Fly fishermen have been catching trout and salmon from Ireland's abundant rivers and loughs for centuries. This practical fishing book, written by Ireland's top fly-fishing instructor, Peter O'Reilly, looks at the rich tradition of game angling in the Emerald Isle. O'Reilly shares tips on such specialist skills as fishing the duckfly, mayfly, and murrough on the loughs; the merits of fishing the Irish shrimp fly for salmon; and the arts of dapping, Erriff-style slack-water fishing, and imitating the Sheelin bloodworm. Brimming with clear advice on tackle, flies, techniques, and river craft, this is your perfect companion guide to fishing Ireland's loughs and rivers. Includes ecipes for tying 41 patterns for salmon and trout on loughs, rivers, and estuaries with hints on choosing the right fly.
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Peter O'Reilly is the Game Angling Advisor of the Central Fisheries Board and Ireland's most famous fishing author. His best-selling "Loughs of Ireland" (0811710254), "Rivers of Ireland" (0811714330), and "Trout & Salmon Flies of Ireland" (0811716104) are definitive guides. He lives with his wife, Rose, and son, Patrick, by the River Boyne, near Navan, County Meath.
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Flyfishing on rivers falls into two categories: fishing the rise or fishing the water. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
limestone loughs, lough fishing, basic overhead cast, tying silk, switch cast, bog bays, top dropper, sea trout fishing, bob fly, small sedges, dropper fly, fly presentation, limestone rivers, forward cast, rod tip, wet fly fishing, dry fly fishing, cased caddis, roll cast, emerger patterns, butt piece, back cast, fishing conditions, rising trout, nymph fishing Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Greenwell's Glory, Black Pennell, Black Rib, Lough Sheelin, Silver Invicta, Watson's Fancy, Golden Olive Bumble, Peter Ross, Claret Bumble, Collie Dog, Connemara Black, Grey Duster, Lough Mask, Moy Estuary, Sooty Olive, Black Tag New!
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Flyfishing on rivers falls into two categories: fishing the rise or fishing the water. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
limestone loughs, lough fishing, basic overhead cast, tying silk, switch cast, bog bays, top dropper, sea trout fishing, bob fly, small sedges, dropper fly, fly presentation, limestone rivers, forward cast, rod tip, wet fly fishing, dry fly fishing, cased caddis, roll cast, emerger patterns, butt piece, back cast, fishing conditions, rising trout, nymph fishing Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Greenwell's Glory, Black Pennell, Black Rib, Lough Sheelin, Silver Invicta, Watson's Fancy, Golden Olive Bumble, Peter Ross, Claret Bumble, Collie Dog, Connemara Black, Grey Duster, Lough Mask, Moy Estuary, Sooty Olive, Black Tag New!
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