Char at Lough Eske

I am at the char again.  There are a few very beautiful autumn days in November and you just have to be out fishing.

Rainbow time

It's rainbow time in Donegal.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And Ray and me decide, to spend the last day of the trout season at Lough Naloughraman.

And we are not coming home empty handed.  There are still a good few trout taking our flies.

Spot the trout

Ray trying hard to catch a fish in the Eany Beg.

Spot the fish. Probably Ray's smallest of the season.

Killybegs water reservoir, Co. Donegal

Getting ready to fish Killybegs water reservoir, Co. Donegal.

Sebastian Kapretz from Berlin tries to catch his first ever trout, bubble-floating.

No bother at all to the man.

Fishing the little Eany

Otmar Butz is netting a fresh one for Ray Robinson.

Fish ready to be netted in the Eany Beg.

Raymondo and the big smile.

Upper Eany River at Drumboarty

Fishing the Upper Eany, Co. Donegal.

Ray proudly presents his brand new outfit.  Nothing else to report.

At Lough Ananima

Ray Robinson fishing a lake near Glenties, Co. Donegal.

The Peacock Butterfly couldn't believe it:  we didn't catch plenty of fish.

Good dose of rain

Good stuff, a bit of wind and a good dose of rain. High up in the Donegal Mountains.

Big Trout from a mountain lake. This is the biggest trout we have caught in 20 years of mountain lake fishing.

And all I say is this: it took a size 12 Bibio and was carefully returned.

Let's hope this feller spawns and all his offspring grow big.

photographs (3) Ray Robinson

Splendid weather

Splendid weather at Lough Naloughraman.

Depressing.

According to Ray's theory we shouldn't catch much today.

Well, they weren't big anyway.

 

An evening near Laghey, Co. Donegal

There are a few lakes near Laghey Barr, Co. Donegal.

Deep clouds and a good breeze. According to Ray you can't go wrong now.

 

Alas, we didn't catch anything. But: We will be back!