Dry Fly Fishing at Ardaire Springs Trout Fishery.

Having arrived at the lake i noticed a number of trout rising near the reed beds so i decided to fish for them with dry flies. The trout were  coming to the dry fly and playing with it, swirling under the fly and then refusing to take it so i changed down to a smaller size Klinkhamer and an F Fly to cover  the trout better.  Some of the trout were launching themselves into the air and landing on the fly which was both exciting  and annoying as i was not hooking up due to the way they were landing on the flies. After a while the takes were slowing down and the trout were coming at the fly in a more positive way which led to better hook ups and great sport. I caught a number of great rainbows around the 3 to 4lb bracket and even one almost touching 5lb,  the brown trout were slow to show but i met and caught a few the best being 2lbs.

Giving the dry fly a rest for a few minutes i put on a  hot orange booby with a Di 6  sinking fly line and met a number of trout but they were able to shake off the barbless hook with ease, i was playing out a good rainbow of about 10lbs when it ran at me with lightening speed and went straight into weed and that is where it left my fly ( smart trout ). Going back to the Dry flies i caught a few more nice trout before it was time to finish up for the day and head home. My tips for fishing at Ardaire Springs ,(1) ask Ned he knows what the trout are taking and  where to fish for them, (2) Try the Dry fly, Klinkhamer's in size 14 & 16, both Black and Olive were working well.  (3) Di 3 or Di6 sinking lines using hot orange boobies or Humungus lures and also some snake fly patterns in white and natural are working well fished deep and slow. For more infomation contact Ned at 00353 (0) 868128937 or info@ardairesprings.com and if you tell Ned i sent you he will definitely treat you to a nice cup of tea, all in all a great fishing lake with all anglers needs catered for.