Set up a broadside drift and cover the water systematically. Work Spent Gnat on the bob and Shipman's Buzzer 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 good match for this venue — most conditions are close to what it fishes best in.
Midlands limestone trout lake with a long history of holding specimen brown trout — fish here are fighters. Once compromised by pollution, the recovery has been remarkable. Mayfly hatches from mid-May are productive. The lake fishes particularly well from late April through June when olives and mayfly dominate. Excellent boat fishing when the breeze is right.
WFD code normalized 2026-06-18: IE_SH_26_709 → IESH_26_709 (EPA national format → EEA WISE euSurfaceWaterBodyCode; same water body, now joinable to WISE). Status confirmed against EEA WISE 2022 (3rd RBMP). Source: discodata.eea.europa.eu. | Prior note: EPA WFD 2019-2024 (lake layer) — Lough Sheelin: Moderate ecological status. Re-tagged 2026-06-18 from IESH_26G020200 (a river/stream water body, not the lough) to the lough's own EPA lake water body. Source: EPA Ireland WFD 2019-2024 classification (catchments.ie / EDEN).
EPA (Ireland) · IESH_26_709
Lough Sheelin towards Derrysheridan
Piotr Miskowicz - CC BY-SA 4.0
Midlands limestone trout lake with a long history of holding specimen brown trout — fish here are fighters.
Set up a broadside drift and cover the water systematically. Work Spent Gnat on the bob and Shipman's Buzzer 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 good match for this venue — most conditions are close to what it fishes best in.
Midlands limestone trout lake with a long history of holding specimen brown trout — fish here are fighters. Once compromised by pollution, the recovery has been remarkable. Mayfly hatches from mid-May are productive. The lake fishes particularly well from late April through June when olives and mayfly dominate. Excellent boat fishing when the breeze is right.
WFD code normalized 2026-06-18: IE_SH_26_709 → IESH_26_709 (EPA national format → EEA WISE euSurfaceWaterBodyCode; same water body, now joinable to WISE). Status confirmed against EEA WISE 2022 (3rd RBMP). Source: discodata.eea.europa.eu. | Prior note: EPA WFD 2019-2024 (lake layer) — Lough Sheelin: Moderate ecological status. Re-tagged 2026-06-18 from IESH_26G020200 (a river/stream water body, not the lough) to the lough's own EPA lake water body. Source: EPA Ireland WFD 2019-2024 classification (catchments.ie / EDEN).
EPA (Ireland) · IESH_26_709
