Fly Fishing for Rainbow Trout at Loch Mahon Lakes

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Fly Fishing for Brown Trout and Rainbows at Carrigavantry Reservoir, Tra...

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Fly Fishing For Rainbow and Brown Trout

Fly fishing at the Laois Angling Centre , we had a great days fishing using dry flies, buzzers and lures. The most successful method was using lures on a D i3 sinking fly line with a Hot Orange Blob / White Blob, Cormorant Fly and Humungus lures. As the day went on we caught trout on Olive Klinkhamers and also on static buzzers.  For more information contact www.laoisanglingcentre.ie .

Lough Lene, West Meath

I really enjoy fishing this lake because it has some great fishing features such as shallow reefs and islands and being a big lake you really have to hunt your quarry. The dry fly fished very well using both Black or Olive Klinkhamers and when the breeze got up we met trout on lures such as Cormorants, Black Boobys, Hot Orange Blobs on a D i3 sinking fly line. There is a big stock of both natural and stocked Brown Trout and also Rainbow trout and having had browns up to six pounds myself and seen big rainbows caught it is definitely a great venue.

FLY FISHING FOR BROWN TROUT IRELAND.

THE BEST RAINBOW TROUT FLIES

MOUNTAIN RAINBOWS PART 2

MOUNTAIN RAINBOWS PART 2

Part two of Mountain Rainbows where i fished Lough Barfinnihy, Molls Gap, Killarney, Co. Kerry. It is probably the wildest and most challenging lake to fish due to the fact that the weather can change at the drop of a hat and even in this video you can see how quickly the wind can get up. The scenery is amazing and any trout  that is in here for more that a few months can be considered almost wild. To get the fishing information for this lake go to part 1.

MOUNTAIN RAINBOWS PART 1

This video was filmed at Lough Barfinnihy near Molls Gap, Killarney, Co. Kerry, the two flies i had on were a Cormorant fly and a Brown Minkie size 10. The line was a Di 3 sinking fly line with a variety of retrieves due to the fact that the trout were going up and down in the water column and with slower retrieves that allowed the line to fish deeper but the moment i quickened up the retrieve the line fished higher. When the takes went off i changed the rate of retrieve and once again met trout and this worked well for me all day. I had tried an Intermediate fly line earlier in the day and couldn't get any hook-ups but the moment i changed to the Di 3 i was meeting and holding fish. Contact www.fisheriesireland.ie

RAINBOW TROUT ON THE DRY FLY.wmv

Ballyhass lake in Cecilstown, Mallow, Co. Cork is one of the few lakes that you can catch trout almost all year round on the dry fly, but if you prefer pulling lures rather than watching a dry fly the best lines are a Di 3 or 7 sinking lines with a Hot Orange Blob, White Booby Minkie or a Black Booby Minkie. Buzzers work very well on this lake and you can get up to date information and gear from the tackle shop on site. Contact www.ballyhasslakes.ie

BIG BROWN TROUT ON THE FLY..wmv

RAINBOW TROUT ON THE FLY.wmv

Just some more fishing video footage from Ballinlough Lake in Leap, Co.Cork the hints and fishing tips for this lake are displayed under the December Rainbows video on this blog.

BROWN TROUT AND RAINBOWS ON THE FLY..wmv

Rainbow Trout Fishing Ireland

The purpose of this blog is to give anglers information on stocked fisheries showing videos of the lakes, the best locations to fish and most importantly the flies and methods that work. In the coming months i will be putting up as many of the stocked fisheries that i can find and if anyone that has a fishery would like me to fish and film it for this blog you can leave contact details in the comment section.

DECEMBER RAINBOWS ON THE FLY AT BALLINLOUGH LAKE, LEAP

                                                The best line for Ballinlough lake is a Wet cel 3 sinking fly line, the retrieve is a few short sharp pulls followed by a short pause and normally the trout will hit the fly on the pause. The main trick is to keep varying your retrieves during the day until you find one that the trout prefer. Sometimes the trout will pick at the fly all the way in to the boat and not take, the best way to deal with this is to either switch to a slow figure of eight retrieve and when you feel a weight on the line, strike or speed up the retrieve and again pause and normally they hit hard with the faster retrieve. The flies that work well are the Cormorant, Hot Orange Blob, Sleech Fly and any Black wooley bugger gold heads. The areas that are successful can be seen in the videos so that's where you should start fishing. Remember the four key rules, Observation , Location, Position and Depth. Once you SEE the fish you have their LOCATION and then you POSITION yourself just at the limit of your casting ability by anchoring, then you get the DEPTH that the trout are feeding at and slowly move in a foot at a time by just gently raising the anchor just off the bottom to get into the zone. The main trick is silence, you would be surprised by the amount of noise some anglers make in a boat, dropping oars, anchors, bags etc., and then they wonder why the fish have moved or gone off the take. The best time for takes have been between 12 midday and 3 pm  due to the fact that is the warmest time of the day especially in the colder months. Contact www.fisheriesireland.ie