angling ireland

There are three other fishery owner on the Lough, but day tickets are only let on the Letterkenny Association water. Three boats are available for hire and outboards are allowed but not supplied so anglers are advised to bring their own. This used to be one of the great spring salmon loughs, but it never really recovered from the effects of UDN. Occasional salmon are now taken in April and May and a 28lb fish was taken in 1985. The brown trout are small but the lough produces a few from 3-4lb ev...

A deep lake holding brown trout and perch . Free fishing from the shore....

Donegal has many wide bay and inlets waiting to be discovered. Activites such as fishing, diving, sight-seeing, whale watching can all be  undertaken with the help of a chartered boat.

Richard Timony offers this service on board his "F/V Smoothound". The Smoothound operates from Donegal town but is also stops at Mullinasloe, Mountcharles and Killybegs.

Richard has many years experience as a boat charter and as a diver. He has a  very...

Lough Bradan is a gin clear mountain lough, well stocked with brown trout which are naturally free rising. It is situated 6 miles north east of Ederny and nearly 5 miles west of Drumquin. Access is via a by road to the north and there is a car park close to the water. Bradan gets a hatch of chironomids, a very big hatch of sedges, and a prolific caenis hatch. Useful wet fly patterns are Bibio, Blae and Black, Fiery Brown, Invicta, Silver Invicta, Gree Peter, Murrough and Daddy. The season run fr...

Chris Murphy, the proprietor of Murphy's Wildlife, has been studying the natural history of the British Isles for thirty years, ten of which as a professional ornithologist, both freelance and for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and the British Trust for Ornithology....

For lake and river fishing, there are over 130 lakes in The Rosses, great for fishing Brown, Sea and Rainbow trout. We issue Permits and Licenses and tackle can also be purchased from our shop....

Lough Beach is a large lough of volcanic origin, nearly 4 miles long by about a half mile wide. It can be approached from Letterkenny by taking the N56 and turning left on the L77 Gweedore road, or by taking the L82 road from Gweedore. As well as a good stock of brown trout the lough holds occasional salmon, and the sea trout arrive in August. The brown trout fishing can vary greatly. One day your catch will only average 6oz, while another day the trout will run from a half lb to 1lb with the ch...