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Lough Corrib Oughterard end of August

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  • 17-06-2020 10:22pm
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    Olwas2014
    Registered Users Posts: 230 ✭✭


    Hello, I will be in Oughterard at the end of August and I’m planning to fish the Corrib. I am wondering if the ghillie will be working by then and if not il lousy hire a boat and engine but I’d imagine the guide would be the best option as I’m new to the lake. Any tips if I am going the hired boat option?

    Thanks in advance


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    Bogwoppit
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    Guides will still be working, August can be a good month.
    Try Tom Doc Sullivan, Basil Shields or Larry McCarthy, you’ll find their details easy enough with a google search.


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    Olwas2014
    Registered Users Posts: 230 ✭✭Olwas2014


    Bogwoppit wrote: »
    Guides will still be working, August can be a good month.
    Try Tom Doc Sullivan, Basil Shields or Larry McCarthy, you’ll find their details easy enough with a google search.

    Thank you ðŸ‘


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    Zzippy
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    Bogwoppit wrote: »
    Guides will still be working, August can be a good month.
    Try Tom Doc Sullivan, Basil Shields or Larry McCarthy, you’ll find their details easy enough with a google search.

    Of those Basil is the only one based near Oughterard. I've fished with him and can highly recommend him. Kevin Molloy, Patrick Molloy and Gerry Molloy are also well-known and highly recommended guides in that area.


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    twin_beacon
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    Basil would normally be well booked up, but with covid 19 he probably has a few dates


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    Olwas2014
    Registered Users Posts: 230 ✭✭Olwas2014


    twin_beacon wrote: »
    Basil would normally be well booked up, but with covid 19 he probably has a few dates

    Thank you! I will give him a ring and see if he has any dates


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    Olwas2014
    Registered Users Posts: 230 ✭✭Olwas2014


    Zzippy wrote: »
    Of those Basil is the only one based near Oughterard. I've fished with him and can highly recommend him. Kevin Molloy, Patrick Molloy and Gerry Molloy are also well-known and highly recommended guides in that area.

    Thanks Zzippy, I emailed Kevin last week and still awaiting a reply so I might give him a ring. Let’s say I wasn’t to get a guide and I just hired a boat (I fish from a boat in a different lake all the time) would this not be recommended or does anyone have any tips?

    Thanks in advance


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    Zzippy
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    Olwas2014 wrote: »
    Thanks Zzippy, I emailed Kevin last week and still awaiting a reply so I might give him a ring. Let’s say I wasn’t to get a guide and I just hired a boat (I fish from a boat in a different lake all the time) would this not be recommended or does anyone have any tips?

    Thanks in advance

    Two reasons to hire a guide: 1. You get shown the lake by someone who knows all the best spots and you're not wasting time fishing dead water and 2. You don't drive the boat into a rock you might have known was there if you'd hired a guide and watched where he didn't bring you.

    Hire a guide for at least the first day or two to get the benefit of their experience, and get to know where not to go. After that just hire a boat and take your chances yourself. In my experience money spent on a guide is rarely wasted.


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    Olwas2014
    Registered Users Posts: 230 ✭✭Olwas2014


    Zzippy wrote: »
    Two reasons to hire a guide: 1. You get shown the lake by someone who knows all the best spots and you're not wasting time fishing dead water and 2. You don't drive the boat into a rock you might have known was there if you'd hired a guide and watched where he didn't bring you.

    Hire a guide for at least the first day or two to get the benefit of their experience, and get to know where not to go. After that just hire a boat and take your chances yourself. In my experience money spent on a guide is rarely wasted.

    Perfect thank you Zzippy, you’re very helpful


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    Olwas2014
    Registered Users Posts: 230 ✭✭Olwas2014


    What tackle would ye all recommend?


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    Zzippy
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    Olwas2014 wrote: »
    What tackle would ye all recommend?

    For wet fly fishing a 6 or 7 weight rod, depends on your preference. Might need a few lines to cover every situation from floating line for surface fishing, intermediate/midge too for sub surface to fast sink lines for daphnia fishing the deeps. If fishing dry fly a 5/6 wt, again depends what you like.


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