Month: July 2012

Having been brought up fishing for sea trout in the 70’s and 80’s, I always find it hard to get excited when people start talking them up. Having said that we had two boats on Doolough yesterday, that […]

There were a couple of days this week when we realised why the Connemara midge is respected and feared the world over. When we ourselves describe them as the worst they can possibly be, they are bad. It […]

Angling this week was fair with a total of 17 fish landed, but among these there were some quality fish. It was again a few people who had the lions share of the fish with Alan Boyd and […]

There often comes a time in this business when you wonder whether a person will ever catch that elusive first ever salmon. Mary Martha Waltz from California came to Delphi for a short visit in 2006. During that […]

Week 27 was disappointing from a fishing perspective, despite good water conditions. There were also fish entering the system but there was little or no take on them. There was a total of 10 fish landed for the […]

Yesterday was a great day for Elaine Corps, wife of IFI’s fishing guru and top angler, Marks Corps. Elaine landed her first ever salmon and in doing so completely out fished her husband. He did inform me that […]