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.
Tough conditions for this venue — expect slower sport and consider adapting your approach.
A small twenty-acre lake in the grounds of Mount Dalton near Rathconrath, stocked as fingerlings that grow on naturally to a pound and a half to three pounds on the rich feeding. Lake olives, sedges and chironomids hatch here, and the terrestrials blow on in numbers, so it is nearly always worth a visit. Midland Fisheries Group permit; boat and fly only, and the boat wants booking ahead through C. Gibson Brabazon, down the private avenue off the Mullingar–Ballymahon road.
A small twenty-acre lake in the grounds of Mount Dalton near Rathconrath, stocked as fingerlings that grow on naturally to a pound and a half to three pounds on the rich feeding. Lake olives, sedges and chironomids hatch here, and the terrestrials blow on in numbers, so it is nearly always worth a visit. Midland Fisheries Group permit; boat and fly only, and the boat wants booking ahead through C. Gibson Brabazon, down the private avenue off the Mullingar–Ballymahon road.
A small twenty-acre lake in the grounds of Mount Dalton near Rathconrath, stocked as fingerlings that grow on naturally to a pound and a half to three pounds on the rich feeding.
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.
Tough conditions for this venue — expect slower sport and consider adapting your approach.
A small twenty-acre lake in the grounds of Mount Dalton near Rathconrath, stocked as fingerlings that grow on naturally to a pound and a half to three pounds on the rich feeding. Lake olives, sedges and chironomids hatch here, and the terrestrials blow on in numbers, so it is nearly always worth a visit. Midland Fisheries Group permit; boat and fly only, and the boat wants booking ahead through C. Gibson Brabazon, down the private avenue off the Mullingar–Ballymahon road.
A small twenty-acre lake in the grounds of Mount Dalton near Rathconrath, stocked as fingerlings that grow on naturally to a pound and a half to three pounds on the rich feeding. Lake olives, sedges and chironomids hatch here, and the terrestrials blow on in numbers, so it is nearly always worth a visit. Midland Fisheries Group permit; boat and fly only, and the boat wants booking ahead through C. Gibson Brabazon, down the private avenue off the Mullingar–Ballymahon road.
