Great video Andrew, a fish I have never tried targeting but will do some day. I really enjoyed the last part learning more about these unique Lough Neagh trout
Great and informative video, I would love to see more flies and tactics that you are using. I caught a few over the last years but nothing as big as you got there. Really enjoyed your video, hopefully there are more to come!
Nice video, some lovely fish, I’ve never fished that far up before ,dunadry Presbyterian church is as far as I’ve went, looks a nice stretch of water from clady river part and up towards dunadry hotel, must give it a go next year!
Lovely-thank you. Fished a fair bit in the Republic as far as Donegal (Once) from Wales but never fished in (Or been to) Northern Ireland. Have to put that right....!
Do you mind me asking where some of the good spots for Dolleghan are? I got a day ticket for the 6 mile last week and while I caught plenty of little brownies I had no idea where the good Dolleghan pools might be. Although it was very shallow and may not be very many in at the moment and fewer deep pools.
Still a bit early for the dollaghan Luke, should start to appear in numbers next month, especially if the rain continues. Once they start running they will be found right through the river. The stretches around Dunadry can be good and are mostly featured in the video. Tight lines
Thanks Richard 🙏 and was just using an inty tip but got the depth by using the conehead tube. I did have a full inty line but found the other combo was working so stuck with it 🎣😊👍
Hi Andrew, some cracking fish there, well done! I would love to know what length and weight of rod you are using? the fly line you are using too? the set up looks real nice!
Thanks Jon 🙏 and glad you enjoyed it 😊🎣👍. In terms of the set up - that day I was using a 11.6ft 5# switch rod. It’s approx #8 single hand rated so similar to what most people would use for single hand salmon fishing. These were pretty standard size dollaghan but they grow to over 20lbs so most people would use 10ft 7-8# rods in case they hook a ‘biggie’. The line I was using was a floater with 5ft sink tip, but people commonly use a full intermediate to get the flies down to the fish (dollaghan generally like a fly fished deep and slow). The water was on the high side that day so I used a heavy cone head tube to get the depth. Hope this helps Andrew
@@AndrewMcGall Hi Andrew, thank you so much for the detailed reply! im generally new to fly fishing on my small local river in Belfast, but i hope to branch out one day and try my hand at a salmon or a dolloghan and would like to go into it prepared instead of completely blind. I appreciate the help, thank you and tight lines!
@@AndrewMcGall great fella so he is! kindly tied me a few king rag patterns many moons ago! btw great video mate good too see theres still a few fish in the system 👍👍🎣
Hi Luke - a lot of the fishing is at night when the bigger fish come out to play 😄🎣, and most people use a 10ft #7 or #8. During the day the fish tend to be smaller and a #5 normally fine, exception would be in bigger water like this vid when a 7or 8 weight be again my choice. Hope this helps Andrew
Thanks Phil 🙏, glad you enjoyed it and thanks for subscribing 👍👍. Yes mostly all around Dunadry though fish usually pretty spread out by that time of year. Tight lines
@@AndrewMcGall I’m in mallusk so right beside six mile, I see there’s a little lay-by on the right just passed the Hilton which over looks the six mile I’ll park there tomorrow and give it a go
Thanks Frank 🙏 and those were just small ones 😄🎣. The white spots are fungal infections that are quite common later in the year, unless it gets very bad the fish usually recover when they return to the Lough
Cheers Stephen and Executioner great all round fly. Size depends lot on the water conditions, in the video I was using a size 8 as water was pretty high. When lower and during day I’d normally scale down accordingly, right down to 14 or 16 in low water and bright conditions. At night I usually go up again and for dollaghan in particular you generally need to get down and fish deep and slow
Great video and footage and awesome fishing, thumbs up from NZ,, Tony.
Cheers Tony and hope you guys are having a good season! 😄🎣👍
Top class Andrew I love fishing the 6 mile 👍👍
Thanks 🙏, glad you enjoyed it and great wee river! 😊🎣👍
Captures it well. Thanks
Thanks Richard 🙏 and tight lines! 🎣👍
Great video Andrew, a fish I have never tried targeting but will do some day. I really enjoyed the last part learning more about these unique Lough Neagh trout
Cheers Sean, glad you enjoyed it and definitely worth giving them a go some time 🙏🎣👍👍
Brilliant footage Andew! 👌🎣
Thanks Stewart 🙏🎣👍
Great video looks great sport🎣🐋
Thanks Martin 🙏🎣👍
Great and informative video, I would love to see more flies and tactics that you are using. I caught a few over the last years but nothing as big as you got there. Really enjoyed your video, hopefully there are more to come!
