In article , W. D. Grey
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In article , Roddytoo
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Hi
I am being treated to a trip to Ireland at the end of Aug / early Sept. All
I know is that I am flying into Shannon for trout fishing on a Lough. That's
all I am being told. If anyone could suggest some general fly patterns to
use, along with sizes, that would be very helpful.

Take a few large sedges, you might catch the end of the 'peters.

Is this lough style or bank?

If lough style then all the usual small brown things but add a few extremes
- bumbles for the droppers and something to run deep with in case it's
bright and calm (soldier palmer has worked for me.) If bank then a few
klinkhammer style flies and in-the-surface-film buzzers are worth having.

I was chatting to a mate only yesterday who had recently returned from a
disastrous trip to Ireland . He was unable to find any salmon or sea
trout fishing anywhere.

That's hard to believe, though the weather dictates at this time of year.
The Irish are so used to first class fishing that they tend to give up long
before most of us would ...but then they also have those first class pubs...

If you find some then good luck, but be warned, Salmon Fishing and sea
trout fishing is very scarce if not non existent.

For a value of 'non existent' that I for one could live with ;-)

Have fun. Cheerio,

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