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With miles and miles of pristine lakes, the Fermanagh Lakelands are every angler’s haven. Whether you’re fresh to fishing or a life-long angler, into coarse angling or game angling, Fermanagh is bursting with tons of easily accessible loughs and rivers and to cast your line into.

Lough Erne is made up of the Upper Lough east of Enniskillen and the Lower Lough which runs west to Belleek. The Lough is a mixed coarse and game fishery. The game angling, in the main, takes place on the Lower Lough although trout are found throughout the system. The Lower Lough is a large expanse of water, over 15 miles long with numerous islands and bays. These provide vast areas of shallow water and rocky shores making for ideal fishing grounds. Although a limited number of salmon run the Lough wild brown trout are the quarry and the Lough holds an excellent head of fish.

Sitting on the western end of Co. Fermanagh this is one of Ireland’s most famous Loughs. It is home to three distinct species of trout - the magic Sonaghan, the Gillaroo and the Ferox - as well as enjoying a run of spring salmon and grilse.Fishing starts in February with the arrival of the first salmon and continues through the months with grilse from May to July and wonderful trout fishing throughout the season. Trolling is the most used method for the springers but fly fishing for the Sonaghan and Gillaroo, as well as the Grilse, is excellent.