Jack
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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.
They are striped bass right? Is this saltwater you are fishing in or do they survive in freshwater as well?
Spent a summer in Montauk working on party boats that was good fun catching some big stripers as well catching some nice fluke and blues.
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.
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.htmYe 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!
Will mainly be targeting trout and char, I’m only going for a long weekend so will have three days fishing on three different rivers.
Some pictures from Ireland below,
I will set one of those up when i get home dont have the resources here at the moment. Looks fairly easy to set up.
Jack
That sounds great. I tried to make some out of polystyrene but the balls kept breaking off in chunks. Never fished with poppers on the fly before sounds like fun.
Whats a Dremmel tool never heard of one. Went to the island last weekend and fished the little Qualicum river caught a half dozen cutthrout trout the biggest one was about 1 1/2 pounds all on dry flies. Klinkhammers. not sure if i will get any more fishing tied up with work.
That was a good help first time i read a list with the flies to be used on each location for the BC area. Thanks very much for your help.
Jack
Hey
Personally I have only ever used three at the same time and if its to windy these can be a hassle as well. I havent heard of eight flies at once sounds like a bit of a handful. If i was to do that i would have them dangle of the leader on a short trace. To fish them I dont know normally i would fish them at the speed of the drift in a boat stripping the flies kind of slowly. My casting isnt great at times and i havent a cluce how to stop them from tangeling the leader would be ridiculously long. There you go.
Jack
In Ireland fishing on the lakes i have had two trout on at the same time when i use a big bushy fly like a #12 bibio(irish terrestrial fly) and a #14 nymph like a hares ear or a buzzer on the dropper. It does happen and can be quite fun as the fish often swim in different directions.
