwan for taking the most and largest fish.

02 September 2023: Shark tagging today for Paul and Nick, who have spent the last 2 weeks on Silver Dawn targeting many different species, including their first ever Bluefin Tuna.

blue shark

We’ve had some great weather and today was no different, 5 Blue Sharks were tagged with a further 5 dropping the hooks.

Silver Dawn

A great end to the fishing holiday for these long time friends and long-term visitors to West Cork, a quick nap on the way back to Courtmacsherry was needed.
Safe home lads.

dolphin

29 August: Tuna were nowhere to be seen today, but at least the Dolphins were happy enough to show off for us.

26 August: While most charters this week have been offshore, we also did spend sometime on the inshore reefs, where some fine Pollack obliged. One angler also learnt the hard way that using a net is always preferable when a large cod needs landing and the boat is rocking!

25 August: It was great to finally have a crack at the Bluefin Tuna today after spending a few days on Sharks.

bluefin
94 inch blue fin tuna

It took a while but we did bring a fine 94 inch fish alongside after watching some brilliant wildlife displays.

Go fishing…

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4th International Women’s Fly Fishing Day (9 September 2023)

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Pamela Dunlap from Hurricane, WV, USA.
Pamela Dunlap from Hurricane, WV, USA.

It’s nearly the second Saturday of September and that means that the 2023 International Womens Fly Fishing Day is approaching on Saturday 9th September 2023.

It’s planned that at 11am, in every time-zone across the world, that female fly-anglers will post photos or videos of themselves to Face Book or to Instagram that will show their enjoyment of flyfishing.

For more information please visit International Womens Fly Fishing Day on Face Book https://www.facebook.com/groups/573597536965118/ or email info@iwffd.org

Posts to celebrate International Women’s Fly Fishing Day may be made to the following FaceBook page, and, as it may not be possible to post at 11am the posts can be made all day.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/573597536965118/  Don’t forget to add #IWFFD onto your posts please.

Or post to Instagram (IntlWomensFlyFishDay)

This is an initiative from two women in two very different parts of the world – Maddy Kelly from County Down in Northern Ireland and Pamela Caldwell Dunlap from Hurricane in West Virginia, USA. They met on a women’s Flyfishing site – Women Wine & Waders – (https://en-gb.facebook.com/groups/1496931843942254/) that was set up by Pamela and they’ve been sharing fishing tales and life stories for the six years since.

The Mission Statement of International Women’s Flyfishing Day is “To bring women together from all over the world, virtually, for one day in mid-September to celebrate their fly-fishing life and to encourage them to be role models who will support new women who take up fly fishing.”

Because there is always the chance that weather may interfere with fishing plans and as International Women’s Fly Fishing Day is a world-wide event there will be some women in the part of the world that is currently out of the fly fishing season. To allow for those circumstances the photo or video posted can be of anything related to fly fishing e.g. practicing casting, tying a fly, or even reading a book on the topic or watching a fly fishing video etc. Or for women unable to be doing anything related to flyfishing at 11am on 9th September 2023 they can post a photo or video that shows that they do indeed enjoy fly fishing.

Julie Cook from the Southland Fly Fishing Club in Invercargill New Zealand is, at the minute, the most easterly woman planning to take part which means she’ll get the first opportunity to post her 11am photo, and Catrina (Cat) White from Los Angeles is the most westerly. She will close the day of celebrations.

With photos being posted at 11am from all over the world the day will unfold from New Zealand to the west coast of the USA over a 20 hour period.

Maddy Kelly said,

‘Fly fishing, and angling in general, gives so much to the angler. Mindfulness is very popular now-a-days but anglers have known the mindful effects of angling for a long time. And it’s not just peace of mind, there’s also the fitness aspect. Wading into waist-deep water will work your core as will scrambling five miles up a riverbank and back down the five miles to your car with your rod and essentials for the day – that competes with any gym workout. And to complete the scene there’s nothing like lunch alongside the water’s edge with a nice cup of tea and a slice of lemon cake.’

A lot of anglers will also start to care for their rivers and waterways. They organize work parties to clean up litter, fix river banks, create and improve access, build bridges and stiles, remove fallen trees, and clear water blockages that prevent the movement of migratory fish – all very physical work and a great work out.

Then there’s the workout for the brain. Anglers will say that they switch off while fishing and are in another world and that worries and problems just slip away. But the day is spent watching, really seeing what’s there and analyzing everything – the bug life, the water movements, the feeding patterns, watching for clues that might be as simple as feeding birds.

Angling is a work-out in nature. And women are catching on to the secret and they’re passing on the information to other women. More and more are becoming qualified as coaches and instructors or are attending women’s fishing days as volunteer-helpers.

