Name: Full Day Boat - Costello and Fermoyle Fishery
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Full Day Boat – Costello and Fermoyle Fishery

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Full Day Fishing – 9.30am – 6pm

Fees:

Feb- May €40 per angler
June – September €60 per angler

As it is a Salmon/Sea Trout Fishery a State Licence is also required. (See Below)

Costello and Fermoyle is a premier sea trout and salmon fishery, featured foremost extensively in “A Man May Fish” by T.C. Kingsmill Moore, one of the experts on sea trout fishing and creator of the Bumble type flies.
The fishery comprises the Casla River and a series of lakes, set in beautiful scenery against the backdrop of the Twelve Pins mountains. The fishery is quite extensive, from lakes draining the hills near Oughterard to the sea at Casla. The river is about 4 miles long, divided into 4 beats, with 2 rods per beat easily fished from both banks. The main lakes or loughs are Glenicmurrin, Fermoyle, Clogher, and the Schoolhouse Loughs.

Description

Boats are provided at all of these. Guided fishing is available, the number of rods is strictly limited, and beats are rotated. It is fly fishing only and while life jackets / buoyancy aids must be worn while boat fishing, it is strongly recommended that they be worn when river fishing, particularly with high water .

Salmon

Spring salmon enter the fishery from February, with grilse starting to run in May. The salmon fishing is best from June and it fishes well after a flood.

Sea Trout

This fishery was once renowned for the quality and quantity of its sea trout and indeed features heavily in Kingsmill Moore’s writings on sea trout. As with other fisheries in Connemara it was badly hit by sea lice and salmon farming, but there has been a strong resurgence in stocks in the last few years which has been extremely encouraging. Sea trout run the river on any flood from June on, and provide excellent sport on the lakes until the end of the season. Current legislation requires that all sea trout are released alive.

Rules etc:

Fly fishing only
Maximum 2 rods on river beats
State rod licence required- Connemara District
One salmon may be kept but we encourage all additional salmon be released. In accordance with Conservation By law, all sea trout must be returned alive.
Experienced local guides / ghillies are available, booked in advance.
Tackle hire €15 per day.
Life jackets / buoyancy aids must be worn at all times on the loughs and we recommend that they be worn on the river as well especially during high water.

Season

Salmon: 1 February to 30 September
Sea trout: 1 June to 30 September
Brown Trout: 1 February to 12 October

Contact

Costello and Fermoyle Fisheries, Bridge Cottage, Casla, Co. Galway
Tel: +353 (0)91 572196

Accommodation

Keeper’s Cottage is a well-appointed property in the grounds of Fermoyle Lodge accommodating 4 people with a kitchen/diner, living room and two bedrooms (a double and a kingsize which can be split into two singles). There is also additional accommodation is for 4 further guests in the self-contained ‘mews’ where there are two double ensuite bedrooms. Minimum stay 3 nights from 110 Euro per night for the cottage and 45 euro per bedroom per night in the mews. Please contact Mary Walsh maryjohn@btinternet.com or on 00 44 7771 807 471.

Directions to Fishery Office:
The Fishery Office which is located at The Bridge, Casla Co Galway. It is situated just after the cross roads on the left to Rossaveal and on the right to Oughterard. Going straight brings one to Casla or Costello.

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