Set up a broadside drift and cover the water systematically. 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.
A gentle ripple is ideal for drifting — broadside drift covering the wind lanes should be productive.
Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.
A reasonable day here, though temperature isn't quite in the sweet spot.
A 300-acre rich limestone lake in Roscommon, just north of Ballinlough, with wild and stocked brown trout averaging a pound and a half and fish to three or four pounds. It is renowned for its mayfly — prolific from mid-May into July — followed by a strong sedge season and dapping into the autumn. Midland Fisheries Group permit. The access is good for once, with a pier on the south shore.
A 300-acre rich limestone lake in Roscommon, just north of Ballinlough, with wild and stocked brown trout averaging a pound and a half and fish to three or four pounds. It is renowned for its mayfly — prolific from mid-May into July — followed by a strong sedge season and dapping into the autumn. Midland Fisheries Group permit. The access is good for once, with a pier on the south shore.
A 300-acre rich limestone lake in Roscommon, just north of Ballinlough, with wild and stocked brown trout averaging a pound and a half and fish to three or four pounds.
Set up a broadside drift and cover the water systematically. 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.
A gentle ripple is ideal for drifting — broadside drift covering the wind lanes should be productive.
Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.
A reasonable day here, though temperature isn't quite in the sweet spot.
A 300-acre rich limestone lake in Roscommon, just north of Ballinlough, with wild and stocked brown trout averaging a pound and a half and fish to three or four pounds. It is renowned for its mayfly — prolific from mid-May into July — followed by a strong sedge season and dapping into the autumn. Midland Fisheries Group permit. The access is good for once, with a pier on the south shore.
A 300-acre rich limestone lake in Roscommon, just north of Ballinlough, with wild and stocked brown trout averaging a pound and a half and fish to three or four pounds. It is renowned for its mayfly — prolific from mid-May into July — followed by a strong sedge season and dapping into the autumn. Midland Fisheries Group permit. The access is good for once, with a pier on the south shore.
