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this is a huge area for a country where it rains constantly, and which is therefore awash with good fishing rivers and lakes.   There are pages and pages to be written about each of the counties you’re mentioning. I strongly suggest three books (or two, depending on whether you prefer to fish rivers or loughs/lakes.) http://www.moytura.com/irishbooks/sport1.htm for Peter O’Reilley’s definitive books on loughs and rivers. Also "A Man May Fish", written maybe in the sixties , for an account of fishing in Ireland that will make you want to spend a lot longer than a day doing it. You can start looking for secon hand copies on bookfinder.com at http://www.bookfinder.com/search/?st=sl&ac=sl&qi=WQ0EJCyJRTTzZZcAfRgT1i9 WQ0eGIYgT:122:227 Best Wishes Lazarus – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hello- My husband and I are planning a trip to Ireland in the latter part of September this year.  We will mostly be visiting with family while there, but will have about 1 week to explore after that.  We are mostly interested in Galway, Mayo, Sligo and Roscommon areas.  We might have just a day to fish. Does anyone have experience fishing in this area?  Good streams/rivers to check out?  Any suggestions of a good outfitter to rent us the necessary gear for a day? Thanks in advance for any input! Betsy in Santa Fe

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Thank you to Dave and Lazarus for your replies.  Yes, I will check out those books, Lazarus.  Dave, thanks for the Google suggestion.  I had actually already done that.  I guess I wasn’t clear enough in my original post, but I was hoping for some personal accounts or experiences to be shared.  Just a differnet approach for us to consider before we leave… Thanks again! Betsy

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Hello- My husband and I are planning a trip to Ireland in the latter part of September this year.  We will mostly be visiting with family while there, but will have about 1 week to explore after that.  We are mostly interested in Galway, Mayo, Sligo and Roscommon areas.  We might have just a day to fish. Does anyone have experience fishing in this area?  Good streams/rivers to check out?  Any suggestions of a good outfitter to rent us the necessary gear for a day? Thanks in advance for any input! Betsy in Santa Fe

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Bwalker writes: My husband and I are planning a trip to Ireland in the latter part of September this year.  We will mostly be visiting with family while there, but will have about 1 week to explore after that.  We are mostly interested in Galway, Mayo, Sligo and Roscommon areas.  We might have just a day to fish. Does anyone have experience fishing in this area?  Good streams/rivers to check out?  Any suggestions of a good outfitter to rent us the necessary gear for a day? Thanks in advance for any input! Betsy in Santa Fe

Go to www.google.com (or any of the other search engines), and type in "fly fishing" + "Ireland".  You will get lots of hits.  The info is at your fingertips. hth Dave

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Parked at the Point Pleasant park (space for three cars), and decided to follow the Tohickon Creek down to the River.  Got there, and Oops! Forgot it was Saturday.  The river was packed with folks in inner tubes.  Personal watercraft zipped and roared back and forth between them.  Boaters went up and down the river, kids stood on the shore throwing rocks into the water.  Crowd of folks upstream having a party; cans and styrofoam cups floating downstream. Naturally, I decided to stay and fish. How do the fish respond to this kind of pressure on a sunny afternoon? Hide out and wait until evening to feed?  Apparently not all of them. Caught 6 smallmouth in about an hour and a quarter.  The biggest – 14" – caught right in the wake of a powerboat.  Go figure. Headed back upstream, and caught a nice redbreast sunfish under the new aqueduct.  (The aqueduct carries the Delaware canal over the Tohickon Creek.) And that’s that. Timothy Juvenal

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When fishing navigable rivers, it often pays handsomely to cast into the wake of boats. There are a number of reasons for this. Boats will stir up the bottom dislodging food, and this attracts fish.  Quite often, a power boat will hit a shoal of small fish, and this invariably results in a few being killed or damaged. The predatory fish are used to this occurence, and will actually "home in" on powerboats, hoping for a free meal.  This behaviour is especially noticeable with Pike and Zander.

