Isn’t amazing what a little rise in temperatures can do to improve a day on the water. As soon as the wind changed to the south the birds went crazy diving on sand eels which were being chased by shoals of mackerel and sea trout running into the Moy estuary. Nature is a wonderful thing …

Tomorrow sees the arrival of June. This can be a great month for sea trout on the Moy so I do hope the weather improves. We’ve had weeks of hard northerlies…bitterly cold! Over the years I’ve discovered these fish are sensitive to the elements and a good session can be spoiled with a change in …

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 …