Athlone conference to hear findings into genetic diversity of our brown trout populations Inland Fisheries Ireland involved ‘Citizen Science’ anglers in new research project; registration for conference still open Inland Fisheries Ireland in collaboration with Queen’s University Belfast will present the findings of a three-year research study into the genetic diversity of Ireland’s brown trout …
SLANEMORE/WASHINGTON DC: Last week David Quirk was back home from Washington D.C. visiting his parents in Slanemore and his sister in Moyvore. David is nuts about river fishing for trout and was really keen on trying his hand at lake fishing for trout. We booked a boat on Mount Dalton and had a wonderful evening …
OWEL TROUT: Quite a few boats were out on Owel last Saturday as temperatures hit the high mark. Monasterevan anglers fished the Timmy Meredith Memorial Cup and they had some lovely perch and a few trout in bright calm conditions. The club members have been coming to Owel for the last 9 years to fish …
The 2017 Ladies International Fly Fishing Championships was held last week on Lough Melvin, from the Garrison shore and hosted by the Garrison and Lough Melvin Anglers Association. England were the victorious team with 15 fish, the silver medals went to Ireland with 14 fish, followed by Scotland with 9 fish and Wales took the …
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SHEELIN CRACKER: Plans were made some time back with my pal Thomas McMullan of Maxol Oil for a few days on Sheelin in early June where we hoped to get a few fish on the spent may fly. On board for the few days we also had Neil Moran and the lads were based in …
Royal Enfield Angling Club 2-Day International Angling Festival 10th/11th June 2016. Royal Enfield Angling Club held their annual 2-Day International Festival over the weekend of the 10th/11th of June. As in previous years the event proved to be well attended with 54 anglers attending from all over Ireland and the UK. In total the Club …
A DUTCH OF CLASS: I had the pleasure of meeting Rob Melis and his son Marco last week and they are some tulips. Marco is 6ft 7 in height and my arms are still sore from rowing the boat on Mount Dalton. The lads had a fantastic few days in Mullingar and really enjoyed the …
SUPER ENNELL BROWN TROUT: In the past few weeks we highlighted some beautiful trout being caught on Ennell. This week we feature a cracking trout caught by Raharney angler Jim Glynn. Jim, we were told, loves his bit of fishing and on this angling adventure he spent a day trolling with Jason Darby of Irishtown. …
DERRAVARAGH ANGLERS: On Sunday 16th April, Derravaragh anglers hosted the Abbott/ Tight Lines fly fishing competition. This is the clubs first trout competition of the season and we were hoping, all going well, a few trout would come on line. I was on the lakes last week for a few days and there was little …
PRAGUE LADS: Last year we featured Prague pals Miroslan Nauratil and Adam Strtilek chilling out in the midlands and this year they decided to return again. Miroslan works in the Four Seasons Hotel in Prague and has been coming to Ireland the past few years on his angling adventures. In 2016, it was his first …