This is true of muskellenge as well.  In fact a very effective technique employs the use of large plugs being trolled in the propeller wash of a boat running between 5 and 7 knots.  It’s called speed-trolling.  It’s outlawed in the state of Wisconsin. Mu

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Naturally, I decided to stay and fish. Brave and dedicated! Caught 6 smallmouth in about an hour and a quarter.  The biggest – 14" – caught right in the wake of a powerboat.  Go figure. I used to make some of my best largemouth catches from a johnboat after the big guys whizzed by.  I figured the big engines’ wakes just scared them over to me and they were happy to see a friendly lure waiting for them. Strange phenomenon — glad you got to avail yourself of it. Sandy

When fishing navigable rivers, it often pays handsomely to cast into the wake of boats. There are a number of reasons for this. Boats will stir up the bottom dislodging food, and this attracts fish.  Quite often, a power boat will hit a shoal of small fish, and this invariably results in a few being killed or damaged. The predatory fish are used to this occurence, and will actually "home in" on powerboats, hoping for a free meal.  This behaviour is especially noticeable with Pike and Zander. I have no experience of bass, but it would seem safe to assume that the reasons are similar. TL MC

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for this. Boats will stir up the bottom dislodging food, and this attracts fish.  Quite often, a power boat will hit a shoal of small fish, and this invariably results in a few being killed or damaged. The predatory fish are used to this occurence, and will actually "home in" on powerboats, hoping for a free meal.  This behaviour is especially noticeable with Pike and Zander. I have no experience of bass, but it would seem safe to assume that the reasons are similar.

I have found that bald eagles will follow my canoe as I go down river (never follow when I’m going up), but only the local eagles. Any that are migrating are generally too shy of people.  And they’ll keep a good eye on, though not follow, power boats going by if I’m in that section of the river. — rbc:  vixen    Fairly harmless remove invalid or hit reply to email. Though I’m very slow to respond. http://www.visi.com/~cyli

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Naturally, I decided to stay and fish.

Brave and dedicated! Caught 6 smallmouth in about an hour and a quarter.  The biggest – 14" – caught right in the wake of a powerboat.  Go figure.

I used to make some of my best largemouth catches from a johnboat after the big guys whizzed by.  I figured the big engines’ wakes just scared them over to me and they were happy to see a friendly lure waiting for them.  Strange phenomenon — glad you got to avail yourself of it. Sandy

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http://www.infoarchitects.com/products.htm this address contains a demo of a shareware program called easy shop * Sent from AltaVista http://www.altavista.com Where you can also find related Web Pages, Images, Audios, Videos, News, and Shopping.  Smart is Beautiful

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Sometime back I d/l a shareware version of a program called Shop Layout, at least that is what I think it was called <g. But, alas, my system has since crashed and now that I have purchased my new TS and some other pieces, I thought I would layout how I want my shop set up. This software allowed me to give the footprint of most any equipment, benches etc and move them around so as to get the best fit. Anybody know of something similar, or better yet, the web address to get the same program? Mark (as in fishing) Beautiful Oregon…

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I am wondering what type of experiences people have had fishing smallmouth in the Quetico in early September.  We have a group who has gone on several spring trips thinking about a fall trip.  Several of us are fly fishermen, so in particular, I’m wondering if the fish use shallow areas this time of year or if they begin to go deep. Thanks Peter Jonas Iron Mountain, MI

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I am wondering what type of experiences people have had fishing smallmouth in the Quetico in early September.  We have a group who has gone on several spring trips thinking about a fall trip.  Several of us are fly fishermen, so in particular, I’m wondering if the fish use shallow areas this time of year or if they begin to go deep.

        They are still deep in early Sept. Don’t forget they don’t care about the air temp., they care about the water temp. And by the end of Aug. the water is as warm there as it gets. Mornings and evenings might still be okay though. But otherwise think late Sept., early Oct. tgb

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I’m wondering if the fish use shallow areas this time of year or if they begin to go deep.

We went in last September (early) into the northern part of the park and did fairly well on smallmouth catching quite a few in the 17-19" class.  Most of them were shallow to about 8′

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I maybe taking a job in Deerfield, IL (Lake county) and will probably live in Northern Illinois or Souther Wisconsin.  Can Anyone tell me what to expect in the way of Fishing.  I am currently Living in CT where there is fishing aplenty.  Any info would be greatly appreciated. Jon

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I maybe taking a job in Deerfield, IL (Lake county) and will probably live in Northern Illinois or Souther Wisconsin.  Can Anyone tell me what to expect in the way of Fishing.

The only fly fishing in Northern Illinois is for bass, crappie, blue gill, and other pan fish.  At times it can be very good. Wisconsin is another story.  South-west Wisconsin is loaded with some of the finest spring creeks around.  They are teaming with browns, rainbows, and brookies.  South-east all along Lake Michigan has many streams with runs of steelhead, and salmon. There is a lot of great fly fishing in Wisconsin. Joel Axelrad

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Hi there.. I’m looking in to getting back into fly fishing (I used to do it a bit with my father a long time ago..).  Essentially, I have forgotten all that I was taught.. and I was wondering if anybody had suggestions on how I could best get back into the sport.. or what would be the best strategy for learning about the state of the sport nowadays? Thank you for whatever help you can give me.

