PODCAST

Ireland on the Fly

LastCast Media

The people and places of fly fishing in Ireland. www.irelandonthefly.com

sports wilderness

All Episodes

40:46

Pollock on the Fly – and why more & more fly anglers...

Ireland on the Fly ·

2022/12/15

If you’re into saltwater fly fishing, by all accounts, 2022 seems to have been the year of the pollock with large numbers and large sizes of the fish being caught right throughout the season. Are we seeing more pollock being caught because more anglers are targeting them on the fly? And, what’s happened to the bass? To find out more, for this week’s episode, we’re joined by Richie Ryan of Corkbass.com who is a guide specialising in catching pollock on the fly. Richie told us of incredible days with

63:41

Catching Irish Pike on the Fly

Ireland on the Fly ·

2022/12/08

Another fish to target over winter is pike, with pike on the fly becoming increasingly popular in Ireland. For this week’s episode we wanted to find out more about the set-up, the flies, the tactics and why fly fishing for pike isn’t just for Christmas either and we spoke to Markus Muller, an advisor to IFI and pike fly fishing aficionado, as well as Bodo Funke, the well-known pike guide based in Roscommon. If you’re interested in finding out more or wanted to organise a day out fly fishing for

50:24

The 2022 Salmon Season with IFI's Kevin Crowley

Ireland on the Fly ·

2022/12/02

You might be wondering why we’re talking about salmon for this latest episode in December, but as we get closer to the start of the season on January 1st, the IFI are busy finalising the data from the salmon tags for the 2022 season to make the final decision on what rivers will be open next year. So, we decided to speak to Kevin Crowley from the IFI to find out more about the data they have, to give us some insights into the salmon numbers from this year and how the whole process works. Kevin also

52:41

Catching Rainbow Trout over Winter with Denis Goulding

Ireland on the Fly ·

2022/11/23

Although it’s winter time it doesn’t mean you have to hang up your rods in the close season with a number of stocked fisheries around the country a great place to still catch fish - even if it is sometimes in near freezing temperatures. But with stockies, it’s not just about chuck it out and pull em in as you’ll find out on our latest episode with Denis Goulding, a well-known Irish international angler who has fished for them for over thirty years and who also runs the winter bank league. Denis

8:47

Bonus Ep: Fish farms & sea lice on Loch Maree

Ireland on the Fly ·

2022/11/22

On last week’s episode we spoke to Eoghain Maclean, a ghillie on Scotland’s famed Loch Maree which has collapsed as a fishery since the arrival of fish farms. We wanted a ghillie’s perspective on it to sound a warning as to what could happen to other fisheries in Ireland being similarly affected. And now, as a follow-up, we have a bonus episode from Wild Fish, the UK fish conservation group, which made a video on the demise of Loch Maree. You’ll hear from Jeremy Paxman, Eoghain Macclean and fishery

38:08

The collapse of Scotland's Loch Maree - a warning for...

Ireland on the Fly ·

2022/11/17

As fly anglers we have become all too aware of the environmental dangers and unwanted consequences of fish farming and what was once touted as an answer to more productive fish production has now been proved to be anything but. Scotland is a case in point - the west coast of Scotland in particular, where salmon and sea trout runs have practically disappeared – much like what we’ve also seen with sea trout in Connemara. Loch Maree was once the jewel in the crown for Scottish loch fishing but since

45:09

Book Club Ep #1: Kingsmill Moore’s A Man May Fish

Ireland on the Fly ·

2022/11/10

We wanted to start a bit of a book club here on the Ireland on the Fly podcast to discuss the best Irish fly fishing books and so, for this the 50th show, we’re beginning with an episode on Kingsmill Moore’s A Man May Fish, the seminal work on fly fishing in Ireland. To help us give context and background to Kingsmill Moore, we spoke to Patrick Gageby, a barrister and fly angler who also co-wrote the foreword to an edition of O’Gorman’s The Practice of Angling in Ireland. Patrick reveals some

47:44

Boiled bluebottles and more - the fly tying secrets...

Ireland on the Fly ·

2022/11/02

It’s officially winter and that means, for many fly anglers, the longer nights will see the vice dusted down and plans made for new flies to be tied for next season. On this latest episode of Ireland on the Fly, we hear from one of Ireland’s finest fly tyers, Jackie Mahon, to get some of the secrets to his fly tying success – and he tells us the extent he will go to for just the right shade of magenta! Visit Jackiemahonfliesandguiding.com for more on Jackie’s guiding and flies to order. Rate, review

51:49

Review of the 2022 Brown Trout Season on the Irish Lakes

Ireland on the Fly ·

2022/10/27

The 2022 salmon and trout season has come to a close and so, for this episode of Ireland on the Fly, we’re doing a review of the brown trout lakes around the country to find out how the fishing has been, what the conditions were like and, most importantly, what the catch numbers were on the different waters. Paul Bourke is a name many of you might be familiar with through his forty plus years with Inland Fisheries Ireland as well as his monthly updates to Trout & Salmon magazine and we thought

47:17

Keith McDonnell on catching his 22lbs Iceland Sea Trout

Ireland on the Fly ·

2022/10/06

Keith McDonnell is well known in this country for being one of the early advocates of streamer fishing and his many incredible catches are a testament to his skills and use of the tactic. And having seen his pictures of 20lbs sea trout from a recent trip to Iceland we had to get him on the show to talk about the trip and the experience and to also find out how the 2022 season went for him overall….. For more about the fishing near Reykjavik that Keith mentions, visit the website at svfr.is and can

39:11

‘To be known as fly anglers, not just female fly...

