Ireland on the Fly

Dec 11 2024 163 ep. 47 mins 80

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The people and places of fly fishing in Ireland.

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From Newfoundland to Ireland with Jamie Pike

Dec 11 2024 62 mins

Newfoundland might be a couple of thousand miles from Ireland but the Irish influence is a strong one in the most eastern part of Canada in terms of people, culture, language and fly fishing.Jamie Pike is a Newfoundlander of Irish descent who is a passionate salmon angler and professional fly tyer and he visited these shores for the first time to tie at the recent Irish Fly Fair.We

George McGrath and why he gave up the dry fly rod for pike

Nov 22 2024 59 mins

‘It’s been the strangest of seasons,’ George McGrath tells us on this week’s Ireland on the Fly. George is a friend of the show and well-known fly angler based in Tipperary on the River Suir. We’ve spoken to George previously about the nitrification of his stretch of the river that has seen it clogged with weeds during the summer making it all but unfishable.But now, it�

Winter Grayling Fishing with Mark Driver

Nov 16 2024 50 mins

It might be the off-season for many of us, but have you considered grayling fishing in the UK at this time of year?Known as the Lady of the Stream, the grayling are best fished for in winter time and Mark Driver, one half of Piscari Fly, has plenty of experience fishing for them in Wales in the winter months and he joins us on this week’s Ireland on the Fly to give us the ins and

Loughs Brown Trout Review with Mike Keady & Eamonn Ross

Nov 07 2024 44 mins

We’ve already released our river trout and salmon reviews of the season so now it’s time for this week's Ireland on the Fly episode focusing on Corrib, Sheelin, Melvin, Arrow and other loughs.We spoke to Eamonn Ross and Mike Keady to find out how the fishing went throughout the season and what key learnings there were from the difficult conditions at times during the year.Liste

Paddy McDonnell’s Review of the 2024 Salmon Season

Nov 01 2024 63 mins

It’s time for our salmon review of the season and who better to talk to than one of the most knowledgeable salmon anglers we know, Paddy McDonnell.Paddy gives us an excellent run through of the season on the Moy, as well as the Owenduff, Owenmore and Carraghmore, plus we get into seal predation, coping with the conditions, the place and importance of the salmon in Irish culture a

River Brown Trout Season Review

Oct 18 2024 39 mins

We’ve got the first of our season review episodes this week and we’re focusing on river brown trout with River Nore guide, Dan O’Neill, who gives us the lowdown on his local river as well as those nearby including the Kings and the Suir. Dan will be telling us about conditions throughout the year, hatches and of course some of the fish highlights as well….Thanks also to eve

Darryl Mooney, insights from the fly fishing trade

Oct 11 2024 68 mins

We’re into October, the nights are closing in, and for some of you, pike fishing awaits, or evenings fly tying at the vice.But the off season also means the Irish Fly Fair in November and this week’s guest is Darryl Mooney who tells us about his involvement as the fly manager and some of the incredible fly tyers who will be jetting in from around the world.And we have two ticke

Remembering John Gierach, All the Time in the World

Oct 05 2024 69 mins

It was very saddening to hear the news that John Gierach, the world famous and beloved fly fishing writer, has passed away at the age of 78.He was a huge inspiration to us here on Ireland on the Fly for his books, personality, style and approach to fly fishing as well as life. There was much we could all learn from him.And so, in honour of the late, great John Gierach, we remember

George Kavanagh and appreciating what you have on your doorstep

Oct 03 2024 51 mins

So, that’s pretty much it for the season for brown trout, sea trout and salmon fly anglers. Currane, Sheelin and a few other lakes are still open until October 12th but for the vast majority of you the rods are being put away for the winter.Over the coming weeks we’ll be reviewing how the season went on the rivers and loughs around Ireland for salmon and brown trout so stay tun

‘Follow the Fin’ with Joe Quinn

Sep 26 2024 57 mins

This week we’re ‘following the fin’ with Louth native, Joe Quinn, who has been based in Mayo for the last fifty years, and is a well-known international angler who has fished for salmon, sea trout and his first love, brown trout.We talk to Joe about brown trout on Lough Conn, night time sea trout fishing, why he ditched the salmon rod over twenty years ago and find out some s