The Irish Fly Fair will be held at the Galway Bay Hotel in Salthill in November. The list below may change slightly. More tyers maybe on trade stands that have not submitted a bio for the Irish Fly Fair website yet. Please come welcome these fantastic men and women that have travelled to Ireland from […]
The new report has details of 41 different species of specimen fish taken by anglers in 2016 in Ireland. 28 different species (including bass, common skate, gilthead bream, various species of mullet, several species of ray, etc) were taken by sea anglers. Freshwater anglers accounted for the remaining species. Particularly large numbers of carp (10% […]
Galway Bay Hotel in Salthill, 12th and 13th of November 2016. Ireland’s biggest fly fishing extravaganza, and now one of the top fly fishing shows in Europe. The event will again feature a huge host of world famous fly dressers and angling stands, under one roof in Ireland. Fly dressers, fly casters and angling celebrities […]
The Irish folk song ‘The Irish Rover’ is about a magnificent, but unlikely sailing ship which goes down in an unfortunate way. The song has been covered by many artists. Around the middle of September we went to Ireland looking for Irish rovers that could entertain us. First of all we were guests on board […]
Latest news from Glenda Powell Guiding & Blackwater Salmon Fishery. After a fantastic start to the fishing season, with great runs of fish coming through the beats, the low water of recent weeks has slowed catches up a little. We were still managing to catch a couple of fish most days but we were struggling […]
A short guide to getting started in pike fly fishing featuring Bodo Funke, with advice on gear, streamers, lines, leaders and casting…
After our first quest for Irish predators, we made a new trip to the green island a year later searching for Irish rovers. New waters and new spots were fished, with several unsuspected discoveries as a nice result. Paradise for the belly boat angler If you take a closer look at the area around Killeshandra […]
