Ireland

2013 was the strangest fishing year we have had since moving to Dromagowlane House on the Beara Penisula ten years ago.

Ashley Hayden of An Irish Angler’s World enjoys a day afloat over the rocky pinnacles off Kilmore in Ireland.

We join Irish angler Ashley Haden as he outlines some of the excellent shore and boat fishing opportunities offered in the east coast county of Wicklow.

Irish angling journalist Ashley Hayden reflects on a year of varying fortunes with rod and line in fresh and salt water.

Irish angler Ashley Hayden relates the joys of targetting County Wexford estuary flounders when the summer species leave inshore waters.

Irish angler Ashley Hayden describes a day when a conger trip from Kilmore Quay turned into an all action tope fest.

God bless close friend Georgina Lynch for marrying Beara Peninsula resident and artist Tim Goulding, because without cupid’s intervention I might never have discovered the wonderful sea fishing that this far flung south westerly outpost of Ireland has to offer.

“Time for a change of scenery”, muttered my pal Conor as we plotted our next weekend shore fishing session. I had a good idea what he was leading up to…

Ireland Youth international shore angler Eric Gasparro begins a regular shore fishing column. Here he fishes a match at Kilgorman in County Wexford and decribes some of the lows and…