Archive - Ireland on the Fly

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…

24 hrs ago

37:01

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.

Apr 25

1:01:01

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.

Apr 22

Spring Salmon Fishing on the Slaney

This week we’re delighted to bring you our first episode from the river bank.

Apr 17

40:09

The Last Salmon Crowdfunder

The wild salmon is endangered.

Apr 16

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…

Apr 10

1:08:07

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…

Apr 4

56:59

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…

Mar 27

56:27

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.

Mar 24

41:19

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.

Mar 19

1:06:53

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…

Mar 6

53:34

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…

Feb 28

42:27

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