Donegal County Council pay tribute to Young Donegal Angler who hooks Gold


A presentation was made to Fintan Kilpatrick on Monday evening November 28, 2022 in the Council Chamber in Lifford by the Elected Members of the Lifford Stranorlar Municipal District. Fintan Kilpatrick, struck Gold with the Irish Youth International Fly Fishing team on Lough Lene, Westmeath in late summer. This was a season of great satisfaction within […]


Famous salmon flies from Donegal feature in new book


TRADITIONAL Irish salmon flies from Donegal and across Ireland, commissioned 120 years ago for the Cork International Exhibition in 1902, feature in a historical picture book from Inland Fisheries Ireland. Fly tying involves the ‘dressing’ of a fishing hook to create an artificial fly, which is then used by anglers at the end of a […]