lough melvin

[ol red eyes]

hi all, going to lough melvin end of may with few pals, any tips or suggestions for this part of Ireland
cheers
old red eyes

[Greenheart]

Originally Posted by ol red eyes

hi all, going to lough melvin end of may with few pals, any tips or suggestions for this part of Ireland
cheers
old red eyes

Welcome to the Forum. My tip mate is don't drink too much Guiness if you intend having an early start fishing the following day. Seriously though I,ve never fished the big Irish loughs. From what i've heard, big bushy top of the water flies like Bumbles go down well or traditional teams of wets fished loch style. I'm sure someone on the Forum will have fished there & can help. Good luck & let us know how you get on.

[Old Smoothound]

At that time of year its Mayflies, if the weather is warm....

Dabblers, Bumbles and Mayfly patterns such as Godlings preferably Golden in colour. Some spent Mays go down well.

A little tip.....try and use a longish rod and a double taper line say an 8 or a 7. The reason is that you need to "dibble" the line before it reaches the point where you lift off to re-cast. If you use a heavy weight forward the line will drop in front of you too quickly. Its surprising how many fish are tempted by it. A good trick is also to cast a fair way in front of the boat and straighten the line with a couple of tugs, but if fishing the mayflies dry, don't leave them static...tweek them now and again and you may induce a take.

But the best information will come from the locals and especially the ghillies, soo find the bar where they drink at night and you will have loads of info.

Good luck and happy days.

Enjoy........

[ol red eyes]

thanks for the tips, much appreciated, will report back on the trip early june, meanwhile its carsington this friday, lets hope it really is a 'good friday'


cheers an tight lines
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[ol red eyes]

Originally Posted by ol red eyes

hi all, going to lough melvin end of may with few pals, any tips or suggestions for this part of Ireland
cheers
old red eyes

hi all, been researching the Melvin trip, wonder if anyone can suggest where to get the following flies that have been recommended,
claret telephone, green telephone, claret stimulator, green stimulator and olive stimulator. i have the usual bumbles, dabblers and peters from previous trips to the midlands/western lakes. can't seem to locate these tho.
also any info on sonaghan trout, all i know is that this is the main species on melvin
thanks
ol red eyes

[Greenheart]

Not flies that i'm familiar with, you had best get the fly tying vice out. Got a lot of confidence in Claret Bumbles, Green Peters & dont forget to take a few invictas. Always found they do well when loch style fishing with the others. I shall see what I can find out about those telephone thingys, Good luck.

[ol red eyes]

thaks greenhart, appreciate that

[Greenheart]

Try this link mate. They do telephone flies mail order. http://www.artifly.com/trout-flies.html

[ol red eyes]

thanks again greenhart, great link, all this surfin leaves no time for fishin!
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[ol red eyes]

this is it then, ten minutes to go off to the airport, all packed, got the flies the travel rods, read all the books, magazines and web sites, got to be a success!!! just checked weather forecast, bloody awfull! windy wet and cold, this wont dampen our spirits tho, all very possitive, will post report when we get back
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