places to fish in ni

madfish · places to fish in ni

Hi there every body iv just moved to Ireland from Rhode Island in the Great US of A and i was wondering where would be a good place to fly fish around Antrim as im working in hollywell hospital as a doc.
Heres what im looking for guys is some where is nice and quiet where i can relax and be with nature and i can get a look at your beautiful scenery but also i would like to fish both your rivers and lakes.

also i will need some gear like rod reels and artifishal lures as im used to big mouth bass am sure its diffrent overhere and also where can i go for tuition.
I look forward to your reply guys thanks

ChrisDickey

Welcome to NI madfish, hope you enjoy your time here, as for places to fish, im going to be quite bias here and say fish Tildarg Fishery, I work there and id presume your prob living in Antrim, if so we are about 20 mins away

check out

www.tildargfishery.com

and some picture are in this post

http://nita.myfreeforum.org/about314.html

There are lots of great fisheries in Northern Ireland and not one of them is the same, i would recommend if you have the time, to get a day or two on each to give you a feel of stillwater fishing in Northern Ireland. As regards to rivers, that is not my area of expertise but im sure another member of this forum can fill you in on the details

In terms of tuition i would get in contact with Stevie Munn

this is a snippet of his experience

Relevant Qualifications

Advanced Professional Game Angling Instructor-Fly Tying (APGAI-Ire)

Advanced Professional Game Angling Instructor-Trout Casting (APGAI)

NVQ 3 Three Credits at Level three on the Angling Guides Programme

Level Two on Game Anglers Instructor Programme Trout

Child Awareness Certificate, First Aid Certificate and Disability Awareness Certificate

Hardy/Greys Academy Casting Instructor

Relevant Experience

I started Fly fishing & fly tying at a very young age Taught By my father, who was a very keen angler and fly tier.
I probably started about 6 years of age, I have fished on Loughs, Melvin Corrib, Sheelin, Erne, Neagh, Currane, and Arrow and some of the Rosses Seatrout Loughs in Donegal and many Stillwater’s, but my first love would be river fishing for Wild Brown trout.
To date I have fished many rivers throughout the world including, rivers in Canada, Finland, Norway, Ireland, Wales, Scotland and England,
I have been working at Game fairs around the UK and Ireland for years giving fly tying demos

I have won the Co.Antrim Master Angler 8 times (this has never been done in its history)
I Am A Hardy Rod Tester

I am active in 2 fishing clubs The Antrim & District and The Mallusk Angling Society, I made a fly fishing film ,Called Fly fishing the World ,with Barrett productions for USA TV Starring Billy Connelly. I have also appeared in various magazines, including Trout & Salmon, Irish Angler, Country Life, Today’s Flyfisher, and Fly Fishing and Fly Tying.

15 Years teaching fly tying for The Belfast Institute of Further Education

GUIDING

I Guide and offer wild Brown trout and Salmon fishing from March to October on the Co.Antrim river Six Mile Water and other parts of N.Ireland ,Rainbow trout fishing is available on various Co. Antrim waters all year round and Sea Fly fishing on the Antrim coast.

From end of July Dollaghan Trout and Salmon, on the above rivers

Also Lough Fishing on
Erne, Melvin & Sheelin for Brown Trout

You can contact him through his website

www.anglingclassics.co.uk

http://www.anglingclassics.co.uk/tuition.html

How long are you here for? if it is permanent then you might want to buy yourself some decent kit or if you just here on a temporary basis then you could get some cheap rods etc

on the cheap front, makes like Shakespeare make fantastic rods at low prices

You could also contact Tom one of the forums sponsors at Gamefisher

http://www.game-fisher.co.uk/
or contact Stevie Munn through his online tackle shop

http://www.anglingclassics.co.uk/index1.html

Also local tackle shops such as

Mid-Antrim Angling in Ballymena

Jack Smyths Angling Centre in Lisburn (this is a large fishing superstore that caters for not only Fly fishing but all manors of coarse and sea fishing, it also dabbles in hunting gear aswell)

Country Sports and Tackle in Antrim (this tackle shop is a matter of mintues away from Holywell Hospital)

These are all Tackle shops that I visit, here is a more extensive list of tackle shops in County Antrim alone

http://www.cfb.ie/fishing_in_ireland/tackleshops/antrim.htm

I hope this information will be of use to you, if you are interested in fishing Tildarg Fishery, send me a private message and i can arrange a day for you

Chris

Big G

Hi Madfish

I think I may have talked to you on the phone last week, like Chris said,
"There are lots of great fisheries in Northern Ireland and not one of them is the same, i would recommend if you have the time, to get a day or two on each to give you a feel of stillwater fishing in Northern Ireland. As regards to rivers, that is not my area of expertise but im sure another member of this forum can fill you in on the details" I can give you info on most local rivers and clubs in the Antrim area

Big G