Lough Mourne

Just to tie up a loose end. I did find Lough Mourne on another day, I’ve been to it twice now. It is a huge lough and i find it very hard to believe that I missed it. It doesn’t seem to get a great deal of fishing pressure, but is probably more suited to the spinning rod as there isn’t alot of place to fly cast from. According to those in the know, the water level will drop greatly at the start of the summer and make it far more accessible. if this is the case, I will be paying it a visit very soon. A wee precautionary tale before i go, be careful when wading on the far shore opposite the wall. It gets deceptively deep very quickly. Also if you drive around the dirt track, the whole lake is accessible, the track eventually joins the main road again so don’t worry about getting stuck up a country lane.

Posted on June 20, 2008 Filed Under Fish, Fishing, Fishing Diary | Leave a Comment

I’m not being lazy, honest.

Thought it was about time for another post. Since the last post I’ve been quite busy. I’ve had a couple of days at the water. I was messing about at the sixmilewater, caught a couple of small brownies on f flies. Went out on a boat at Straid with Andrew and caught some amazing rainbows. The first of which attacked a trout popper, the second a sunken F Fly and the third a daiwl bach. This was the first one, weighed in at around 2 and a half but fought well above it’s weight. And of course Tara and I have finally had our first wee fisherman by the name of Ethan Ellis Torrens. I hope to have a fly rod in his hand before he speaks I’ve been supplementing my fishing by listening to the orvis podcasts by Tom Rosenbauer. If you haven’t heard these yet you can start downloading them for free by the link below. They really are excellent Orvis Podcasts

Posted on June 10, 2008 Filed Under Fish, Fishing, Fishing Diary | Leave a Comment

How’s this for a Tiger

Keith Matthews was fishing on the Zambezi, after donating his Polaroid’s to the river god his strip was abruptly interrupted by a solid take.This is the reason why. This tiger weighed in at 17lb’s , awesome fish

Posted on June 4, 2008 Filed Under Fish, Fishing, SaltWater Fishing, Sea Holidays | Leave a Comment

Large Mouth Yellow Festival

Last weekend the annual Largie festival took place at Elgro Lodge. With the weather being up and down all the time the fishing was very challenging. Among other Horst Filter did get a few fish , mixed bag , largies and small mouth. Interesting note, the small mouth are still eating off the surface at the tail ends.

Posted on June 4, 2008 Filed Under Fish, Fishing, Lake Fishing, SaltWater Fishing | Leave a Comment

Fishing comp @ Treeferns

Fishing Competition at Tree Ferns Lodge This is just a few photos on the recent comp. organized by Ozzie at Tree Ferns Lodge. Tree Ferns is situated right in the middle of the trout triangle ( Dullstroom , Belfast & Machado) Check the red nose ,might be the cold. Or the Bells !! Just a really nice pick , thank you Ozzie.

Posted on June 3, 2008 Filed Under Fish, Fishing | Leave a Comment

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