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7lough mask
CORRIB’S northern neighbour, Lough
Mask, flows into Corrib via an underground
stream and matches it in terms of the flyfishing
offered. Located in Co Mayo, its 20,500 acres
is home to quality wild brown trout and ferox.
Just like Corrib, Mask is famed for its duckfly
(buzzer), mayfly and olive hatches with anglers
from all over the globe visiting each year. Book
fishing via hotels and guides.
6lake of menteith
SCOTLAND’S premier boat-only stocked
trout lake. Located on the Carse of Stirling,
the ‘Lake’ is a regular competition water. It’s
1.5 miles long and one mile wide with plenty of
history – Robert the Bruce and Mary Queen of
Scots visited Inchmahome island monastery.
Quality rainbows and browns, and there’s
winter pike fishing. Spectacular views of the
Menteith Hills dominate the skyline.
5lough CorriB
IN western Ireland, Corrib is the secondlargest
Irish lake, behind Lough Neagh. Lying
mostly in Co Galway, Corrib covers 176 km sq.
and has some of the world’s finest browns. Its
islands and bays offer varied fly sport, notably
duckfly (buzzer) early season, then mayfly
and olives. The dedicated troll for ferox with
Ceri Jones’ Corrib record being 23lb. Fishing is
associated with hotels and local guides (gillies).
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grafham water
ConGraTuLaTions to Grafham. The
1500-acre water tops the tree this year
and when you see the fish quality it’s hard
to disagree. okay, its circular form makes
it difficult to fish in certain winds due to
a lack of shelter. But many argue that
Grafham’s rainbows are the uK’s finest due
to the rich feeding – buzzer, fry and the
invasive shrimp. again, superb staff, boat
fleet and facilities.
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