Tucked into the Causeway Coast country, Cashel Lake View has the kind of setting that makes the blank days easier to forgive. The water sits over volcanic ground, and it fishes best when the weather behaves like proper trout weather — cloud overhead, a ripple on the surface, the temperature cool to moderate. Early season it's buzzers and a bit of patience, the fish holding deep and taking slow. Through late spring the nymph fishing wakes up, and by summer there's enough sedge and damsel movement to fish a dry on a settled evening. When the wind howls off the coast you tuck into the lee and fish shorter; when it drops away and the sun glares down, the fishing goes quiet and so should you. Consistent, scenic water that asks for a sensible approach rather than a clever one.
- Fishery
- Volcanic