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232 - Trout Season 2026: Slow start but high hopes

The Ireland on the Fly podcast is about the people and places of fly fishing in Ireland. From salmon and sea trout to brown trout, bass and pike, the show looks at the future and tradition of the sport. Visit the show page at: https://www.irelandonthefly.com Keep up to date on Instagram.com/irelandonthefly Contact the show at: info@irelandonthefly.com

232 - Trout Season 2026: Slow start but high hopes

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Ireland on the Fly - the people & places of fly fishing in Ireland

Episodes

Trout Season 2026: Slow start but high hopes

Spring Silver & Second Chances: Looking Ahead to Salmon 2026

The Bucket List: Bhutan & the Golden Mahseer

Lough Corrib & Lough Sheelin Review 2025

Conor Arnold on the Blackwater investigation and Oireachtas hearing

Brown trout fishing on the Boyne

Cork's Kevin McLoughlin on the good old days of salmon fishing

Throwing Feathers in the Wind with Richard Gorodecky

Grilse run update - from the bad to the sublime

The Last Salmon: Richard Davies on his life's work to save the salmon

Sprats, overfishing, heatwaves & ecosystems in danger of collapse

The Last Salmon: Rob Macfarlane & why rivers are alive and should have rights

The Last Salmon: Season 2 Launching July 25th

‘If the rod doesn’t talk to you, you’re not doing it right’ Packy Trotter on a lifetime of fly fishing teaching and learning

The Bucket List: Ronan Collins on Fly Fishing in Africa

Trout in Hot Water – Ken Whelan on fly fishing in a changing climate

The Mid-Season Review – the highs & lows of the season so far

Paddy Gargan on his Landmark Sea Lice Study

Ireland at the World Fly Fishing Championships

The 2025 Mayfly Review

Ballisodare Salmon Fishery and why its future remains bright

Conor Arnold on the Blackwater’s May run and where have all the springers gone?

Stan Headley on a life fly fishing Scottish Lochs & Irish Loughs

Spring Salmon Fishing on the Slaney

Patsy Peril – a Limerick netsman’s fight to save the salmon

The mystique of Donegal’s hill loughs with Ronan McWilliams

Empowering communities to be custodians of their local rivers

Bonus Ep: Saol ar an tSiúr (Life on the Suir)

Evo Smyth’s fly fishing & fly tying journey from Latvia to Ireland

Salmon Watch Ireland & the plans against salmon farming in Ireland in 2025

Kilbride Anglers – a fascinating history of growth & overcoming obstacles since the 1940s

Mastering fly tying techniques with Barry Ord Clarke

Willie Holmes - from Moorbrook trout to Vancouver steelhead

‘If you can tie flies you can build your own fly rod’ Brian Martin’s tips for your first rod build

From Greenland to the Erriff - the story of one salmon’s 2,500km journey

Sally Barnes & 50 Years of Change on the Atlantic Coast

The unique and special Lough Carra

Salmon Season Opens on the Drowes

Repost: Paul Molloy & the special allure of Lough Corrib

Repost: Sean McLaughlin and the reasons to be optimistic if you’re a salmon angler

From Newfoundland to Ireland with Jamie Pike

Why George McGrath gave up the dry fly rod for pike

Winter Grayling Fishing with Mark Driver

Loughs Brown Trout Review with Mike Keady & Eamonn Ross

Paddy McDonnell’s Review of the 2024 Salmon Season

River Brown Trout Season Review

Darryl Mooney, insights from the fly fishing trade

Remembering John Gierach, All the Time in the World

George Kavanagh and appreciating what you have on your doorstep

‘Follow the Fin’ with Joe Quinn