Work a bushy searching pattern on the bob and drop a contrasting nymph on the point.
If the main plan is not working, switch to a smaller, more imitative pattern fished slower and deeper. A change of drift angle can also make a difference.
Evening tends to be the best period in summer — stay late if you can for a sedge or spinner fall.
Windy conditions suit anchoring in productive areas rather than open-water drifting.
Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.
Conditions are away from this venue's sweet spot — it usually fishes best in ripple wind with cloud skies.
Lough Annillaun sits in the open bog above Connemara, exposed to whatever the Atlantic decides to send. Sea trout run here in summer — wild fish that move through the system on their own schedule. Wet fly on the traditional drift. The lough has the raw character of the landscape it sits in: granite, bog water, and the kind of wind that makes presentation an exercise in problem-solving.
Lough Annillaun sits in the open bog above Connemara, exposed to whatever the Atlantic decides to send.
Work a bushy searching pattern on the bob and drop a contrasting nymph on the point.
If the main plan is not working, switch to a smaller, more imitative pattern fished slower and deeper. A change of drift angle can also make a difference.
Evening tends to be the best period in summer — stay late if you can for a sedge or spinner fall.
Windy conditions suit anchoring in productive areas rather than open-water drifting.
Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.
Conditions are away from this venue's sweet spot — it usually fishes best in ripple wind with cloud skies.
Lough Annillaun sits in the open bog above Connemara, exposed to whatever the Atlantic decides to send. Sea trout run here in summer — wild fish that move through the system on their own schedule. Wet fly on the traditional drift. The lough has the raw character of the landscape it sits in: granite, bog water, and the kind of wind that makes presentation an exercise in problem-solving.
