lure are Copper and Silver Spoons, Tobys Tobys Spoons, Silver and Copper are lure buzzers including black or olive buzzers. buzzers. olive or black including buzzers Dabbler, Claret Dabbler and Spent Gnat. Gnat. Spent and Dabbler Claret Dabbler, by trolling lures. The most popular types of of types popular most The lures. trolling by Dabbler, Golden Dabbler and a variety of of variety a and Dabbler Golden Dabbler, observed on the surface. surface. the on observed Bumble, Invicta, Green Dabbler, Golden Golden Dabbler, Green Invicta, Bumble, fishing for trout, but the majority are taken taken are majority the but trout, for fishing and Claret, Duckfly, Blae and Black, Claret Claret Black, and Blae Duckfly, Claret, and when no significant numbers of fly are are fly of numbers significant no when Fancy, Olive Bumble, Cock Robin, Claret Claret Robin, Cock Bumble, Olive Fancy, fish are taken on fly, generally by anglers anglers by generally fly, on taken are fish Bibio, March Brown, Green Olive, Mallard Mallard Olive, Green Brown, March Bibio, produce sport even when fished ‘blind’, ‘blind’, fished when even sport produce Green Peter, Mayfly (hackled), Bibio, Watson’s Watson’s Bibio, (hackled), Mayfly Peter, Green May and continues into early August. Some Some August. early into continues and May Sooty Olive, Peter Ross, Soldier Palmer, Palmer, Soldier Ross, Peter Olive, Sooty and falls of these flies are abundant and can can and abundant are flies these of falls and most likely to take trout at mayfly time are the the are time mayfly at trout take to likely most through until May. The grilse run begins in in begins run grilse The May. until through or 12. Examples include the Fiery Brown, Brown, Fiery the include Examples 12. or also entice rising fish when the hatches hatches the when fish rising entice also trapped in the surface film. The artificial flies flies artificial The film. surface the in trapped from the end of March and continues right right continues and March of end the from trout during this period are small, size 14 14 size small, are period this during trout Dry mayfly and spent gnat imitations can can imitations gnat spent and mayfly Dry The trout prey heavily on them as they sit sit they as them on heavily prey trout The main run of spring fish enters the loughs loughs the enters fish spring of run main The fly patterns most likely to interest interest to likely most patterns fly The (gnats) return to the water to lay their eggs. eggs. their lay to water the to return (gnats) Salmon Rod Licence, logbook and tags. The The tags. and logbook Licence, Rod Salmon the right conditions. conditions. right the subject to change. to subject late May and right through June, the mayflies mayflies the June, through right and May late productive at this time of year. of time this at productive must be in possession of a valid State State valid a of possession in be must terrestrial insects can be very successful in in successful very be can insects terrestrial or tackle shops for details as these may be be may these as details for shops tackle or In suitable wind and weather conditions, in in conditions, weather and wind suitable In duckfly hatch, with buzzer fishing also also fishing buzzer with hatch, duckfly To fish for salmon on the loughs, anglers anglers loughs, the on salmon for fish To with representative patterns of these these of patterns representative with with the local Inland Fisheries Ireland office office Ireland Fisheries Inland local the with appear. Trout feed on all stages of the the of stages all on feed Trout appear. water such as daddies etc. Dry fly fishing fishing fly Dry etc. daddies as such water SALMON FISHING SALMON apply to this area and anglers should check check should anglers and area this to apply emerger and spent gnat imitations. imitations. gnat spent and emerger chironomids, colloquially known as ‘Duckfly’ ‘Duckfly’ as known colloquially chironomids, land based insects that get blown onto the the onto blown get that insects based land here on worms and baits. Local Bye-Laws Bye-Laws Local baits. and worms on here patterns, especially the Wulff series, mayfly mayfly series, Wulff the especially patterns, Given some mild weather, large large weather, mild some Given and Daddies. and various and snails louse, freshwater shrimp, from the shore with most salmon taken taken salmon most with shore the from some excellent sport can be enjoyed with dry dry with enjoyed be can sport excellent some Black, Claret Dabbler and Golden Dabbler Dabbler Golden and Dabbler Claret Black, freshwater are food of forms Other sedges. a favourite haunt for salmon anglers fishing