Description
Boatmen are available for hire but advance booking (usually 24 hours notice) is required.
Our ghillies have extensive knowledge of Lough Corrib — the good fishing spots, where it is safe to fish at different times of the year, and up-to-date trends on bait and flies. The price includes a boat for the day with engine and a standard amount of petrol, and rods and tackle can be added when booking.
Your Guides
Brian Curran is a Professional Angling Guide of Ireland with many years of experience in the fisheries of Connemara. He is supported by a team of local guides who have fished the large loughs from an early age and built up a store of knowledge covering fish lies, weather conditions and the best advice on catching fish.
Guided Fishing in the West of Ireland
Ireland West Angling provides guided fishing across the west of Ireland for game, coarse and sea anglers. Our base is on the shores of Lower Lough Corrib, and the great limestone loughs of the Corrib system — Corrib, Mask and Carra — are unrivalled for their prolific stocks of game fish. Lough Corrib alone stretches over 40,000 acres and holds some 365 islands, so a day out with a local Ireland fishing guide saves you the seasons it would otherwise take to learn the water: the fish lies, the rocks to avoid, and where it is safe to fish when the weather turns.
The guiding season follows the fly life on the loughs. Early in the year it is fishing the duck fly; by the middle of May the dap with the natural mayfly; and in September the olive and claret bumbles round off the season. From June to September we also guide on the numerous small lakes of neighbouring Connemara for sea trout and small wild brown trout, with the chance of a salmon, and on a number of leased systems in South Connemara between Furbo and Inverin that were previously closed to the angling public. Lough Nualla, a short distance from Spiddal, is a favourite spot for beginners to fly fishing and can be fished from the bank or from a boat.
For salmon and sea trout, river beats and boats are available at the Costello & Fermoyle Fishery in Connemara, and deep-sea fishing in Galway Bay for shark, conger, tope or mackerel can be organised from the village of Spiddal. See our fishing permits and boat hire page for the full range of fisheries, and our accommodation page if you are planning a longer angling holiday in the west of Ireland.
Book Your Fishing Guide
Book your day with an Ireland fishing guide using the booking options above, or contact Brian on +353 (0)87 2509722 or brian@irelandwestangling.ie. You can also book a guided day for wild brown trout on Lough Corrib, or fish for salmon and sea trout at the Costello & Fermoyle Fishery in Connemara.
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