Irish Fishing.
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I thought I’d start a thread putting up some pictures of my fishing season this year in Ireland.
I’ve only had a few trips out so far this year since the season started on the 15th of March I’ve managed a few fish mostly on nymphs and spider patterns. I’ve only really started using the spider patterns this year but the have turned out to be super effective fishing them down and across. They are supposed to be very effective upstream as well during a hatch so will see when the hatches start properly. Just a short read with some info on the spider patterns.
Some of the spider patterns that I have tied up,
That’s awesome Jack. Thanks for sharing. Really like those flies. I once watched an older guy on the Little Red River in Arkansas catch just fish after fish on swung wets like that. I think he had over 100 by the time I left the area out of disgust. 🙂
Zach
Ye I’ve been there Zach getting schooled by some old hands on the river!
Managed a nice wild fish on a PTN on sunday morning. He was in good shape for this time of year but would have been a bit heavier later on in the season. Still not a bad start at all!
Jack what is the scenario with fishing in Ireland? Do you have to pay for a beat typically, or become a member of a private club? When I was in the UK I could never figure out how the hell to actually go fishing. Maybe Ireland is better.
It’s really cool to see the different fishing options from all over the world. Are those browns native to where you’re fishing, Jack?
Jack what is the scenario with fishing in Ireland? Do you have to pay for a beat typically, or become a member of a private club? When I was in the UK I could never figure out how the hell to actually go fishing. Maybe Ireland is better.
For most of the rivers here there is a club who owns the rights to fish the waters they could be for the whole river or just for a few miles of it. Generally though they control the whole river and you can just buy day tickets to fish it. With salmon fishing in Ireland you have to pay to fish the river and you are assigned beat along that river. With trout fishing you can fish the whole length of the river. Where I fish its only a small river that flows through Dublin city and its only €10 for the year! That might explain it a bit or confuse things even more!
It’s really cool to see the different fishing options from all over the world. Are those browns native to where you’re fishing, Jack?
Yep they are all wild fish native to the river. It is stocked once a year but I’ve actually never caught one. This is the river I fish mostly
https://fishinginireland.info/trout/east/dublin/dodder.htmBeautiful fish and flies Jack – thanks for posting the pics.
I’ve been fascinated with swung wet flies since reading Sylvester Nemes books in the mid 80’s.
Unfortunately, in Australia, we don’t have a lot of the huge ripples that to fish that Sly likes so much.www.dsaphoto.com
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That’s great Jack, and actually seems like a perfectly reasonable system. So this would be the River Dodder? Does it remain a trout stream through the city of Dublin itself or does it broaden into more of a commercial river by that point?
Also, just out of curiosity, what’s the local fisherman look like? Is he wearing modern European brands and fishing with Daiwa UK-type gear? Is he wearing Simms and Patagonia and fishing a Sage like many Americans? Or is he in more traditional tweed, or some mix of the three?
Zach
That’s great Jack, and actually seems like a perfectly reasonable system. So this would be the River Dodder? Does it remain a trout stream through the city of Dublin itself or does it broaden into more of a commercial river by that point?
Also, just out of curiosity, what’s the local fisherman look like? Is he wearing modern European brands and fishing with Daiwa UK-type gear? Is he wearing Simms and Patagonia and fishing a Sage like many Americans? Or is he in more traditional tweed, or some mix of the three?
Zach
Ye its the River Dodder its more or less fishable for trout all the way to the sea except for the last mile or so where it gets a bit brackish.
Em its hard to say a lot of them would have the Daiwa UK type gear like you said as well as some people who wear the more expensive gear as well like Simms etc. There are not too many people wearing tweed’s these days though I’m sure there are traditionalists out there who do! I wear a mix of clothing Orvis and Loop as well as Fishpond bags.
I have not been out a whole lot in the last couple of weeks but when I have its been tough going. There has been plenty of fly life with lots of olives hatching but the fish don’t seem to be too interested in them. I’ve had some success with nymphs and emergers but it wasn’t consistent.
I heard that another river about an hour away from my house was fishing well so I went down and gave it a go this weekend the forecast wasn’t looking too good so I got down early and fished for a couple of hours. I managed to get three fish out of the river even with the rising water and some heavy rain. I spotted a really nice fish rising at the head of a pool but I’m fairly sure I spooked him with my first rise will be back to try again soon.
I have not been able to get out a huge amount recently with work. The few evenings I have managed to get out has been productive with the sedge (caddis) flies hatching pretty well. The fish get pretty acrobatic when chasing these flies which is always fun. Dusk and dawn are the best times to fish at the moment. I was fishing till 11pm the other night and it was still bright which is always fun. Not too many pictures to show from the last few outings. Just this guy with some nice colours.
Some more pics on my blog page.
http://theirishangler.blogspot.ie/Have been having some good evenings fishing into darkness the last few trips out. Mostly been catching on small olive patterns and some big elk hair caddis patterns towards dusk.
I spent a days fishing down in the west of Ireland on Sunday trying for some Atlantic Salmon. The weather was very nice and the water was quite low so it made things quite difficult. There was plenty of fish showing in the river but they were quite coloured and don’t take a fly too easily. I think there was one salmon caught for the days fishing from around 16 anglers over the 8 beats. I managed to get a couple of sea trout (sea run browns) on a dry fly. There was some fish sipping flies from the surface I thought they were small brownies because it was such a tiny rise, but they turned out to be some nice sea trout.
Its a very pretty spot to fish and I will be back again next year some time and hopefully with better conditions.
http://youtu.be/LR9–Kb45RA
Some thoughts on end of season fishing in Ireland.
http://www.rodtrip.com/2014/09/24/end-of-season-fishing-in-dublin/Jack,
Any idea in terms of CFS (Cubic Feet per Second) what the average flows are on the river Dodder and what the average fish per mile estimates are? (I probably should be asking Cubic Liters per Second and fish per kilometer.)
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