During the weekend of the 21st and 22nd of April 2018, the Dutch Fly Fair was held for the second time at Trout Fishery and Restaurant De Berenkuil in Putten, in the center of the Netherlands. The exact number of visitors is not made public as yet, but should be somewhat higher than in 2016. […]
Press release On 23rd and 24th March, the Business Design Centre opened its doors to the capital’s second ever annual fly fishing event: The London Fly Fishing Fair. Founders John and Fergus Kelley were thrilled to welcome fishing enthusiasts and newcomers alike from all over the UK. Over 3,500 visitors came to the two-day show […]
Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has published a report on February 16th into the occurrence of Farmed Atlantic Salmon in the Western River Basin District which confirms the presence of escaped farmed fish in a number of rivers in the Galway and Mayo region. IFI has not been advised of any reports, by salmon farm owners, […]
Salmon & Trout Conservation is kicking off the year squashing the ‘no evidence of sea lice from salmon farming damaging wild salmon and sea trout populations’ excuse used frequently by Scottish Government. In the second week of January a report by experts in the field (Prof Eva B. Thorstad and Dr Bengt Finstad) and commissioned […]
A discussion on the eagerly awaited report into the ‘state of play of recreational fisheries in the EU’ will be the major topic of interest at the next meeting of the EFTTA and European Anglers Alliance (EAA) backed RecFish Forum. MEP Norica Nicolai has presented a report to the European Parliament on the subject and […]
‘The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials’ Lucius Annaeus Seneca The elements as they say in Cavan ‘played holy hell’ with the fishing on Lough Sheelin for the last few weeks. There was a persistent disagreeable and unseasonable mix of continuous rain, nightly chills and contrary wind changes. The […]
‘Patience is not the ability to wait but the ability to keep a good attitude while waiting’ Joyce Meyer Lough Sheelin suffered from the remnants of storm Gert in the first two days of this fishing week, in the form of torrential downpours. It is a well-known fact that all weather, good or bad, […]
Carp On Fly Adventures is back after some more guiding: we just ended our carp season and we are now waiting the winter rain to bring some water to our lakes. But we need to wait some more months! Follow some photos from these action days and we hope to see you next […]
EFTTEX 2017 was held in the Hungarian capital of Budapest after eight years absence and for the second time in its history. The 36th edition of the European Fishing Tackle Trade Exhibition was hosted at Hungexpo. Located in the heart of Europe, and with its over 2 million population, Budapest is the 8th largest city […]
Salmon fishing on the River Moy continued to be slow during the past week in the second half of May. However, slightly wetter conditions resulted in rising water levels for a time and improved angling somewhat. The Moy Fishery produced a total of seven fish for the week including a fine 10 pounder for Jonathan […]