Yesterday, 21st March 2019, I caught a 8lb 12 oz spring salmon. It was taken on a size 10, Colley Dog fly at the Butt of Fermoyle on the Costello system. We have had good water levels for the past number of weeks and with high tides it provided the salmon with an opportunity to…
The 2018 angling season started of cold and wet. From the previous mid-July there was constant rain which led to high levels of water in the loughs and rivers and very wet ground conditions. The weather was cold with North and East winds, bringing heavy snow to the eastern parts of Ireland and only a…
South Connemara Fisheries Report 2017 There are 4 main systems from Furbo to near Rossaveal in South Connemara namely the Knock, Boluisce, Owenriff (Inverin) and Crumlin systems. In times past, there were substantial stocks of salmon and sea trout running into these systems but for a variety of reasons, in the…
April was a month of cold winds from the North and East and accordingly we had little rain. Towards the end of the third week of the month we had slack winds which gave us large hatches of olives which were greedily feasted upon by the brown trout and the gulls.The start of April saw…
On a number of occasions I have been out on Lower Lough, fly fishing for wild brown trout. I do not start until after St Patrick’s Day as it is better to allow the spawned trout to put on better condition and the weather can be inclement. So it was the end of March before…
2016 Ireland West Angling Review South Connemara Fisheries- These are made up of the following waters : Knockalough, parts of Boluisce system Lough Nualla, Owenriff( Inverin) Loughaunbeg Crumlin together with other small loughs scattered around the area to numerous to mention. Following negiotations with Crumlin Estates Ltd , I leased the above fisheries…
2016 has been a difficult year to-date as the weather has been changeable, a week or two of warm weather in June and then back to windy wet days and little settled periods. Because of the amounts of rain throughout the most of the months of May June and July, there has been good levels…
Having gained new access to a number of fisheries in the South Connemara area this year, now is as good a time as any to look back on the season for the various lakes/ systems in the South Connemara area. The 2015 season was remarkable for the amount of rain and wind we had throughout,…
Angling guide Brian Curran with 5 anglers from Holland on their annual visit to the south Connemara area. While the weather was inclement they still managed to catch 133 brown trout over three days.