HIDDEN WATERS:
The smaller and medium-sized rivers I am guiding in an almost exclusive fashion do not carry any names nor will they have GPS coordinates.

There are full of 100% wild brown trout looking to the surface as the waters are home to numerous insect hatches of great variety. The rivers meander through farmland crisscrossed by hedges and home to cattle, sheep and horses. You will be hard pressed to find corn fields, pesticides and drained-out wetlands. It is a result of a unique model of agriculture that has not changed much in over 20 years in these lost valleys. Insect hatches are multiple : ephemeroptera, trichoptera, stoneflies, terrestrial insects, they all will find their way into the brown trout’s stomach at some point.

This is not trophy trout country (the big ones can be had a bit further north in Lough Sheelin) but a dry fly paradise for feisty trout in the 30/35 cm range with better, smarter fish reaching 40 cm in length.

LOUGH SHEELIN
The extraordinary qualities of Lough Sheelin for the surface fly angler are multiple: on the one hand its waters are very clear, the banks of the lake have numerous shallow coves and bays, grassy flats areas, breaks and subsurface structure and the lake’s surface is dotted with forested islands, a perfect haven for wild brown trout as it produces a huge biomass of insects the fish feed on. The lake itself is quite shallow (up to about 50 feet) with an average depth of about 15 feet, which makes it a prime area for invertebrate life: ephemeroptera, trichoptera and diptera.

Lough Sheelin harbors an estimated 44000 trout in sizes 2 to 4 lbs, without mentioning the smaller and also much bigger fish… During the evening rise, with dry flies on the cast with ¨”spents” present on the surface (locally knowns as “gnat fishing”) it’s not uncommon to raise fish of 5 to 6 lbs, on fly tackle, and each year real behemoths of the depth are caught that way (the lake record being 13,5 lbs!).

The stays I offer in 2019 will be limited to the early months of the season, as it will allow me to combine both lake and river fishing, depending on prevailing conditions and the gusto of my customers.

When fishing the lake I will rely on one of the very best local guides, who has become a friend, and the both of us will team up to serve groups up to 4 anglers with our two boats, revolving the customers between boats or me guiding them individually if river fishing is the desired choice of the day.

This video is a summary of several weeks exploration with my friends Charles-Henri late May 2018 (rivers and Sheelin during Mayfly Time) and early May 2016 with Yann in quite rough conditions !

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Time frames for 2019 :
•From April 20 to April 27 (6 days guided fishing in rivers and lakes. Pike on fly optional)
•From April 27 to May 4 (6 days guided fishing in rivers and lakes. Pike on fly optional)
•From June 1st to June 8 (Mayfly Special at Lough Sheelin).

Based on 4 anglers (1 guide for 2 anglers).
Non-Angling guests also welcome.