Tuesday, 19 November 2013
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.
Friday, 11 January 2013
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 .
Tuesday, 8 January 2013
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.
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