Video: Irish Fly Fishing in Glorious 4K

Not many Americans think of Ireland as a fly-fishing destination, but the island features a remarkable array of cool angling experiences–casting on famed Atlantic salmon pools, fishing for trout in . . .

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Photos: Steeped in History on an Irish Lough


Situated at the mouth of the Cong River, where it enters Lough Corrib, Ashford catle is like a fly fisher’s dream.
Photo courtesy Ashford Castle

Last week, my wife, Mary Beth, and I finally took a long-planned-for vacation in Ireland, the land of our forefathers. Of course, one can’t return to the Auld Sod without wetting a line, right?

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Video: When Irish Pike Are Smilin’

Ireland has always been a pike-fishing destination for European hardware anglers, but it’s only in the last decade that warmwater fly fishing has taken off in the Emerald Isle. In 2004, an Irish. . .

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