Fly Fishing for Rainbow Trout at Lough Doire Bhile.

       

        

Using three different fly fishing methods i caught some nice rainbows at Lough Doire Bhile near Littleton. The first method was using a Di3 sinking fly line with a Black Booby on point and a Hot orange blob on the dropper, the cast was only six feet long to maximize fishing depth and the most productive retrieve was a slow figure of eight and when i felt weight on the line or a small bump i struck into the fish. The trout were very wary and i got a lot of short takes but also lost a few trout to the weeds because i was using barbless hooks and the trout were able to unhook themselves by wrapping up in the thick weed. The second method was the Bung method, using a floating line and a ten foot cast  consisting of a foam strike indicator with two flies, on dropper was a Blood red blob and on point i used a heavy gold head pheasant tail nymph. After casting out i would give the line a long pull to straighten it out and then allow the nymph to sink, a long slow pull or even a slow figure of eight retrieve every so often will move the flies up the water column and let them fish in different locations back towards the bank, as soon as the strike indicator sinks or changes direction you lift into the fish. This method produced some good heavy rainbows and better hook ups with few lost fish. The third method was Dry fly, even though i didn't see any trout rising and the fact that there was a gale blowing i still took a good rainbow on the margins with a small Klinkhammer pattern. The  lake is undergoing renovations at the moment and promises to be a really good venue in the future.