Tag: Mayfly
Sheelin mayfly, the gold of sunset and sunrise
‘For me, Fly Fishing is Zen, you need to be in tune, never give up, read the water, the fish may not always bite,...
Mask fishing well, mayfly in full swing, worth a visit
Ronan Cusack reports a busy week on Mask this week, as the mayfly gets into full swing. Reports indicate that fly hatches are sparse...
Mixed fishing on Corrib but plenty of small trout showing
Declan Gibbons reports that anglers, guides and other service providers are reporting very mixed fishing for the past week on Corrib, with some having...
Plenty of small trout and some big ones taking Mayfly on Ennell
Angling guide Mick Flanagan tells us:
Plenty of boats were out and about last week on Ennell, as the first few spent Mayfly dropped back out...
The Fairy Pool – Sheelin and its mystical mayfly
‘The pursuit of deceiving a trout excites me to the point that when I am fishing I feel moments of transcendence. It makes me...
Mayfly gets going on Mask, but fishing a mixed bag
Ronan Cusack has mixed reports from Mask this week, as the mayfly make their first real appearance of 2017. Decent hatches of fly have...
Mayfly fishing patchy on Corrib
Most of our regular contributors are busy fishing or guiding this week, and reports are hard to come by today. What is known, however,...
Big hatches of Mayfly on Derg, but fishing tough enough
Trout anglers fishing out of boats from Fisherman’s Paradise in Scarriff are reporting mixed fishing on Lough Derg. One boat had consistently good fishing on...
Mayfly hatch but weather shows no mercy on Sheelin
‘Fleeting ephemeral creatures who live out their whole lives in the course of a single day’
Carl Sagan
Very early on this week I was reliably...
Heatwave slows mayfly but buzzer provides great sport on Corrib
Please note: There have been a spate of fires around the country recently, including a huge forest fire in the Cloosh Valley, with smoke...

















