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The season opens on 11th February and closes on 31st October.Most of the pools are suitable for fly fishing if the water conditions are favourable. In February and March spinning with minnows is the most succesful method of fishing, but as the water warms up fly fishing comes into its own. Fishing with prawn or…

Brown trout [Species Menu] [Brown trout articles] Common name: Brown trout (sea trout) Latin name: Salmo trutta Record weight: Natural record is 25lb 5oz 12 drams, captured in 1996 from Loch Awe. Larger fish have been artificially reared and the cultivated record now stands at over thirty pounds. Distribution: Brown trout are amongst the most…

Cooneys Bungalow Cooneys BungalowLONGFORD ROADBALLYMAHONLongford, IrelandTel: ++ 353 (0) 902 85541 / ++ 353 (0) 86 8511 390Fax: Email: gerrycooney3@eircom.net 9 Lakes Ballymahon is central to the best fishing, both game and coarse, that the Midlands can offer. This bungalow specially equipped for the angler in mind is inexpensive and centrally located for those great…

Big bream are awesome creatures. OK, they don’t generally fight very hard, and yes, they do smell a bit, oh, and they can be a bit slimy, but they really are awesome looking creatures. Have you ever seen a double figure bream? I hadn’t until 1998, although I had come close on a couple of…

Nowhere is this more true than in the Scottish borders where the sad demise of once-magnificent salmon fishing has caused many clubs to consider alternative means of attracting anglers to their waters – and of course, income to their coffers! As a consequence, over the last few years increasing numbers of anglers have taken advantage…

Once the river levels were back to a fishable condition, coarse and game anglers experienced some good fishing. On the game fishing rivers lots of seatrout have been caught with many being returned. The rivers Hodder, Ribble, Lune and Eden all offered good sport. Peter Richards of Bolton legering a lobworm for chub and barbel…