The latest episode of the Ireland on the Fly podcast catches up with two prominent and successful anglers in the south of the country to find how their 2020 season went. Jason Nash is based on the Bandon with occasional forays for bass while James Barry fishes the Copper Coast with salmon fishing also on […]
For this Ireland on the Fly podcast Noel Carr joins Daire Whelan to discuss this year’s salmon runs… It’s been the strangest of summers what with the pandemic, lockdowns, and now reports that the salmon runs have been the best in years. Was it because the rivers and lakes had been rested earlier in the […]
For this week’s Ireland on the Fly podcast, renowned fisheries scientist Ken Whelan explains the River Life in Ireland courtesy of a webinar from Limerick’s European Green Leaf Award and over the next thirty minutes or so, Ken places Ireland’s unique aquatic heritage in context. He introduces us to the underwater animals and plants you […]
For this week’s episode of Ireland on the Fly, Daire Whelan catches up with one of Ireland’s adopted sons, Peter Mantle of Delphi Lodge fame. After success with setting up and running fishing lodges in Connemara and then the Bahamas, Peter has returned home to England to dry fly fishing on the River Test where […]
After an unexpected hiatus, Ireland on the Fly is back up and running covering the people and places about fly fishing in Ireland. The latest episode features well-known salmon angler, casting instructor and guide, Robert Gillespie. Robert discusses his background and career in fly fishing as well as his focus and philosophy on fly […]
The latest of instalment of Daire Whelan’s topical and entertaining podcast Ireland on the Fly is out now and available on a number of services. Irish Bass and the Call of the Ocean features west Cork-based guide, David Norman. Listen here: • Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/ireland-on-the-fly/id1494497441 • Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6paX43CJfUSuyEKzyUtJ1n • Web: https://medium.com/ireland-on-the-fly From Daire… “With summer upon us and […]
Now more than ever we need nature, the outdoors and a return to what we hold most dear and the Ireland on the Fly podcast will continue it’s weekly episodes finding out about the people and places of fly fishing in Ireland. On this week’s episode, it’s all about streamer fishing and how […]