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Paddy Gargan on his Landmark Sea Lice Study
This season we’ve heard about the disastrous spring salmon run and there hasn’t been much to report yet for the grilse run – all in all, our worst fears…
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Ireland at the World Fly Fishing Championships
This time last week the Ireland fly fishing team was in the Czech Republic getting ready for their shot at the World Fly Fishing Championships and with…
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Groundbreaking research on sea lice effects + why commercial netting on Blackwater must end | Salmon Watch Ireland Newsletter
The latest Salmon Watch Ireland newsletter reports on a landmark study led by Dr.Patrick Gargan, formerly of Inland Fisheries Ireland, and colleagues…

May 2025

The 2025 Mayfly Review
We’re nearly into June and the mayfly is finally petering out.
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Ballisodare Fishery and why its future remains bright
Ballisodare Fishery is a name that’s probably familiar to you from the salmon fish kill last summer that hit the headlines but after the deaths of one…
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June Salmon Watch Ireland newsletter
The June edition of the Salmon Watch Ireland newsletter is out and they’re highlighting two issues:
Salmon fisheries closed due to high water temps
The IFI has announced the closure this week of the Galway fishery, the Erriff and the Moy due to high water temperatures to protect fish from…
May Salmon Watch Ireland Newsletter
Safeguarding the Genetics of Ireland’s Wild Salmon
Conor Arnold on the Blackwater’s May run and where have all the springers gone?
With the salmon run beginning in earnest this month, the Blackwater’s Conor Arnold joins us this week to tell us about the unique May salmon that…
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April 2025

Stan Headley on a life fly fishing Scottish Lochs & Irish Loughs
Stan Headley is a fly angler and fly tyer who would be known to so many people in Ireland and the UK.
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Transparency Blocked: DAFM Refuses Access to Salmon Farm Data
This is the latest update from Salmon Watch Ireland in relation to the current open-net salmon farm licence applications.
Spring Salmon Fishing on the Slaney
This week we’re delighted to bring you our first episode from the river bank.
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The Last Salmon Crowdfunder
The wild salmon is endangered.
Patsy Peril – a Limerick netsman’s fight to save the salmon
This week it’s a book club episode with Patsy Peril, who co-wrote (with Deirdre Nuttall) ‘Swimming Upstream: one man’s fight to save the Atlantic…
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The mystique of Donegal’s hill loughs with Ronan McWilliams
He’s The Scientific Angler on YouTube whose videos of Corrib, Arrow and Sheelin show brown trout fishing in Ireland at its best, but what’s also great…
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March 2025

Empowering communities to be custodians of their local rivers
Education about and local engagement with rivers and water catchments are vital for empowering communities, kids and parents to be custodians of their…
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Bonus Ep: Saol ar an tSiúr (Life on the Suir)
George McGrath is well known to listeners of the Ireland on the Fly podcast, a friend of the show he has joined us on numerous occasions.
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Evo Smyth’s fly fishing & fly tying journey from Latvia to Ireland
This week we’re joined by Evo Smyth, originally from Latvia, but living and fly fishing in the Irish midlands for the last twenty years.
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Salmon Watch Ireland & the plans against salmon farming in Ireland in 2025
Spring is in the air and it feels like the season is finally starting to click into gear and for many salmon anglers you’ll be thinking of trips to book…
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February 2025

Kilbride Anglers – a fascinating history of growth & overcoming obstacles since the 1940s
This week we’re finding out about a fly fishing club that bucks the trend and continues to grow its membership in the face of declining interest in the…
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Mastering fly tying techniques with Barry Ord Clarke
This week it’s a fly tying book club special with Barry Ord Clarke aka The Feather Bender.
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Willie Holmes' journey from Moorbrook trout to Vancouver steelhead
It’s a first for us I believe on this week’s episode as we speak to Ulster man Willie Holmes from the fishing shop he manages by the Ch’illiwack river…
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‘If you can tie flies you can build your own fly rod’ Brian Martin’s tips for your first rod build
While we’re into February and slowly the season is beginning to come to life, you may not have much of a chance to wet a line in the coming weeks so…
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