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Autumn in Ireland
Written on 3 Aug, 2010 at 9:35 in Cavan, Coarse Angling Features, Leitrim | viewed 488 views times | 0 Comments
Come to Ireland this autumn. This is the time when bream are back on form and feeding well, tench are still plentiful and the hordes are roach, hybrids, perch and the increasing shoals of skimmers are on the move. It... (Continue reading)
Come Match Fishing to Ireland
Written on 1 Aug, 2010 at 10:17 in Cavan, Coarse Angling Features, Coarse Angling News, Leitrim | viewed 261 views times | 0 Comments
Another couple of weeks and the autumn match fishing season gets underway and there are great expectation for bumper catches – plus the “craic” and the big cash payouts. Active Irish Angling have the lowest holiday prices on offer from... (Continue reading)
Stretton’s Shore on Lough Gowna
Written on 13 Mar, 2010 at 7:55 in Cavan, Coarse Angling Features | viewed 869 views times | 0 Comments
Angling’s “leap of faith” is gambling a whole day of your holiday on the advice of someone who pops up and whispers that Lough Ballygobackwards is the place to be. I was covering the King of Clubs Angling festival last... (Continue reading)
Seven Loughs for Seven Days 2010
Written on 3 Feb, 2010 at 7:00 in Cavan, Coarse Angling Features | viewed 490 views times | 0 Comments
CAVAN has water everywhere; in fact there is officially at least one lough for every day of the year according to the local tourism brochures. Virginia Lough Ramor is the first that most anglers come across as they speed along... (Continue reading)
Fishing Around Cavan 2010
Written on 25 Jan, 2010 at 7:14 in Cavan, Coarse Angling Features | viewed 1,415 views times | 0 Comments
When asked to name the largest lake in Cavan, most of my angling friends, without hesitation, said: “Gowna”. And they are wrong! Lough Oughter is almost three times the size. Its fish-rich waters cover about 3,620 acres in a diamond... (Continue reading)
Erne System
Written on 18 Nov, 2009 at 16:46 in Cavan | viewed 366 views times | 0 Comments
IRELAND’S famous River Erne is in reality a mishmash of river, lake and canal – and a brilliant coarse fishery that attracts anglers from across Europe. But the greatest thing about the Erne – in all of its shapes, sizes... (Continue reading)
Hollybank Lough, Arva
Written on 18 Nov, 2009 at 16:06 in Cavan | viewed 451 views times | 0 Comments
TORRENTIAL rain was pelting at the window when the telephone rang. It was Kevin Lyons – he’s a cockney now living in Longford – about to leave home to pre-bait a couple of swims on Hollybank Lake in Arvagh. “It’s... (Continue reading)
Trinity Lake, Killeshandra
Written on 18 Nov, 2009 at 16:00 in Cavan | viewed 1,608 views times | 0 Comments
KILLESHANDRA is the centre of the angling universe. Ken Irving told me so. He is a Manchester businessman and a skilful angler who has been staying and fishing in this friendly small Irish town since he was a teenager. In... (Continue reading)
Lough Sillan, Shercock
Written on 18 Nov, 2009 at 15:57 in Cavan | viewed 547 views times | 0 Comments
Easy Access and lots of fish to be caught With massive stocks of hybrids, roach, bream, tench and pike, Lough Sillan certainly offers something for everyone – access is easy and like 99 per cent of Irish waters, the fishing... (Continue reading)
Lough Derries, Gowna
Written on 18 Nov, 2009 at 15:56 in Cavan | viewed 1,168 views times | 0 Comments
LOUGH GOWNA is the heartbeat of Ireland’s legendary coarse fishing and headwaters of the River Erne system. In practical terms Gowna is a maze of picturesque lakes, each with its own character and fishing potential, yet having the common factor... (Continue reading)