Ireland on the Fly ·

2022/09/30

With International Women's Fly Fishing Day held recently, for this latest episode of Ireland on the Fly, we wanted to speak to young Irish female fly anglers to find out about their love of fly fishing, how they got into it and what can be done to encourage more inclusivity in the sport. Almha McDonnell and Rebecca Moffitt McGinn have progressed from the Irish youths teams to currently fishing on the senior Irish Ladies fly fishing team and have a wealth of knowledge and insights about the sport and

59:56

Peter Driver on Trout River Tactics for September...

Ireland on the Fly ·

2022/09/14

We’re into the last few weeks of the salmon and trout season and for this week’s Ireland on the Fly, we’re joined by Peter Driver, founder of Piscari Fly in Kilkenny, and a highly accomplished trout angler who just recently captured the National River Championship. Peter talks to us about the importance of mindset and mentality in enabling him to capture the national title, plus he talks tactics for September river fishing and how the 2022 season went for him. Peter is also returning with his

48:25

Tenkara in Ireland

Ireland on the Fly ·

2022/09/07

For this latest episode of Ireland on the Fly, we're focusing on, what some might say is a bit of an esoteric branch of the sport – tenkara - and the art of fishing on mountain streams with minimum line and no reel that first developed in Japan. So, what is it, how does one do it and most importantly, how relevant is it to Irish waters? David Anchell is a passionate fly angler in south Tipperary and knowing he was a keen advocate of tenkara, we decided to find out more from him and why it works so

58:29

The Bucket List #1: Fishing for sea-run Arctic char –...

Ireland on the Fly ·

2022/08/24

This latest episode is a little bit different and a bit more far flung as I’ve recently returned from a week’s fly fishing for sea-run Arctic char in Greenland and what an experience it was. You’re going to hear from the local Inuit, the Danish chef, the German camp manager and the Welsh guide to get an insight into what made the trip so special and what it’s like catching char in one of the remote fly fishing destinations in the world. Rate, review and follow the show to keep up to date with all

57:06

Fishery Focus: The River Bandon with Jason Nash

Ireland on the Fly ·

2022/08/10

One key aspect of the Ireland on the Fly podcast is to also bring you information and insights into the different fisheries around the country and so, every few weeks we will be bringing you episodes focusing on fisheries from those who know them best.These fishery focus episodes will help anglers who are maybe thinking of visiting a new river or lough, to find out when it fishes well and where to get good information also And if you want your fishery to be featured on future episodes then you can

46:21

Weed Growth on Irish Rivers & Lakes - What's Going On?

Ireland on the Fly ·

2022/08/02

River Suir angler George McGrath got in touch about an issue that has energised him and many of you in the Irish fly fishing community in recent weeks in relation to weed growth in Irish rivers and lakes that has been as bad in living memory. So, what’s going on? Who’s responsible and more importantly, what can be done about it? George McGrath joins us to tell us what he has seen and fisheries scientist, Ken Whelan, gives his scientific explanation as to what is most likely the reason, plus who to

72:06

Finding the Soul of Angling with Garrett Fallon

Ireland on the Fly ·

2022/07/27

This week’s guest is Garrett Fallon - someone who grew up in Ireland fishing the Boyne, Corrib, Deel and other rivers and lakes around the country but since the 1990s he has been in England working in publishing and design. The last few years however has seen him combine his love of fishing, writing and publishing to create the very popular fishing quarterly magazine, Fallon’s Angler, which is dedicated to longform writing about every type of angling with the likes of Chris Yates and Kevin Parr

32:27

Remembering the glory days of Connemara sea trout...

Ireland on the Fly ·

2022/07/20

The mid-summer St Johns Eve celebrations at the end of June signalled the traditional start of the sea trout run in Ireland and if you’ve read Kingsmill Moore’s A Man May Fish you’ll get some idea of just how magical and plentiful the sea trout fishing in Connemara once was. So for this latest episode of Ireland on the Fly, we wanted to find out more about that time, what made it so special and just why it all collapsed so dramatically in the late 1980s and we spoke to Joe Creane, a lifelong

56:17

Fly Fishing for Bass with Jason O'Riordan on the...

Ireland on the Fly ·

2022/07/06

It’s summer and while brown trout anglers might be taking a hiatus and salmon anglers complain of low rivers, these summer months are an opportunity to escape to the ocean in pursuit of a different type of silver – that of the sea bass. Jason O’Riordan is a well known Dungarvan-based angler and guide with Mackenzie who throws a fly at pretty much anything that swims, including bass around the famous Copper Coast and he joins us on this week’s show to tell us more about the bass and how to catch

47:35

Reviewing the Mayfly Season on Lough Sheelin with...

Ireland on the Fly ·

2022/06/22

To hear how the mayfly season went this year on Lough Sheelin, for this episode we spoke to Eamonn Ross from the Lough Sheelin Trout Protection Association. Eamonn describes it as a tough time for him on the lake with the better days coming at the start of the mayfly period while it was hard to get the trout to move for the fly, he says, unless it was right on them. Eamonn also talks about his memories of Sheelin from the 1980s to its current popularity and he explains why it is so special and

197 results

Ireland on the Fly

All Episodes

Similar Podcasts

Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast

Elan Dubrofsky and Brian Kom

Daily Fantasy Sports by Ship It Nation

Ship It Nation

Fantasy Football Today

CBS Sports, Fantasy Football, FFT, NFL,...

Bring The Pain

Heat00veride

ESPN SportsCenter Update

ESPN