As we wait for our last guests of the season to arrive this weekend, we close on Monday, we are happily looking forward to a bit of down time. This does not mean that we will be resting on our laurels- God forbid, already Greg is eyeing up what needs to be done in the…
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As we approach the end of the month and the end of the fishing season- we look at highs and lows of the month We had some incredible rain over a couple of days in the early part of the month, the river being our barometer, we thought we had been catapulted into November We…
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Fishing was good on Lough Corrib for anyone who braved the challenging weather. Many local anglers enjoyed some great trout fishing on the “Dap”, some using artificial Mayflies and others Daddy Long Legs. Our son Christopher returned home recently and he took father and son, Christian and Aaron Sommer from Marburg out fishing. The had…
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Otter 1 Angler 0 Otters are beautiful creatures but anglers watch out they are also very cunning. This was proven recently when our friends, the Kelly’s visited us with David Micks who caught a beautiful fresh run salmon on the top waters of the Ballynahinch system . For those of you who live in the…
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We are now in the third week of July with the Galway Arts Festival in full swing and plenty of visitors about but ooh that rain, we locals seem to be taking the bad weather very personally, some of our walkers have a much more philosophical take on things suggesting that a good poncho is…
DetailsI always count my blessings when I go for a hike in Connemara- to live so close to such wonderful hiking and spectacular scenery!! In preparation for our Christmas hike to Machu Pichu we enlisted a few of our family members, some more reluctant than others, can you spot the reluctant one?? The howling wind…
DetailsThe king of fish- Salmon are on the move with some excellent fishing at the Weir in Galway City,so we are looking forward to seeing some silver flashes passing our garden. With some heavy showers forecast for the next few days we expect to see the Salmon running the waterfall in Oughterard. I will…
DetailsI am happy to report that with the milder weather of the past week, fishing on Lough Corrib has picked up. In particular dapping Mayflies has proven very successful in a recent local competition with some excellent fish being caught on the Dap. There is a lovely southerly breeze blowing which should make for some…
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Mayfly Lough Corrib and Mayfly fishing go hand in glove, the pinnacle of the trout season is traditionally May time, certainly that is when it is fished the most heavily by visitors but with many a canny local angler venturing out to dap the Mayfly in July with some great success. However this year I…
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With summer drought conditions, the river is very low and even the most avid fisher is getting a bit down in the mouth, our resident Heron is finding life tough, but the forecast is suggesting that rain is on its way so things could look better by the weekend Check out our new activity breaks…
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