Maddy Kelly has been flyfishing for over 30 years and has fished throughout Ireland. Since 1993 she has been a regular member of the Irish Ladies Fly Fishing team which takes part in the Ladies International Flyfishing Championships fished against teams from Scotland, Wales and England. She has recently gained coaching qualifications and has been organising events to introduce women and young people to flyfishing.

Practice Day at Straid Fishery in Co Antrim Ireland for Maddy Kelly and a monster-trout comes up from the deep.
Practice Day at Straid Fishery in Co Antrim Ireland for Maddy Kelly and a monster-trout comes up from the deep.

Pamela Caldwell Dunlap is a more recent convert to flyfishing. Prior to discovering the joys of flyfishing she was not keen on the outdoors at all. She was introduced to it on a first date 7 years ago and enjoyed it so much that since then she has organised camps for women to learn and has been responsible for a number of women becoming anglers.

The internet friends, Pamela and Maddy, have spent six years sharing stories of the days that they organise for women to enjoy flyfishing. Though separated by 3,590 miles, most of it ocean, it turns out they’ve a lot in common. They are both committed to encouraging and supporting new women into flyfishing.

For more information please visit International Womens Fly Fishing Day on Face Book

https://www.facebook.com/groups/573597536965118/ or email to info@iwffd.org

Posts to celebrate International Women’s Fly Fishing Day may be made online via the following links. And as it may not be possible to post at 11am the posts can be made all day.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/573597536965118/  Don’t forget to add #IWFFD onto your posts!

Or post to Instagram (IntlWomensFlyFishDay)

Specimen smoothhounds hit the beaches as the sun comes out

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Dawid Kopczynski was back in touch with another great report from the east coast…

With the return of long awaiting but late summer to the Irish coast loads of anglers flocked to the beaches.

Stuart and Josh Maher were among them. Duo specialise in specimen hound fishing. The spirits were high and the fish didn’t disappoint.  the lads were on the hounds instantly,  fresh peelers did the trick again.

Josh started the session with beautiful 12 lber just for a good start.  Fish was coming steady through the course of the day.  But the real highlight was massive fish for Stuart topping scale at 14 lbs and measured nearly 120 cms. This fish took off like train and gave unbelievable fight.  Lads finished off with dozen of fish , rest being in around 6 to 8 lbs mark.

For everyone heading down to the east coast this week, have your fresh peelers handy, smooth hounds season is not over yet.

Irish Angling Update 🎣 1 September 2023

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According to the meteorological calendar, the first day of September marks the beginning of autumn. It is actually hard to believe that our summer, which actually felt more like autumn for most of the time, has come to an end leaving just one more month for salmon and most trout anglers to pursue their passion.

Yet again, the weather this past week hasn’t been very kind to anglers and prospects for a more productive last month of the salmon season, which has been one of the poorest in recent years, aren’t looking promising either. Salmon fishing reports from all over the country have been very poor, to say the least with very few fish being reported from the Cork Blackwater and the other West Cork and Kerry rivers such as the Bandon and Laune. Lough Currane also saw a super quiet week so did the Moy in the northwest. The River Boyne, nevertheless, produced a cracking 18 lbs. fish to the fly but overall fishing was rather slow.

Salmon, Boyne, Ireland
Great 18lbs fly-caught salmon from the River Boyne ready for release

In the light of this and with salmon stocks on the decline and fishing getting more and more difficult and unpredictable, interested anglers might like to tune in to this week’s episode of Daire Whelan’s and Tom Doc Sullivan’s Ireland on the Fly podcast. This week the duo talk to passionate fly angler and conservationist Mark McAndrew about the Liffey Salmon project.

Trout fishing has also been on the slow side for most of the summer with just the occasional highlight for anglers on the big loughs. As far as flyfishing is concerned, the past week hasn’t been much different, at least on Loughs Conn & Cullin. Trolling, however, seems to be producing the better fish on Lough Corrib at the moment with guide Tomi Kurman putting clients over some great trout lately.

Super 73cm Corrib beauty

Coarse anglers continued to be quite active during the past week with a number of matches taking place throughout the country. Starting in the north, where the All Ireland Feeder Club Championships and Qualifiers took place on the River Blackwater at Argory, CM Lakelands scooped first prize qualifying for next year’s World Feeder Club Championships in Portugal.

