A lovely piece of footage below from Andrew McGall’s YouTube channel featuring some of his best ‘takes’ while salmon fishing in 2020. Andrew fishes the River Finn as well as many other rivers in the north and north west. If this video doesn’t get your heart racing at the thought of that first hit from […]
Minister Ryan emphasises conservation imperative is key to positive trends in the face of environmental, climate and human impacts. Eamon Ryan TD, Minister with responsibility for the Inland Fisheries sector, has approved legislation that will govern the wild salmon and sea trout fisheries in 2021. These will come into effect from Friday 1 January 2021. Minister Ryan […]
The latest episode of Ireland on the Fly was recorded as a video webinar in conjunction with the 2020 Virtual Irish Fly Fair which has been organising talks and fly tying demos online in place of the usual fair in Galway that was postponed due to Covid. Daire Whelan was joined by renowned fisheries scientist, […]
Fly-tier and angling guide George McGrath’s super Youtube channel Gundog and Fly pays host to a series of interviews with well know anglers. The series was cut short unfortunately by the lockdown, but you can watch the first four online now. Episode 3. Sean Maher George’s notes: Another fascinating chat with one of Ireland’s top […]
Fly-tier and angling guide George McGrath’s super Youtube channel Gundog and Fly pays host to a series of interviews with well know anglers. The series was cut short unfortunately by the lockdown, but you can watch the first four online now. Episode 2. David O’Donovan George’s notes: Another fascinating chat with one of Irelands top fly […]
Another look back through our angling heritage and this time it is to River Slaney and the Munster Blackwater we go to see how things were with the 1988 Channel 4 angling documentary series ‘The Angling Experience’, this one posted on the Swelly Dave Youtube channel. Narrated by another friend of angling recently lost […]
Peter Driver of Piscari Fly continues his series of live fly tying demos at his Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/Piscarifly/. Peter’s notes: Live this coming Saturday Night we will be live right here @piscarifly for our second instalment of Nymphing November. Make sure and check in for some fly tying, Nymphing tips and a bit of fun from […]
Another line cast through the RTE archives has landed a super short video on the first professionally taught fly fishing course in Ireland, hosted by Lal Faherty of Oughterard from his Lakeland Angling Centre and guesthouse overlooking Lough Corrib’s Portacarron Bay. Lal, who has a long history of involvement in angling and fisheries management, has […]
Inland Fisheries Ireland is looking to gather information from all Irish sea anglers through an online survey as part of a new programme – the Irish Marine Recreational Sea Angling Survey (IMREC). The findings of the survey will help inform the larger project with the overall aim being to improve the management of stocks and […]
A persistently cold north to north easterly wind coupled with night time frosts caused a staggered and somewhat patchy start to Lough Sheelin’s 2020 mayfly season. Despite the unwelcome chill Ephemera danica still made its presence felt here with a particularly impressive hatch around 3pm last Thursday followed by a heart stopping rise of […]