RIO Pro, David Hoppe, shows you how to fish buzzers (chironomids) on a MidgeTip line – one of the most deadly techniques for lake fishing. David talks about leaders, flies and how to fish them in this short, but highly informative film. David is fishing the beautiful Eyebrook Reservoir in the Midlands of England.
Declan Gibbons reports on a week that saw hectic sport at the start, but the heatwave has slowed mayfly fishing right down since the weekend. Anglers out late have been rewarded with good balling buzzer fishing, while the early morning Caenis hatches have started in some areas, mainly from Saddle south. Fishing during the main […]
Declan Gibbons reports from Lough Corrib, where despite sporadic hatches, many anglers enjoyed excellent fishing. Mayfly hatches have been good in some parts of the lake and patchy in others, while Campto buzzer have hatched consistently in some bays and buzzer fishing has produced some great trout this week as conditions were ideal for it […]
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 drifting over Corrib for the past few days. Many anglers enjoy lunch on an island or shoreline, which may include lighting […]
‘In the spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside 24 hours’ Mark Twain I’m very conscious of a quote by Oscar Wilde which goes ‘conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative’. While not wanting to be classed as without imagination I still find it a bit of […]
“There is always a storm. There is always rain. Some experience it. Some live through it. And others are made from it.” Shannon L. Alder Now into April, there is an impatience about this month, we want to rid ourselves of everything ‘wintery’ and fast forward into a proper mild spring with some signs […]