Where should you fish
in Ireland, right now?

I’ve heard reports that the Olives were up in decent numbers on the western shores of Lough Corrib on Tuesday with the trout moving nicely on the surface to them. Dry fly fishing was producing decent results for some with trout up to 5lb 10oz reported. Conditions yesterday were well suited to Olives.

Duck fly buzzer fishing in Corrib today. Tough enough day. 4 fish total. Best was close on 2lb. The others were fine fighters but on the smaller side - per the photo. 3 came to a size 14 red holo. Tried Flynn, Rabbit, Knockferry, Burnt House and a few other spots, There were patches where duckfly were hatching but it was sporadic enough. Saw only a handful of fish move all day. When the wind dropped and heat picked up I got 3 of the fish in 25 mins from 11:45 to 12:10 and the other about 55 mins later at 1:05. All released to fight another day. Not another touch all day, Most boats had a tough day with one or two fish being caught and several boats blanking this side of the lake. I believe Thurs was a decent day for a lot of boats but Fri was also a tough day. Nice to get out all the same and get the season started.

High dirty water, fished Donacloney at the cricket pitch caught 2 fish and Banogue where I caught no fish. Flys hatching but no fish rising, both taken on gold head hares ear nymphs.