CM Lakelands

Staying with coarse angling, plenty of junior anglers turned up to fish the Johnny Cunningham Memorial Competition 2023 on the Grand Canal near Tullamore last week, while there were two great performances from young anglers in the final round of the Oaklands Junior Summer League in Wexford with impressive bags of 52kg for John Mulligan (overall winner) and 30kg for Charlie Upton (novice section). Over in the east, Monasterevin and Fisherstown Match Anglers have brought a new festival to the Irish angling scene, hosting a two-day pairs event for the first-time last weekend. Ger Power sent in a report from a Belturbet venue where he enjoyed some great fishing catching a number of big bream together with plenty of other coarse fish such as roach, rudd and hybrids.

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Ger with one of his big Belturbet bream

Concluding our coarse angling news, Kevin Lyons tells us that Dutch guests Ron and Bert, who we reported on last week, had a great finish to their week at Melview Fishing Lodge with more fine bream, tench, hybrids and roach. Also staying at Melview (for the second time this year), Belgian anglers Jean-Pierre and son Nick, along with fishing buddy Alain enjoyed great coarse and pike fishing.

Dutch visitor Ron with a nice couple of tench

Mentioning pike, it has been very quiet on the predator front for the past few weeks. From now on, however, pike fishing should become more productive after the usually slower summer months. This is reflected in the reports we received this week. Damien Culliney from Anglers Paradise was recently guiding two anglers from Argentina on Lough Derg who had never fished for pike before. And what a first-time experience they had catching several pike over 90cm with the best fish of the day being a cracking 106cm Esox. Mick Flanagan, of Midlands Angling and Shooting also sent in a report. Mick teamed up with old pal Jimmy Murray who was home from New York, with Jimmy nailing a super 110cm fish on one of his own tyings, putting lures in clear second place on the day. This fly-caught 100cm plus fish deserves to win our Catch of the Week.

A smiling Jimmy with his 110cm fly-caught pike

Over to sea angling, where Donegal Bay based charter boats keep catching and tagging good numbers of bluefin tuna despite unvafourable conditions. Further south along the west coast, Luke Aston of Carrigaholt Sea Angling, Co. Clare, provided a great mix of fishing offshore and targeting predators in the estuary as well. His clients had porbeagle, blues, nice ray, some tope and conger.

Big thornback ray from the Shannon Estuary

On the east coast, Kit Dunne from Wicklow Boat Charters reported on good fishing for bullhuss, smoothhounds and tope, including some big tope up to specimen weight and huss of up to 110cm. Also in Wicklow, Greystones Ridge Angling Club held their annual tope festival last weekend, which attracted small-boat anglers from around the country to the east coast venue. Strong winds somewhat limited angling on the first day, but on day two, the winds dropped and fishing improved considerably.

Super east coast tope

Elsewhere, Killala Boat Club held a very successful fundraising competition for the Irish Youth and Junior shore teams at the weekend, fishing the beach outside Killala.

Finally, we would like to draw your attention to Cormac Walsh’s recent Lure Fishing Podcast where he chats with David Sølling Johnsen, an expert angler from Denmark who has specialized in coastal lure fishing for sea trout. Without doubt, David’s tips and tricks could be easily applied to our own saltwater sea trout fishing.

In other news

Fly anglers from Ireland and abroad will be delighted to hear that the Irish Fly Fair will be back again! The 11th annual Irish Fly Fair and International angling show will take place on 18th & 19th November 2023 at Enniskillen. For further information click here.

Salmon Angling Logbook Returns

Inland Fisheries Ireland is encouraging salmon and sea trout anglers to return angling logbooks (setting out their fishing and catch record) and any unused gill tags from 2023 if they have ceased fishing for this year or once the season has closed.

These returns provide vital information regarding the status and management of our wild Atlantic Salmon and Sea Trout stocks into the future.

Clare River Bye-Law Consultation

A public consultation is now open on a proposed new bye-law for the Clare River and tributaries in Co. Galway, which involves a new bag limit for angling of 2 trout per day. Find out about it and how to make a submission here.

Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme Funding

The Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme (ORIS) is now open for funding applications, which angling clubs can apply for. The focus of ORIS is to support outdoor recreational infrastructure in countryside areas across Ireland that not only provide an outlet for the communities in which they are situated, but that also deliver added value from a tourism perspective. Read our post about it here.

And now the weather…

Tomorrow Saturday will be mostly dry. Dull at first in places with areas of low cloud, mist and fog clearing in the morning to leave a day of sunny spells, turning hazier later, with just the chance of a few light showers. Highest temperatures of 19 to 22 degrees in light southerly or variable breezes. High pressure will dominate at the beginning of the week. It will be mild with plenty of sunshine and temperatures up to 24 or 25 degrees in light southeast to east or variable breezes. The outlook, however, is for the high pressure to gradually decline eastwards allowing for some rain or showers to move in.

Safe fishing to all and tight lines, especially here in Ireland.

IFI Staff
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