Arrowrock Hostel Sligo Ireland

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Recent Angling Reports for Lough Arrow (courtesy of Brian at Northwest Fisheries)


Lough Arrow - Week Ending 9th June, 2011

Murrough fishing successful on Lough Arrow

Murrough fishing has proved successful on Lough Arrow for visiting and local anglers alike. Craig Edmeades, Norway, (and a guest at Arrowrock Hostel) boated a fine fish of 4lbs to the murrough, while Wim Scoors, Belgium had one of 1.5lbs. Peter Dunne also had success, with four fine trout ranging from 2.5lbs to 3.75lbs. The wet fly proved productive for Vincent Conlon and Pat Beggan, who had four trout ranging from 1lbs to 1.5lbs.

Lough Arrow - Week Ending 16th June, 2011

Late evenings and sedges best for trout at Lough Arrow

Relatively few anglers fished Lough Arrow throughout the week, however, reports indicate that the trout are feeding well in the late evenings on Sedges and Murroughs. The Murrough proved successful for Michael Gunning who had two of 1.5lbs and 2.5lbs and also for David Grey who had one of 3lbs.

Lough Arrow - Week Ending 23rd June, 2011

Lough Arrow Trout

The Sedge and Murrough are still producing good catches for those who are fishing the late evenings on Lough Arrow. Michael Gunning boated a fine 5 lb. trout while fishing the Murrough, while Sedges proved productive for David Gray. Fishing the late evening Sedge hatch, David had 8 trout, with the best weighing an impressive 5.5 lb.

Lough Arrow - Week Ending 8th July, 2011

Lough Arrow Trout fly anglers fish best in evenings

Anglers who ventured out on Lough Arrow enjoyed good sport, especially in the late evenings. Francie White reported boating three trout on wet flies, with the average size being 2.25 lb. David Gray had four trout to the dry Murrough and Green Peter, with his best fish 3.5 lb., while Thomas Walsh had three trout to the Murrough, averaging 3 lb.

Lough Arrow - Week Ending 14th July, 2011

Good sedge fishing on Lough Arrow

Lough Arrow saw very good sedge fishing during the week with the best of the fishing very late in the evenings. Amongst the successful anglers were David Gray with 5 brown trout up to 3.5 lb., Garry Martin with 2 fish of 2 lb. and 3 lb. and Dave Cadman also with 2 fish; best at 6 lb. Best flies included Green Peters and Murroughs.

Lough Arrow - Week Ending 12th August, 2011

Green Peter producing some nice trout on Lough Arrow

With the evenings now cooling, the Green Peter rises are starting to decrease and late evening fishing is becoming more unproductive. Late August and early September should see an improvement in day time fishing. However, some anglers did enjoy good sport fishing the Green Peter. Mark Irwin, Belfast, boated two trout of 2 lb. and 3.5 lb. while David Grey, had four fish to 3.5 lb. Jimmy Frazer had one of 2.5 lb. as did Padraig Traynor

Lough Arrow - Week Ending 26th August, 2011

Few fly anglers on Lough Arrow, good day time fishing to be had

Now that the evening fishing has tapered off on Lough Arrow, few anglers are venturing out onto the lake. There is still some decent fishing to be had during the day, however, and Peter Dunne had two nice trout one day last week, the best of these was 2.5lbs. Noel Fairbanks also had a nice fish of 3.2lbs on a dry fly.



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