Update October

We Just finished a very enjoyable week guiding two of our regular german guests, Martin and Wolfgang on various waters in the region. Fishing has been slower than expected throughout the last six days, but nevertheless they caught some pike every day. Sadly, what would have been the biggest fish of the week, or possibly even of the year, threw the lure back when it lunged out of the water, revealing all of it's size and glory. On one of the pics below is all what's left of the Magnum Bulldawg and the memory for Martin who had it on for about 15 seconds and clearly could see the fish before it's departure. Anyway they had an enjoyable week and are allready vowing to return next year!

Here are some of the photos:

Fishing update

The past few weeks have been pretty good as far as pike fishing here goes.
Good numbers of pike have been caught on most days allthough there were a few days early last week were things had slowed down somewhat.
Last week we had Tomek and Pawel here in Boyle who won the prize of a weeks fishing here, courtesy of Angling Services Ireland and Abbey House B&B during this years edition of Predatortour.
The two nice lads from Poland now living in Limerick braved out a few tough days but managed to catch a few pike every day along with good numbers of perch and they finished the week with good action catching over 20 pike on their last day. Sadly the biggest one of their week got away, when Pawel hooked up with a big pike on Thursday; but he got the lure thrown back at him when the fish which looked well over a meter showed himself in all its glory and became airnborne. The two avid anglers also demonstrated their love for fishing and are clearly conscious of the importance to practice "Catch & Release" with all pike.
Meanwhile we continued to catch some cracking pike up to low doubles on the fly last week, getting over ten fish per boat on most days.

On Saturday we helped out at Lough o'Flynn were the Inland Fisheries Ireland had a fisheries awareness day for kids and families. The younsters were brought out on the lake and many did indeed catch a few fish, making the day a great success for all involved. More on that later...

Discover Boyle Day on Sunday was also a great success with good attendance and interest shown on the day. It goes to show what can be achieved with some positive input and iniative.
Failte Ireland, Waterways Ireland and Roscommon County Council should indeed be commended for backing this event and equally everybody who worked so hard to put it all together.