I just checked the Real-time Water levels for the river Moy and delighted to report there has been a drop of over a half meter at Ballylahan over the past two days. Terrific! Rain, rain, stay away. A little frost at night would not go astray! Judd

Well, it’s that time of year again where I get to thinking about boats and rods and reels and all the gear required to get my season rolling. Number 1 priority is my P2 passenger boat licence for Pegasus…due for renewal this season and that check list alone has more than twenty items. I have …

As we approach the first day May I hope we leave the cold spell behind. The north wind gives us clear blue skies but there is an Arctic bite to it…not enjoyed by man, beast or fish. The water quality is continuously improving…under water vis was close to 4 feet yesterday. However, there is no …

We had an ‘easy’ north wind on the estuary yesterday. Temperatures were down but the clear skies took the sting out of it. The terns have arrived and they were very active for an hour after the tide began to flood. However, the sea trout weren’t impressed with conditions so it was a slow day …

Well, it’s all happening this week…the swallows have arrived, water levels on the Moy are dropping, under water visibility is improving and Pegasus is back in the water for another season! Yesterday afternoon, I fished the estuary with a friend on Pegasus and we had a busy couple of hours using the mackerel strip… it …

Lenten fast and abstinence were strictly observed in Ireland in our grandparents time and they had to abstain from all meat and dairy products. Lent became a time when smokers tried to give up smoking while others tried to give up drink. At one time there was no music, dancing or marriages during Lent. A …

The following is an excerpt from an article in Ireland’s Own magazine ( No. 5531, January 8, 2016) by Martin Sweeney. On 24th February 1947, Co. Mayo and most of the country came to a standstill with a blizzard. Around then, I became interested in meteorology and began recording the weather with a few instruments. …

  The Big Wind stuck Ireland on the night of January 6 to 7, 1839, it was the worst storm to have swept the country for 300 years, up to 300 people died and the modern equivalent of £250 million of damage was sustained across the country. In the days before the  storm, the weather …

Sea trout also known as brown trout live complicated lives. Like salmon, they begin their lives in a river hatched from eggs that were laid in a small nest called redds. As the young fish mature they go through several development stages, all of which involve substantial physiological changes. The most important stage from this …

Yesterday I touched on tides, temperature, light and the moon, re our success rate and one other factor is Barometric pressure. This has a big effect on Fish Behaviour.  Trout have large bladders and when the air pressure is dropping their bladders expand and the fish becomes uncomfortable. They relieve their discomfort by moving deeper in …