Another Season comes to a close

For me it is always a bit sad to see the winter coming. There is melancholy in the air and...
Fishing the Eany

The Eany, another good Donegal salmon river, has many pools. The most popular of them is the...
Plenty of Salmon in the Owenea

Fish everywhere, but we can't catch one. That is not a complaint.
Off the Maas Road

Along the Maas Road, atween Ardara and Maas, County Donegal, there are a couple of lakes well worth...
Salmon from the Owenea

There was a good drop of rain recently and the Owenea is in good nick. So we try what we call...
Ray and Otmar and Me up at Glencolumbcille

To go to the mountain lakes up at Glencolumbcille is always something very special. I always look...
Another Owenea Salmon

Though the rain has stopped, there is still enough water in the Owenea to catch a fish. The...
Salmon run the Owenea

The grilse run happened today, about four weeks late. We saw fish everywhere, a very...
More Tales from the Owenea

The Owenea has water and looks perfect. We can see a lot of fish but only this one takes the...
Lough Skannive

We catch a few small brown trout in Lough Skannive, County Galway. A farmer tells us, there...
Connemara National Park

Lough Nahillion is at the south tip of "Connemara National Park" and Mr. Raymondo and I...
At Lough Easky

Lough Easky lies high up in the Ox Mountains, County Sligo. The setting is splended and there...
A Salmon for Otmar Butz

Again lots of water in the Owenea. The usual thing in Donegal: once it has started to...
Ray does it again

Another salmon for Mr. Robinson from the Owenea. You might have guessed it already: it took...
At Haughton's Shore

At Haughton's Shore, Co. Leitrim. The Shannon-Erne Waterway meets Lough Garadice. The entire area...
On the Bibio

Ray Robinson always catches salmon on the Bibio. They are all tied on single hooks and...
The day the rain came

After a dry spell there was a dose of rain again and we were of course out fishing for...
No Rain, no Salmon

No rain, no salmon. So, it's the lakes of the Blue Stack Mountains again. Ray Robinson...
In the Blue Stacks

The Blue Stack Mountains in Co. Donegal are like a magnet. Trout anglers are just drawn to them,...
Brown Trout at Lough Carrowmore

Lough Carrowmore, near Bangor Erris, County Mayo, is a known sea trout and salmon water. But...
Lough Inchiquin

Lough Inchiquin, a limestone lake in the Burren, Co. Clare. A river runs through it. ...
Little Mermaid

A visit to the Burren in County Clare. With me are Iris Tantow and granddaughter Sarah...
Dull Day, lots of Fish

Since the salmon seem to come later every year, we decided to go trouting today, despite the fact...
More Rain; Perfect Water in the Owenea

This is great weather now; for the salmon angler anyway. It rains day and night but the rivers...
At the Eanybeg

Still no grilse run. At least we can't see or catch anything. The river looks like dead.
The Owenea looks good

More rain during the night and the Owenea below Glenties looks pretty good.
The Eany in Good Flood

This time of year there should be the odd salmon in the Eany. Specially after a night's heavy...
Lough Geeta

Lough Geeta is a long walk away from a tiny bog road. There are no other lakes with trout...
At The Cliffs

Slieve League, famous cliffs in Co. Donegal. Not only a place where the sight-seer wants to...
At Kleengort, Lettermacaward

The town-land of Kleengort lies high up overlooking Lettermacaward and the Gweebarra-estuary. To...
Lough Derkmore at Lettermacaward

Lough Derkmore is a natural lake serving as public watersupply for the Lower Rosses Region in...
Fishing the Rosses

Ruediger Trautmann invited me up to the Rosses to fish the Laeghan Loughs. He had some good...
Boating on Lough Unshin

Lough Unshin in South Donegal is full of small brown trout. That's what we though all the...
Big Trout Day

A day to remember. Big trout taking the fly right left and centre.
Big Trout

Some lakes shall always be a secret, particularly when they are remote and not that easy to find.
Ruediger Trautmann strikes again

The Leaghan Lakes in The Rosses near Dungloe, County Donegal. Always worth a visit. Mr....
No Fish from Lough Free

Hard to believe, but there are days when even Mr. Robinson doesn't catch a trout. They are...
With Ray and Ted Robinson at Lough Slug

Mr. Ted Robinson is on his annual vacation to County Donegal.
In the Partry Mountains

When nothing goes in the big lakes, resort to Plan B and fish the smaller ones. There are a...
Fishing Lough Mask

Mighty Lough Mask. Wonderful lake in wonderful surroundings.
Cloonaghmore Bay, Lough Conn

Lough Conn, another world famous angling water and not a fish in sight. Well, I saw a salmon...
At Lough Arrow, County Sligo

Many of the great Irish Brown Trout Loughs are only a shadow of what they used to be in the...
Some people should stay at home

Why do some people leave their litter behind? I just can't understand that.
A Trout from the Derg River

The Derg River is usually known for Salmon fishing, but early in the season I like fishing it for...
At Lough Nalughraman

It always pays to take a little detour in Co. Donegal, because the reward is mostly a couple of...
Again at the Termon River

Another day at the Termon River near Pettigo in South Donegal. The river follows partly the...
Paddy's Day at Lough Namanlagh

Paddy's Day and beautiful weather, but not a fish in sight.
Happy New Year

Wishing you all a Happy New Year are Sarah Buettner and Mr. Bohnsdorfer himself.
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