     Assuming you live in Central Ontario, Bud Hoffman runs a good fly fishing school on the Beaver River, near Kimberley, Ont.  His number is/was 519 986-2351. Bud is a pretty level-headed guy, and easy to talk to and learn from.  The Izaak Walton Fly fishing Club can be reached at 905 855-5420.  It might help if you post what part of Ontario you fish. Good luck JIM WARD Twin Willow Farm "Home of good horses, fine whiskey and great wild trout"

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Hi I suggest you contact the Federation of Fly Fishers at 406-585-7592 and find out the location of an affiliate club near you. Then join and learn from a new friend. At this time of year many club sponsor fly fishing classes in preparation for the season so you timing is right on. If there is no club near you, ask the FFF about their educational booklet "Introduction to Fly Fishing" It cost $2.00 plus S&H and gives a lot of good info. Other FFF educational booklet that would help are on casting, entomology, and beginning fly tying. Al Hi there.. I’m looking in to getting back into fly fishing (I used to do it a bit with my father a long time ago..).  Essentially, I have forgotten all that I was taught.. and I was wondering if anybody had suggestions on how I could best get back into the sport.. or what would be the best strategy for learning about the state of the sport nowadays? Thank you for whatever help you can give me.

Tight Lines ….. Al Beatty BT’s Fly Fishing Products http://www.btsflyfishing.com

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Hi there.. I’m looking in to getting back into fly fishing (I used to do it a bit with my father a long time ago..).  Essentially, I have forgotten all that I was taught.. and I was wondering if anybody had suggestions on how I could best get back into the sport.. or what would be the best strategy for learning about the state of the sport nowadays? Thank you for whatever help you can give me.

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Hi there.. I’m looking in to getting back into fly fishing (I used to do it a bit with my father a long time ago..).  Essentially, I have forgotten all that I was taught.. and I was wondering if anybody had suggestions on how I could best get back into the sport.. or what would be the best strategy for learning about the state of the sport nowadays? Thank you for whatever help you can give me.

Hi One of the best ways is to learn from a friend and I think you will find a few of those on this group and the fly tying group as well. Also you might consider joining a local club. I suggest you contact the Federation of Fly Fishers at 406-585-7592 and get the contact person in a local club. Then you can join and learn from a friend. If you have a specific question please post to this group or check my tips and tricks section at my web site. I think the address is in my signature. Good luck and welcome to the best legal drug available; flyfishing. Tight Lines ….. Al Beatty BT’s Fly Fishing Products http://www.btsflyfishing.com

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Curt:  I use a 2 wt. for bream and small bass all the time on creeks here in TX.  Jack Ellis used to only use two rods (3wt. and 10 wt.) when I first met him.  The main problem with light rods for bass isn’t the fish, it’s the size of the flies.  My favorite rods are 5 wts. I only go for the 8wts. When I know I’ll be after big bass and using big flies.         All the reports I’ve had on St. Croix rods are positive.         If you really get into warmwater FF, send me your mailing address and I’ll mail you a couple of my newsletters.  Ellis an I publish one exclusively for the warmwater crowd.                                         Brian

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -Howdy folks,    I have a question about rods for panfish, bass, etc.    I just moved to S. Dakota (the eastern end away from the trout streams in the black hills).  It’s pretty obvious thus far that the majority of my fishing will entail warm water fish.  As an avid small stream trout fisherman, my only rod that I own is a nice little 7′6" 3wt. I think I may be a little undergunned for bass    I have no idea what rod to get (yeah, I could look in books, but all my stuff is still packed away in various places….).  I was thinking about a St. Croix, since funds are a little tight and I’ve heard great things about ‘em, but what size, 7wt, 9wt ??  What would a good all around warm water rod?    Any advice would be appreciated, and any offers to sell me a good used rod would be even more appreciated thanks,    curt Curt Anderson Post-Doctoral Research Fellow University of South Dakota School of Medicine Dept. of Anatomy & Structural Biology Vermillion, SD 57069

I’d go with a 7 or 8 for bass…. for a good all around warm water rod(s), I would get a 4 | 5 and a 7….. -Dan-