fishing anglers salmon for haunt favourite a All Mayfly patterns, fished wet, work well and and well work wet, fished patterns, Mayfly All this period. period. this (Enniscoe). Pennell, Golden Olive, Invicta, Connemara Connemara Invicta, Olive, Golden Pennell, and mayflies olives, lake chironomids, are Bridge between Loughs Conn and Cullin is is Cullin and Conn Loughs between Bridge flies are the most productive style during during style productive most the are flies on Conn are Cloghans Bay and Bog Bay Bay Bog and Bay Cloghans are Conn on Olive, Olive Bumble, Watson’s Fancy, Black Black Fancy, Watson’s Bumble, Olive Olive, Rinmore. trout the to interest of hatches fly chief The areas of the lake. The strait at Pontoon Pontoon at strait The lake. the of areas encourage fish to feed near the surface. Wet Wet surface. the near feed to fish encourage most productive areas for buzzer fishing fishing buzzer for areas productive most the Black and Peacock Spider, Bibio, Sooty Sooty Bibio, Spider, Peacock and Black the to Castlehill from line a of north place take Bay in the south-western and western western and south-western the in Bay of small chironomids (midges) or olives will will olives or (midges) chironomids small of shrimp, snails and hoglice. hoglice. and snails shrimp, possible in almost all wind directions. The The directions. wind all almost in possible Murrough, Brown Sedge – work well as do do as well work – Sedge Brown Murrough, hatches prolific most the Conn, On Cullin. (Cornakillew), Massbrook and Castlehill Castlehill and Massbrook (Cornakillew), freshwater shrimp but even light hatches hatches light even but shrimp freshwater the trout feeding voraciously on freshwater freshwater on voraciously feeding trout the fished all over and fishing in these areas is is areas these in fishing and over all fished All the sedge patterns – Green Peter, Peter, Green – patterns sedge the All Lough throughout and Conn Lough of bays the Deel River, B: Victoria Bay, Cuilkillew Cuilkillew Bay, Victoria B: River, Deel the interested in a diet of freshwater louse and and louse freshwater of diet a in interested generally starts around the 17th March with with March 17th the around starts generally Bay, Bog Bay and Castlehill Bay can be be can Bay Castlehill and Bay Bog Bay, Mayfly hatch all over the shallower areas and and areas shallower the over all hatch Mayfly particular, the area around the mouth of of mouth the around area the particular, to the end of April. The trout are mainly mainly are trout The April. of end the to carried out on Cullin. on out carried fishing Trout flies. wet presented well of areas. The large shallow bays e.g. Cloghans Cloghans e.g. bays shallow large The areas. exciting fishing can be had at this time. time. this at had be can fishing exciting the northern end of Lough Conn, in in Conn, Lough of end northern the This is the period from about mid-March mid-March about from period the is This the end of the season, very little fly fishing is is fishing fly little very season, the of end the to attract the attention of trout with a team team a with trout of attention the attract to in particular, is well endowed with shallow shallow with endowed well is particular, in sporadic hatches can still occur. Some very very Some occur. still can hatches sporadic most frequently fished locations are A: A: are locations fished frequently most 30th of September. From the 1st of July to to July of 1st the From September. of 30th possible always nearly is it hatches, between EARLY SEASON EARLY the map. The northern end of Lough Conn, Conn, Lough of end northern The map. the and from then to the end of June when when June of end the to then from and the local boatmen. The best known and and known best The boatmen. local the fly hatches but, even in the quiet periods, periods, quiet the in even but, hatches fly from then to the close of the season on the the on season the of close the to then from of locations around the lough as shown on on shown as lough the around locations of Mayflies start appearing around mid-April mid-April around appearing start Mayflies well defined areas which are known to to known are which areas defined well depending on conditions, can be very good good very be can conditions, on depending useful. and popular most the are are moving near the surface during seasonal seasonal during surface the near moving are shallows are to be found at a large number number large a at found be to are shallows Salmon tend to confine themselves to to themselves confine to tend Salmon early July but picks up again in August and, and, August in again up picks but July early country.