Chris Robert’s Fishing Tackle

The rivers are bare bones and algae is starting to build up, in fact conditions are looking a bit grim. It’s times like this when I fear for our rivers. Under conditions of normal flow levels a slight pollutant getting into the river would probably be diluted but in conditions of little flow we could…

Way out in front this year was Julian Hubbard Ė the A.C.A. team member. He had nearly 5lbs to spare over second place. Julian fished with a Fidget fly on the top dropper. This has the effect of bringing fish up to look, however, the two Flashback pheasant tails fished behind were the flies that…

Summer weather had finally showed its face with warm sunshine bringing the carp up on top to drift around seemingly aimlessly. When I arrived, one guy had been there all day chasing the carp around the lake continuously. Due to the algae colouring up the water it was hard to see much below the surface…

How to make and present a conger eel rig. There is one essential fact that you need to know about fishing a deep sunk wreck for a big black conger eel, that fact is that your bait has to be on the bottom!! A few feet up and you are wasting your time. So the…

When fishing popular public and club venues, it is highly probable that the resident fish populations have experienced a substantial array of techniques, strategies, and baits. In such situations, it is the anglers who go that little bit further in their preparations, who succeed most often. This requirement is further emphasised when fishing some commercial…

Killykeen Forest Chalets This self catering complex is located within 240 hectares of mixed woodland in Killykeen Forest Park overlooking Lough Oughter which forms part of the labyrinth of waterways known as the Erne River system. The ComplexThis self catering complex is located within 240 hectares of mixed woodland in Killykeen Forest Park overlooking Lough…