With Otmar at Lough Watvaneill

Only a few more days left and yet another season comes to an end. Otmar Butz and me try our...
The Pool below the Footbridge

At the Owenea, there is a little footbridge across the river. Below it there are stepping...
Ray, Otmar and me at the Owenea

The three of us went to the Owenea in the hope of a salmon. There were a few about, but not...
At the reservoir

Killybegs Reservoir is a biggish water with many trout of different sizes. Mostly you get...
Not a ripple on Lough Atlieve

Thank God it is September and the midges are not that aggressive anymore. Otherwise I would...
I catch another Salmon

There are days where you fish ten or more hours for salmon and don’t get a take at all. Today...
Lough Anna in the rain

It is still raining and the rivers are too high. So, we decide to drive up to Lough Anna,...
Big water

There was heavy rain last night and all the rivers are very high. We try the upper Owenea,...
I caught a Salmon

Ray refers to the place where I caught my first salmon of the season: the pool where everybody...
August and still no real grilse run

The grilse fishing should be in full swing by now, but this year, like last, there isn’t much...
Big Brown Trout from the Eany

Usually the brown trout you catch in the Eany River, Co. Donegal, are miniature ones. But...
Ray hasn’t fished Meenahorn in ages

Ray hasn’t fished Meenahorn in ages. But this afternoon we go there and the Wickham’s Fancy...
It is Lough Nalughraman again

Lough Nalughraman, somewhere between Ardara and Carrick in the Blue Stack Mountains, is always good...
High up in the Blue Stacks

Between Donegal Town and Ballybofey, up in the Blue Stacks there are plenty of lakes. We...
An evening at Lough Free

Ray picked me up at the house and we drove to Lough Free, outside of Ardara.After admiring the...
Good water in the Owenea River

Good water in the Owenea River. We tried our best, but there was just hardly a fish in the...
Back in Ireland again

After two months in Germany I am back in Ireland again. And thank God, I am Fishing again....
Another set of pictures in the mail from Ray Robinson

Ray has sent me some more pictures of his recent angling trips to Germany. Here they are.
Congratulations and Celebrations

He has done it again, and this time the fish is even bigger. Again Owenea and again Bibio.
Ray catches Salmon in June

Ray Robinson caught a nice fresh salmon in the Owenea. He mailed the pictures to...
Killybegs Reservoir in the sun

Lots and lots of takes, but the buggers don’t hang on. They are coming short, as the expert...
At Lough Nalughraman near Ardara

All we want is three each for a feed. That proves to be no problem. Ray and me catch...
Fuck up at Lough Slug

Thank God, Ray has the tackle always in an immaculate state. That's all I have to say to this.
Beautiful weather/bad weather

Blue skies all around in the Blue Stack Mountains. Ray of course thinks this is very bad...
At Lough Ananima

Again at Lough Ananima, near Glenties, Co. Donegal. The lake has good trout, but they are not...
Fishing Meenahorn

The lake looks always different, though I must have fished it a hundred times; there are always new...
A day at the Robe River

Ray and I did a little trip down to the Robe River in County Mayo. The river is not very big,...
Trouting at the Unshin River, Co. Sligo

The Unsin River runs out of Lough Arrow and is regarded as a good brown trout river. Ray and...
Pike fishing at Lough Meelagh, Co. Roscommon

Pike after pike after pike, and just one spinner. We came to catch trout, but there were pike...
A day in the Blue Stacks

Ray says: this is very bad weather. Blue sky ‘n all. But we managed to catch a few...
Daffodils and Trout

Same procedure as last year. Seems like the first good trout comes from the Termon River,...
Open Season for Trout

The trout season opened yesterday. But the weather is slightly against it.
We go to Slieve League

Whoever comes to visit Donegal should see Slieve League, the highest or second highest sea cliffs...
Willy's Visit

Willy Fickelscher visited me and took off for a trip to North Donegal. Here are some of the...

