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Ireland on the Fly — 206 episodes · page 1 of 3
A Migratory Passion
Why Iceland Should Be on Every Brown Trout Angler’s List
Fly Fishing for Irish Sea Trout with Chris McCully
Fishing for Trout in 40 Degrees
Damien O’Brien, from the Blackwater to British Columbia
Irish Caps, Pink Flamingos and Fly Tying with Sammy McGowan
365. It’s all it takes. It’s all the takes!
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
Richard Gorodecky, Throwing Feathers in the Wind
Grilse run update - from the bad to the sublime
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 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' journey 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
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
The Killary Harbour escape and what it means for the wild Irish salmon
James Barry’s Memorable 2024 Season
Loughs fishing in September with Dominic Kerrigan
Glenda Powell, exploring the world with a fly rod
Judd Ruane, Sea Trout Fishing on the Moy Estuary
Fishery Focus: Costello & Fermoyle
Book Club Ep #9: Chris McCully, Nomads of the Tides: Fishing for Irish Sea Trout
Paul Molloy & the special allure of Lough Corrib
Grilse Update from the Moy
Mick O’Farrell and what he learned fly fishing in Ireland and the UK
What Norway’s salmon rivers’ closures could mean for Irish anglers
Ireland’s 6th place at the World Championships
Stevie Munn, a Belfast fly angler’s life
Dublin’s River Dodder, an incredible story of regrowth
Sean McLaughlin and the reasons to be optimistic if you’re a salmon angler
The Last Salmon: ‘We don’t have time, we need to intervene now.’
Mayfly update from Lough Sheelin and Lough Arrow
Castleconnell – an historic fishery with hopes for the future
Mayfly Update from Corrib and Derg
Frank Maunsell's tales from the Owenmore
Rory’s – a legendary place and person in Irish fly fishing
Book Club Ep #8: Collecting Irish fly fishing first editions
Lough Derg – a tough lake, but it can be worth it
Nicholas Grubb on 60lbs salmon and tales of an age gone by
Julie Gerry, the only woman to win the Lough Mask World Cup, on breaking boundaries
John Maduro, from the Caribbean to the Copper Coast
The River Slaney, queen of Irish Rivers
Book Club Ep #7: Sidney Spencer: Fisher of Wild Places
The 'catastrophic' fish kill on the Ballymacraven River explained
From the River Suir and Beyond – John Lalor’s Fishing Life
Jimmy Tyrrell’s Irish Fly Craft
Wet fly fishing on Cork’s rivers in early season
Conor Arnold on the start of the 2024 salmon season on the Blackwater
Early season on Lough Currane with Neil O’Shea
Eamonn Conway and how a fly fishing obsession led to setting up his own fly rod company & the challenges he’s faced
The Wicklow man captaining Sweden – Graham Reynolds on fly fishing in the Land of a Thousand Lakes
Book Club Ep #6: O’Gorman & The Practice of Angling – the Irish Walton?
Salmon opening day update
Most Memorable Fish on the Fly Vol. 2
The Drake mag's Tom Bie, on his love of fly fishing in Ireland
East Coast Sea Trout with Mick McShane
Tony McCann’s Salmon Fly Tying Journey – from spectator to tying at fairs in 4 years
From Athlone to fly fishing on the world stage with Sean Dempsey
Mayfly on Corrib to trout madness in Montana with Mike Cosgrave
The rise of salmon farming & the decline of wild salmon and sea trout in Ireland
From Patagonia to the Ponoi – Matthew Solon, the Clare man guiding around the world