Irish Trout

Paul sets off for a spot of Irish brown trout fishing and begins on the Blackwater River in County Meath, a delightful little river that is full of little Brown Trout that are more than happy to take a well-presented dry fly. From the Black Water, Paul heads northwest to Lough Maher in County Mayo and using traditional Irish wet fly patterns has a high degree of success. In part 2 Paul joins well-known Irish journalist and angler Peter O’Reilly and boatman Dennis O’Keeffe to fish the renowned but daunting Lough Sheelin. To everyone’s amazement, Paul’s biggest ever dry fly wild Brown Trout is caught, a magnificent golden flanked beauty that tips Peter’s scales at 5.5lbs.