For those of you who like pike fishing using the measuring board method and for those who would like to give it a try or have a practise before the Lough Ree Pike Festival in april then this will interest you, Lough Gara & District Angling Club will be holding an open pike competition on Lough Gara on Sunday the 25th of March. This is a boat competition and the winning fish is determined by length rather than weight. Each boat must have a digital camera and there must be at least two…

This year Jack Gorny and I - Corrib Predator Team- decided to fish for 3-4 days in a row from very start of the season. We couldn't wait to go out and try new ideas and techniques which we have thought about and discussed for all dull winter weeks. This years mild weather was very promising for an early success. With water temp just over 7 degree, we jumped into our boats on early morning of Opening Day.

It…

For those of you interested in Coarse Fishing, I received the following from V2V ANGLING PRODUCTIONS Ltd.



FEBRUARY 2012 edition of Will Raison's A World Champion's Angle E-magazine No 37 'Cagey Skimmers' is available as a FREE download. The PDF format E-magazine is in its third year and normally comprises part…

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Dr. Willie Roche, secretary of the Irish Specimen Fish has provided the following statement about certification of scales for 2012:

Anglers will be advised of new arrangements for having personal weighing scales certified in 2012. After 15 years of providing a high quality service the Legal Metrology Service (LMS) of NSAI has advised that it will not be able to support this certification…

Everyone likes to flaunt their latest, biggest, or best catch - Fishtec have set up an on-line catch club which allows the user to upload multiple pictures, video and a description of the fishing tackle used, and fish. Click below to add your pictures. We may even introduce a competition within the catchclub - Best Fish -What you reckon? Would…

If you would like others who visit this fishing forum to know more about yourself or the fishing services you provide, keeping your "My Page" up to date with your latest information and fishing activity is important. Here are some tips:

• Add a Photo of yourself - Click on "Settings" (shown top right hand column) and change your photo there. Don't forget to press the "Save"…

Hungry shore crabs as well as shrimps and small fish can ruin a fishing trip by removing the bait before the bigger fish can get to it. In the most extreme cases of crab infestation the only alternative is to avoid venues altogether, but on occasions when fish are actually in on a venue eating your hook baits, keeping them intact or maximising their time on the sea bed is important.

Without doubt the most effective way to beat the crabs is to time the duration of each cast, if the…

Do you like to Tweet about Angling and Fishing and/or do you enjoy posting fishing info to your facebook account? If the answer is yes, then you'll be interested in how you can post to Fishing.ie, Twitter and Facebook all in one go. Read On.

You may also be interested in the article on how to post your Fishing Photos and Videos directly from…

Playing With Emergers: CDC Style

Author: Gareth Lewis

For the last few weeks I’ve been playing around with a few emerger designs, both for my own fishing, and to offer clients via my usual fly orders or during my guided trips. The amount of time I now spend behind the vice has risen ten-fold, so it’s important that my ‘guiding patterns’ are quick and easy to tie whilst, at the same time, offer my clients a robust and quality tied product. They…

Striking and Reacting to Bites

Striking at the fish as they take the bait is the fun part of fishing although there is much that is fanciful about the tactic of striking, especially when sea angling. In the case of the biggest species like cod, smoothhound, ray and bass they will usually take the bait on the move and these results in a strong bite pulling the rod down, off the rest or producing a slack line. The latter can be particularly difficult to hook because…

Did you know that you can post your Fishing Photos and Fishing Videos directly from your mobile phone to Fishing.ie and a link to the photo directly to your Twitter account at the same time? Here’s how you do it. To get started Sign-up  to…

Weekly overview of Game, Coarse and Sea Fishing Reports from around Ireland

Making sure your flies travel downstream at the same pace of the river is crucial, this is called dead drift. If a nymph is moving faster than the current, it becomes unnatural and most educated fish…

SOME ADVICE ON CASTING

Beach casting destroys the myth that sea angling is not physical, energetic or sportingly skilled. A myth so often believed by the novice angler whose arrival with a beachcaster on the shoreline in winter can be a horrendous shock if the wind is blowing. Would you attempt a full size golf course as a total novice golfer without lessons? Of course NOT, then my first piece of advice for the beginner is to get casting lessons because simply throwing money at the…

The Airflo Wavehopper wading Vest offers a safe, comfortable and enjoyable days fishing at the right price. Having the inflatable bladder incorporated within the waistcoat it makes for a stylish and conventional garment.

Even though the Wavehopper wading vest is branded as a ‘Wading’ vest, it…

Weekly overview of Game, Coarse and Sea Fishing Reports from around Ireland

RODS AND REELS, ETC

The standard of beach casting amongst beginners is generally poor and the reasons for this are varied, but most of all beginners use the wrong equipment and cheap inferior gear carries a large proportion of the blame. A majority of newcomers to sea angling do not join an angling club and they do not read the angling publications, etc and they want very cheap gear. That’s OK because they may not want to spend a fortune on the best tackle etc because they might…

SOMETHING ABOUT TERMINAL RIGS

It’s an ironic name “terminal tackle” because what a majority of novice sea angler’s tie on the end of their line is often likely to be terminal!

The abysmal concoctions of the average angler and it’s not only novices that get it wrong, are a major cause of their failure to catch fish! I really get annoyed because I have spent much of my life trying to spread the sea angling gospel, but then it could be that my readers do not…

For those of you who go fly fishing on Ireland's Loughs and Rivers, the following Crane fly Step-by-Step fly tying instruction should be just the ticket for the remainder of the fishing season. This step-by-step has been supplied to the angling and Fishing in Ireland website, Fishing.ie by professional fly dresser Jimmy Tyrrell of…