The West of Ireland where Clonbur is situated offers some of the best fishing in Europe for wild brown trout, atlantic salmon and sea trout in rivers and loughs. The great Western loughs Corrib, Mask and Conn are unique as venues for wild brown trout fishing in Europe. Numerous other rivers and loughs abound in the area, offering the visiting angler a wide choice of fishing, depending on weather and water conditions and his/her preferences.
We can arrange your entire fishing trip. There are boats for hire at several locations around the lough, and boatmen and experience Ghillies are also available by arrangement. Angling on Lough Corrib and Lough Mask is free.
Lough Corrib
Lough Corrib is 42,000 acres in size and stretches in length from within 4 miles of Galway City to within 2 miles of Maam Bridge, a distance of 33 miles. The Lough is renowned for its wild brown trout and salmon fishing. Brown trout fishing is usually good from the first day of the season and the salmon fishing for grilse is best from around the end of May. Trout can be caught on wet fly from opening day, Feb. 15th. Each season, a number of specimen brown trout are caught on the lough, and the record stands at around 21.5lb, caught in September 2002. There are boats for hire at several locations around the lough, and boatmen are also available at most boat stations. Angling on Lough Corrib is free.
Lough Mask
A Limestone lake of 22,000 acres connected by an underground channel with Lough Corrib, holding large ferox trout, pike, eels, perch and a few char. Angling is free. Trout up to 15lb are taken by trolling and on dap. Mayfly are best from mid-May to mid-June; daddy-long legs and grasshoppers are most common from late June to September; and wet fly between March and April and July and September. Dry fly fishing can be successful from May to September. Clonbur, Ballinrobe, Cong, and Tourmakeady are good centres. River fishing on Finney and canal joining Mask and Corrib. At Tourmakeady there are some good spate rivers, and mountain lake fishing in Dirk Lakes, mainly for brown trout.
