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Ryan's Carp
The quest for Ryan’s fish My name is Ryan Creighton and I have been an avid carp angler since I was fourteen years of age. In the past few years I have started to get a real good feel for Carp-angling, and catching good fish on a regular basis. By this stage in my angling, I was now looking for a real challenge and I knew of such a place that just might produce the goods.       The Plan I arrived home from a two-week holiday in Benidorm and no sooner was the bags in t...

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Boats, Salmon and the Irish by Mark Corps
Boats, salmon and the Irish, by Mark corps Fishing out of a boat ‘lough style,’ is a traditional method of top of the water fishing particularly popular along the Celtic fringe, (Wales, Scotland and Ireland). A fly fishing method that many anglers including myself, were first introduced to, usually targeting trout. For salmon this style of fishing is almost exclusively Irish, but then Ireland is somewhat unique in having lots of loughs with salmon. For example Currane, Corrib, Carro...

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Feed Shallow Bass Lures from Tackle House
Feed Shallow Lures from Tackle House By Andrew Wolsey If you are a lure angler that targets Bass, and you don’t have a selection of Feed Shallow Lures amongst your collection, then your kit bag is in-complete! A bold statement, but I cannot emphasise the devastating attraction of this particular series of lures from Tackle House.       The holographic colour schemes are stunning and extremely realistic, and the finish is of the highest quality. Diving no deeper than tw...

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Marine-protected waters by Warren Malcom
Benefits of fishing marine-protected waters by Warren Malcom   Hello to all avid Anglers…   Please let me introduce myself…   Warren “Mal” Malcolm, Deep Sea Angler and avid Fly Fisherman…         I started fishing back in 1977 with my father and brother on the Belfast Lough, as a member of the Royal Naval Association from Bangor. Many good years were had fishing around the coastline, but it started to die a dea...

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Thornback Ray in Loch Leven by Peter Foster
Thornback Ray – Loch Leven By Peter Foster Throughout the winter months in Scotland, the angling action centres around the East Coast cod run and if we are very lucky, some monster gut bucket action from the Solway Firth and not a lot else - unless you head for the deep water sea lochs of the western coast to seek out some thornback action.   One place that springs to mind is the stunningly scenic Loch Leven. Such is the majesty of this place, right in heart of Glen Coe, that if t...

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Waterford 2016 by Karen Pritchard
A SHORE TRIP TO WATERFORD   Since my last article about our weekend in Belmullet we have only been out fishing again once. Chris the other half, wanted so badly to get out and wet some line, and maybe try for a cod or two.         With his birthday approaching I thought what do I get him? Then it hit me, a weekend away fishing and what man wouldn’t love that? I spoke to few a people for advice on where to go as we are not familiar with fishing marks in the ...

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Rainbow Trout by Sidney Kennedy
A season guide for big fish Rainbow trout     By Sidney Kennedy When the weather is wrong for specimen hunting I always turn to rainbow trout fishing. They are a species of fish that will feed in all types of weather conditions and more so when it gets cold.       I have fished nearly all of the rainbow fisheries in the south of the country but none can claim to come close to the amount of large trout that are swimming in Ardaire Springs. You will be amazed w...

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Celtic Carp Cup 2016 by Peter Foster
Celtic Carp Cup 2016 The dreams of one man came to fruition last week at Barston Lake in the West Midlands as the inaugural Celtic Carp Cup was fished for between Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.     Welshman Tim Jones had long harbored a desire to form a Welsh carping squad to take on other nations within the United Kingdom. The squad came together towards the end of 2015 and as they gelled into a formidable outfit, Tim put stage two into operation, contacting the governing ...

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Daiwa Pairs by Karen Pritchard
DAIWA PAIRS 2016 The Daiwa Irish Pairs has become one of the major events in the national match calendar. The competition, which runs for a week, is held every year in the beautiful surroundings of the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry.     The fishing is varied offering estuary, rock and surf angling. The Daiwa Irish Pairs adopts a conservation approach to this angling festival. The 3 pegged matches are fished on a measure and return basis. The species hunt is also operated on a me...

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Culdaff Open Shore Comp 2017
Culdaff Open Shore Competition 2017 By Karen Pritchard Culdaff is a picturesque wee village on the Inishowen peninsula of county Donegal. With its lovely sandy beach Culdaff Sea Angling Club runs its annual shore competition, usually held the last weekend of October or into November depending on dates.       Cathal Donnelly the chairman of the club and the event’s organiser for the past four years was happy with the turn-out particularly as some of the regula...

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