Sunday morning: No wind. Not even a faint zephyr. Glassy surfaces on the loughs meaning every cast causes fish scaring ripples. The thought of a day spent chasing corduroy ripples across the vastness of Lough Conn did not appeal so I demurred on my planned visit to the Massbrook shoreline. I needed a plan ‘B’ContinueContinue reading “Old school on the Keel”
Monthly Archives: June 2017
A quiet day on Conn
Saturday, 21.30 hrs: The modern version of jungle drums were beating a few minutes ago when I received a text to let me know that 7 or 8 salmon had been seen jumping on Lough Conn earlier today. That makes sense as I know there have been fresh fish running the river Moy for theContinueContinue reading “A quiet day on Conn”
update from Mayo
Still suffering a serious lack of water here but some showers over the last few days have brought some salmon in at last. Beltra has produced a few- https://www.facebook.com/Lough-Beltra-380982678740593/?hc_ref=NEWSFEED&fref=nf The river Moy is seeing some action too with the Ridge and Cathedral beats fishing well and beats right up as far as the East MayoContinueContinue reading “update from Mayo”
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