#ANGLING - Two Irish anglers were the top sea trout samplers for the Celtic Sea Trout Project in 2011. Martin McKenny from the River Dee and Brian McShane from the Castletown River, plus several other Irish winners, will be presented with their valuable tackle voucher prizes by Minister Fergus O’Dowd…

#ANGLING - The Irish Times' resident angling expert Derek Evans was on hand at the launch of Sea to Stream, a new film documenting the salmon and sea trout season on Lough Currane in Co Kerry. The hour-long DVD follows anglers Richie Johnson and Charles Stewart on "a fishing journey"…

#ANGLING - A landowner in Co Fermanagh has blocked access to a slipway and moorings used by anglers on his land, as BBC News reports. Fishermen found the road leading to the site blocked by hay bales after the 10-year lease for access to the facility, near Castle Caldwell on…

#ANGLING - 'Gone fishing' is where Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) wants you to be during Fisheries Awareness Week from tomorrow 12 to 20 May. Full details of events taking place country-wide for Fisheries Awareness Week are available on FAW.ie. Most events are free and with so much going on and…

#ANGLING - A revolutionary new fly-carrying package aims to eliminate the annoyance of going back and forth to replenish your bait supply, as The Irish Times reports. The Jodea, developed and patented by fly-fisherman Jeremiah O’Dea, can be clipped to an angler’s belt or jacket to hold everything he or…

#ANGLING - Raphoe angler Vincent Walsh did the double in the first rounds in the float and feeder events at the Waterways Ireland NCFFI Irish Team Qualifiers recently. According to The Impartial Reporter, the float qualifiers will be used to determine Ireland's three international teams for 2013. In the float…