WILD ATLANTIC WAY
Where land and sea collide. Where untamed beauty abounds. Where the fishing is awesome…
Tag: Wild Atlantic Way
Good water on the Laune and a few fish about
Billy Downes reports that as of Monday 16th May water levels are at 1m at the Laune Bridge, beautiful conditions for all methods. Thomas...
Sun stops play on Currane, change brings catches
Vincent Appleby reports on the last few days fishing at Lough Currane…
12/5/16 Lough Currane was on the quiet side and not surprising with a light and...
Grilse appearing in Galway to boost catches for anglers
Water levels remained inexplicably high in Galway over the last week, despite the lake being relatively low, as the OPW kept 4 sluice gates...
Some incredible fishing on Mask as mayfly and olives hatches provide great sport
Ronan Cusack had excellent fishing to report on from Mask again this week, despite challenging conditions. Temperatures soared from single figures last weekend, to...
Bottom pools of Owenmore full of sea trout waiting to run
Frank Maunsell from the Owenmore Fishery reports:
16 May: Even though the weather was fine and the water was low there were seatrout travelling up the river....
Pollack on the fly in Connemara
Guide Richie Ryan reports on good fly fishing for pollack on the fly out of Ballyconneely in Connemara during the week. Jacques Bronkhorst 's...
A few salmon and good sea trout on the Ilen
Eileen Carroll from IFI's Macrrom office reports that 5 salmon were caught for the week on the Ilen river, best 8lbs by a local...
Small flood on the Bandon, prospects excellent for coming week
10 May: River levels rose by just over a foot after yesterday's rain. Thundery showers are falling at present and it looks like another...
Trout fishing improves on Lough Melvin
There was an improvement in the angling on Lough Melvin this week. The start of the week was fairly wet and the lough rose...
Quiet on the Drowes, 8 salmon from Melvin
Monday 02 - Sunday 08 May
The Drowes was running at low levels on Monday with gauge only reading 0.42m. Rain over the start of...
