Lough Fishing Buddies "Fly Fishing Ireland"

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Fly fishing for pike is relatively new in Ireland. Pike on the fly is one of the most exciting ways of fishing. Any area where the water suddenly drops off to deeper levels is likely to hold good sized Pike. There is no closed season for Pike fishing but there is a bag limit of 1 fish per angler per day and all those over 50cm in lenght must be returned to the water, alive. Saying that loughfishingbuddies practice a catch and release policy. Pike are now one of the most highly sought after sport fish species in Europe and there has also been a huge increase in the popularity of pike fishing among Irish anglers. Pike are the largest of the freshwater predators and are abundant in all Irish watercourses from small to large loughs as well as rivers and canals. The ideal outfit is a “minimum of #9 rod with a #10 line and a #10 rod with a #11 line for the bigger flies and waters that are known to hold big pike”

Pike flies can easily be tied and come in a wide variety of colors and fashions. Most are brightly colored and resemble small bait fish for example small perch or roach. A slow drifting boat and good amount of skill and a lot of patience is all is required to catch these predators.

So if it pike you are after on the fly – why not give it a go.

The pike bye-law 809 provides for the following conservation measures:• a bag limit of 1 pike in any one day,
• prohibits the killing of any pike greater than 50 cm in length,
• prohibits the possession by any person of more than 1 whole pike less than 50 cm or more than 0.75 kg of pike flesh, this provision does not apply to a person storing pike or pike parts subject to conditions,
• prohibits the possession by any person of more than 12 coarse fish for use as bait subject to conditions.
One aspect of the new bye law is that a pike over the specimen weight of 20 lbs. (9.072 Kg.) for a river fish and 30 lbs. (13.608 Kg.) for a lake fish are now protected and cannot be killed as in the previous bye-law.
 

If you would like any more information about this article or fish to inquire about a guided day’s fly fishing for pike, please feel free to contact me.

Damien Willis +353(0) 868012546

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