September
Normally reliable this past season fishing was tough due to high temperatures, drought conditions and algal blooms. But we still managed to catch some nice fish!
Night fishing for seatrout with Conor and the lads
Maury from Tyrone after landing a nice autumn fish on the Blackwater
Gurnard on soft plastics with Kuba
Casting tuition on Lough Derg
October
In October the bass fishing picked up a bit!
Darren with his first ever sea bass.
And the water in the lakes started to clear up.
Tom “Doc” with a Knockaderry Bow
November
With the rivers closed it was more saltwater fishing and of course the Waterford lakes fished well.
A quality Vantry trout
And a trip to the Irish Fly Fair in Galway which was fantastic. I really enjoyed giving a talk there on winter tactics for stillwater trout.
At the Irish Fly Fair in Galway
Denis O Toole with some of his templedog style salmon tubes
December
The year comes to a close. And a chance to catch up on some fly tying.
Dabbler
But with all the mild weather there are still some seabass caught along the copper coast when conditions are good and the lakes continue to fish well.
Mick catches at Ardaire
A cracking Ardaire bow
With only a few days left in the year and with winds estimated at 150kph Shane and I managed to fit in one more days fishing.
A super Ardaire Bow
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