p1354
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mayfly
Apr 25, 2006 3:09:12 GMT -5
Post by p1354 on Apr 25, 2006 3:09:12 GMT -5
any news of mayfly on lough derg???
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mayfly
Apr 25, 2006 4:46:38 GMT -5
Post by Dog on Apr 25, 2006 4:46:38 GMT -5
Or on Lough Conn?
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mayfly
Apr 25, 2006 9:09:58 GMT -5
Post by stylie on Apr 25, 2006 9:09:58 GMT -5
Ye sure are eager lads,,,isnt it a bit early ? sure they might be on the nymphs now but i heard last week they were taking olives on Corrib (small numbers) so i would give it 2 weeks or more for the main hatch
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mayfly
Apr 25, 2006 9:32:11 GMT -5
Post by Dog on Apr 25, 2006 9:32:11 GMT -5
Thanks stylie - do you reckon that by sort of May 19th, 20th ish it might have started on Conn?
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p1354
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mayfly
Apr 25, 2006 9:53:52 GMT -5
Post by p1354 on Apr 25, 2006 9:53:52 GMT -5
fish were cought on the mayfly during the last week of April 2005, some mayfly are already hatching, very small hatches..if we get some heat they will be up very quickly and very localised...
finding the area on lough derg is the idea... we saw mayfly on corrib during the easter weekend, not a lot now I am not trying to mislead you, but the fly is usually very early on Derg
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mayfly
Apr 25, 2006 10:27:46 GMT -5
Post by Sewinbasher on Apr 25, 2006 10:27:46 GMT -5
Derg is usually the earliest of the Irish loughs and the mayfly would normally be well under way within the next two weeks. The only problem with Derg is that the trout are fairly localised and some of the best areas are off Garrykennedy and Mountshannon at the lower end of the lake.
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p1354
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mayfly
Apr 25, 2006 10:31:05 GMT -5
Post by p1354 on Apr 25, 2006 10:31:05 GMT -5
Thank you..i will check it out and let you know
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mayfly
Apr 25, 2006 10:41:51 GMT -5
Post by stylie on Apr 25, 2006 10:41:51 GMT -5
If you leave it till the start of the 2 week in May you wont be far wrong on any of the Irish loughs. Getting a boat however will be the problem you would want to book early. I heard the spent gnat fished very well last year in Derg, report of an 8 or 9 lb fish caught towards the end of the hatch. Derg has always produced good fish to the gnat. Up in Athlone recently and some locals where telling me there's good hatch's of mayfly on Ree recently, that would be a nice turn up for the books after indifferent years due to pollution etc..
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mayfly
Apr 25, 2006 11:11:01 GMT -5
Post by Sewinbasher on Apr 25, 2006 11:11:01 GMT -5
If you leave it till the start of the 2 week in May you wont be far wrong on any of the Irish loughs. Getting a boat however will be the problem you would want to book early. I heard the spent gnat fished very well last year in Derg, report of an 8 or 9 lb fish caught towards the end of the hatch. Derg has always produced good fish to the gnat. Up in Athlone recently and some locals where telling me there's good hatch's of mayfly on Ree recently, that would be a nice turn up for the books after indifferent years due to pollution etc.. From last year's reports and the early reports this year it would seem that not only has Ree recovered as a trout fishery, it is possibly the best of the loughs at the moment.
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mayfly
Apr 25, 2006 11:27:36 GMT -5
Post by stylie on Apr 25, 2006 11:27:36 GMT -5
That could be argued allright, and from what i heard about some big fish being caught there in the last few weeks it could be a good year for Ree. However i wonder why all these trout are coming to the top so easily ? have the perch and other fry had a kill off ? I might try Ree myself over the Summer and get back to ye
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mayfly
Apr 25, 2006 13:08:24 GMT -5
Post by irishangler on Apr 25, 2006 13:08:24 GMT -5
1st week of June is the week i have done well on Erne but i have fished Mayfly as late as September , i fish Sheelin around the last week in May
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mayfly
Apr 26, 2006 3:34:16 GMT -5
Post by mercurial on Apr 26, 2006 3:34:16 GMT -5
Stylie,
Anecdotally the reason being advanced for the recovery of the Shannon lakes is the Zebra mussel invasion. Apparently due to the filtration effect of the gazillions of these yokes, the clarity of the water has improved substantially with the fish coming to the surface as a result. I have to say that this is pub science only so far as I am aware. I would be interested to hear the views of somebody who actually knows what he or she is talking about.
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mayfly
Apr 26, 2006 3:46:46 GMT -5
Post by Sewinbasher on Apr 26, 2006 3:46:46 GMT -5
The problem with the zebra mussel is that whilst it is undoubtedly responsible for the improvements in water clarity which may or may not be responsible in turn for the dramatic improvement in the trout fishing on Ree in particular and to some extent Derg as well, no-one really knows what the long term effect of these invaders is going to be.
I can just imagine what the effect of a significant "die off" of these mussels might be once the population has grown beyond the food supply.
I remember seeing a Matt Hayes programme on the Shannon that featured a biologist diving in the water at Dromineer towards the SE corner of Lough Derg and showing zebra mussels growing up to ten layers deep even a few years ago.
They may even impact adversely on the mayfly hatch as we all know that the nymphs live in silt and if the lake bed is covered by mussels it might be that the fly has a reduced habitat and hatches suffer as a result.
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mayfly
Apr 26, 2006 3:49:55 GMT -5
Post by Dog on Apr 26, 2006 3:49:55 GMT -5
Thanks for the info stylie. I think we will ring and get boats booked up then. I am out there with my father for 4 days fishing on Conn all around the weekend of 20th May. I can't wait to get out there again, and will make sure we ring the Kellys asap to get a boat booked!
Cheers mate.
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mayfly
Apr 26, 2006 7:23:37 GMT -5
Post by stylie on Apr 26, 2006 7:23:37 GMT -5
I would be interested to hear the views of somebody who actually knows what he or she is talking about. Never goin a happen ;D ;D ;D
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