Spring-fed limestone trout lake near Mullingar with crystal-clear water — the clarity alone makes this lough special. Excellent mayfly and sedge hatches. Good early season with olives from March. The brown trout average over a pound with regular specimens pushing three or more. A productive Midlands fishery that rewards patience and good boat handling.
Duckfly typically opens around the second or third week of April and runs about two weeks, best in mild spells around Srudarra Island and the neck of the lake, followed by lake olives through May peaking around the 15th. Buzzers build through a mid-May to mid-June peak with a strengthening evening response late in May, alongside only a sparse, localised mayfly hatch rather than a prolific lough-wide event. The large sedge Green Peter (Phryganea) fishes from around 22:00 in July-August, starting earlier in a hot summer and later in a cool one, with a lighter second lake-olive hatch typically returning late August into September.
- Lough system
- Limestone