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Howdy folks,         I have a question about rods for panfish, bass, etc.         I just moved to S. Dakota (the eastern end away from the trout streams in the black hills).  It’s pretty obvious thus far that the majority of my fishing will entail warm water fish.  As an avid small stream trout fisherman, my only rod that I own is a nice little 7′6" 3wt. I think I may be a little undergunned for bass         I have no idea what rod to get (yeah, I could look in books, but all my stuff is still packed away in various places….).  I was thinking about a St. Croix, since funds are a little tight and I’ve heard great things about ‘em, but what size, 7wt, 9wt ??  What would a good all around warm water rod?         Any advice would be appreciated, and any offers to sell me a good used rod would be even more appreciated thanks,         curt Curt Anderson Post-Doctoral Research Fellow University of South Dakota School of Medicine Dept. of Anatomy & Structural Biology Vermillion, SD 57069

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Hi Curt I’d recommend a 9′ for a 7 weight.  It could also be used for trout if you should happen to get near a western river.   Tight Lines Al Beatty BT’s Fly Fishing Products Bozeman, MT (96 catalog)

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Howdy folks,         I have a question about rods for panfish, bass, etc.         I just moved to S. Dakota (the eastern end away from the trout streams in the black hills).  It’s pretty obvious thus far that the majority of my fishing will entail warm water fish.  As an avid small stream trout fisherman, my only rod that I own is a nice little 7′6" 3wt. I think I may be a little undergunned for bass         I have no idea what rod to get (yeah, I could look in books, but all my stuff is still packed away in various places….).  I was thinking about a St. Croix, since funds are a little tight and I’ve heard great things about ‘em, but what size, 7wt, 9wt ??  What would a good all around warm water rod?         Any advice would be appreciated, and any offers to sell me a good used rod would be even more appreciated

Hi Curt, I use an inexpensive (not *cheap*) Cortland 6 wt rod and reel on bream and bass with good results.  With 6 wt line I sometimes have a little trouble throwing highly wind-resistant deer hair bugs, though.  I’m about to try loading my reel with 7 wt to see if it improves.  If you want some more detail on my combo, e-mail me.  I’ll be happy to tell you where and how much. By the way, you don’t want to sell your 3 wt, do you?  It’s still an excellent bream rod. -Barry Barry Layfield Huntsville, AL        http://ro.com/~blayf

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -Howdy folks,    I have a question about rods for panfish, bass, etc.    I just moved to S. Dakota (the eastern end away from the trout streams in the black hills).  It’s pretty obvious thus far that the majority of my fishing will entail warm water fish.  As an avid small stream trout fisherman, my only rod that I own is a nice little 7′6" 3wt. I think I may be a little undergunned for bass    I have no idea what rod to get (yeah, I could look in books, but all my stuff is still packed away in various places….).  I was thinking about a St. Croix, since funds are a little tight and I’ve heard great things about ‘em, but what size, 7wt, 9wt ??  What would a good all around warm water rod?    Any advice would be appreciated, and any offers to sell me a good used rod would be even more appreciated thanks,    curt Curt Anderson Post-Doctoral Research Fellow University of South Dakota School of Medicine Dept. of Anatomy & Structural Biology Vermillion, SD 57069

I California we use #6, 7 or 8 for warm water fisheries.  If you are using larger bugs, get a larger outfit.  I would get a bass bug taper and use short (7 1/2′), large butt (.023"+), heavy leaders (3x to 0x). William Kiene Kiene’s Fly Shop Sacramento,CA,USA

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Hi gang of fishers, Just a brief announcement for those of you who might be interested in fly fishing – mostly salt water but also a bit on fresh water. The Web-site Fishing Denmark has been up-and-running for a while, but is constantly being revised and expanded. Feel free to drop by at http://www.idg.dk/mj and remember to watch the news page http://www.idg.dk/mj/news.htm. The pages are in English, but a new Danish section is emerging too at http://www.idg.dk/mj/dansk.htm. The site has tips on fishing, choosing and tying flies, tackle, has a picture gallery and much more. There’s a new guest section on http://www.idg.dk/mj/guests featuring text, drawings and flies by Preben Torp Jacobsen, Wayne Luallen and Hans Weilenmann amongst others. CU there Martin

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Help, need info. on flat fishing in Ct.: where, if there are any. when, (now?), and how, (head boat , rental. etc.?) Thanks in advance!!!!

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Help, need info. on flat fishing in Ct.: where, if there are any. when, (now?), and how, (head boat , rental. etc.?) Thanks in advance!!!!

I don’t know, man. They’re hell to catch on a fly rod.  I’ve never seen anyone do that around New Haven.

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Theres lots of places to try for flounder, drop by my site, and I will furnish you some info. http://www.mindport.net/~tyrone — Fishing Page Saltwater

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