Stillwater · Limestone · Shannon / Offaly, IE

Pallas Lake

Pallas Lake terrain map

A small thirty-three-acre limestone put-and-take lake near Tullamore, stocked regularly with rainbow and brown trout and giving honest, steady sport.

Fair · Rainbow
Perch Fry · 8-10_long_shank
Fairlive now
Buzzer on Pallas Lake
Good wave on — drift country. A useful wave. Work the productive shore.
64% confidence

Pallas Lake is often best in spring through autumn.

What moved it
  • WindW 19 km/hGentle breeze
Today's fly
Perch Fry
Perch Fry8-10_long_shank
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Conditions on the water
Estimate
Wind
Gentle breeze
W 19 km/h
N
W
from the west
Wave40 cm chop
Water temp11.0°C
Air temp12°C
CloudClear
Pressure1012 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm

No gauge on this water — readings are regional estimates from weather, not a live gauge.

Head to
Wind driftW wind
Eastern end

A westerly has held for 7 hours, running warmer than the water (14°C air against 11°C water). Expect fish at the eastern end — the bank it is blowing into — where the drift piles food, colour and warmth together. This reads the upper water, though — a bottom bait at range feels it far less than a floater or a fish in the margins. Treat it as a tiebreaker between good swims rather than an override — features and angling pressure usually count for more.

How to fish it · for Rainbow
When
The buzzer is on. Lake Olive may also come into play as the day warms. The ripple is helpful — fish should move onto the feed and a slow-drifted team or single wet will cover water well.
Where
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. In the ripple, a bushy searching dry (Hopper, Shipman's, Elk Hair Caddis) outperforms flush emergers — it stays visible and holds the surface tension.
The plan
Plan A

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. In the ripple, a bushy searching dry (Hopper, Shipman's, Elk Hair Caddis) outperforms flush emergers — it stays visible and holds the surface tension.

Plan B

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.

Watch for

Keep an eye on changing conditions — wind shifts and cloud breaks can trigger short feeding spells.

Bank

Bank-only venue. Fish from accessible margins, points, weed edges, and inflows.

Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

Hatch predictions

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Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey(1)

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Through the year
0–3 scale · September highlighted
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F
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J
J
A
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Trout seasonSeason
1
2
2
2
2
1
Reservoir BuzzerHatch
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
Daphnia SwarmHatch
2
3
3
3
2
Lake OliveHatch
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
Silverhorns & LonghornsHatch
1
2
2
2
1

Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.

Ranked for today
Rainbow fly box
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Condition match
64%
Cloud25%
Wind65%
Temp100%

A reasonable day here, though cloud isn't quite in the sweet spot.

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About this water

A small thirty-three-acre limestone put-and-take lake near Tullamore, stocked regularly with rainbow and brown trout and giving honest, steady sport. The fish that overwinter grow on handsomely — rainbows of seven to twelve pounds have come out — so it is worth a cast even when the freshly-stocked fish are quiet. The banks are soft, so the provided stands are the safe and sensible place to fish from. Pallas Anglers run it on membership or day ticket.

Hatches & food

A small limestone put-and-take lake near Tullamore — buzzer, lake olive and summer sedge occur naturally, but the stocked rainbows and over-wintered browns are mostly taken on chironomid imitations, damsels and small lures.

  • Lake
  • Limestone
Water quality (WFD)
  • Ecology: Unknown
  • Chemical: Unknown
Why this score
  • Temperature (cool) is in the sweet spot for autumn fishing.
  • Buzzer is in its seasonal window, boosting the chance of targeted feeding.
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Seasons & zones
  • Trout 1 May → 12 October
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