Thanks Daniel 🙏 and see in the description where I have put links to two dollaghan fly tying videos, lots more info in them 😉👍
Nice video, some lovely fish, I’ve never fished that far up before ,dunadry Presbyterian church is as far as I’ve went, looks a nice stretch of water from clady river part and up towards dunadry hotel, must give it a go next year!
Thanks David and yes that weir pool (‘ the ‘BMC’)above the Clady can be very productive. Tight lines for next season! 🎣👍👍
Lovely-thank you. Fished a fair bit in the Republic as far as Donegal (Once) from Wales but never fished in (Or been to) Northern Ireland. Have to put that right....!
Thanks Tom 🙏 and yes plenty of good fishing here too, as I say we fish for the dollaghan very like your sewin, tight lines for the new season! 🎣👍
Do you mind me asking where some of the good spots for Dolleghan are? I got a day ticket for the 6 mile last week and while I caught plenty of little brownies I had no idea where the good Dolleghan pools might be. Although it was very shallow and may not be very many in at the moment and fewer deep pools.
Still a bit early for the dollaghan Luke, should start to appear in numbers next month, especially if the rain continues. Once they start running they will be found right through the river. The stretches around Dunadry can be good and are mostly featured in the video. Tight lines
@@AndrewMcGall brilliant thanks! Can’t wait to try for my first one.
Top class video Andrew, thanks for sharing. Just wondering are you use a sinking poly or sinking fly line for the day fishing?
Thanks Richard 🙏 and was just using an inty tip but got the depth by using the conehead tube. I did have a full inty line but found the other combo was working so stuck with it 🎣😊👍
@@AndrewMcGall Cheers Andrew
Hi Andrew, some cracking fish there, well done!
I would love to know what length and weight of rod you are using? the fly line you are using too? the set up looks real nice!
Thanks Jon 🙏 and glad you enjoyed it 😊🎣👍.
In terms of the set up - that day I was using a 11.6ft 5# switch rod. It’s approx #8 single hand rated so similar to what most people would use for single hand salmon fishing. These were pretty standard size dollaghan but they grow to over 20lbs so most people would use 10ft 7-8# rods in case they hook a ‘biggie’. The line I was using was a floater with 5ft sink tip, but people commonly use a full intermediate to get the flies down to the fish (dollaghan generally like a fly fished deep and slow). The water was on the high side that day so I used a heavy cone head tube to get the depth. Hope this helps Andrew
@@AndrewMcGall Hi Andrew, thank you so much for the detailed reply! im generally new to fly fishing on my small local river in Belfast, but i hope to branch out one day and try my hand at a salmon or a dolloghan and would like to go into it prepared instead of completely blind. I appreciate the help, thank you and tight lines!
does andy the chef still fish up that road? fella showed me sum serious dolly he caught up there on the snakes
Yes Andy still fishing and still catching 🎣👍
@@AndrewMcGall great fella so he is! kindly tied me a few king rag patterns many moons ago! btw great video mate good too see theres still a few fish in the system 👍👍🎣
What weight rod would you recommend for the 6 mile? My 4wt might struggle with a 20lb trout! Would my 7wt be overkill?
Hi Luke - a lot of the fishing is at night when the bigger fish come out to play 😄🎣, and most people use a 10ft #7 or #8. During the day the fish tend to be smaller and a #5 normally fine, exception would be in bigger water like this vid when a 7or 8 weight be again my choice. Hope this helps Andrew
@@AndrewMcGall thanks for the advise! I’m just getting into fly fishing so that’s really helpful.
Great vid, you just got another subscriber. Are those parts of the six mile river up beside the dunadry?
Thanks Phil 🙏, glad you enjoyed it and thanks for subscribing 👍👍. Yes mostly all around Dunadry though fish usually pretty spread out by that time of year. Tight lines
@@AndrewMcGall I’m in mallusk so right beside six mile, I see there’s a little lay-by on the right just passed the Hilton which over looks the six mile I’ll park there tomorrow and give it a go
what sort of fly was that they were taking?
The Executioner on dropper and a Calvin’s Shrimp on point, you can see the tying of both on the channel
@@AndrewMcGall many thanks, lovely video btw, really enjoyed it
@@dlow364 cheers, ,much appreciated :)
Great video sir some lumps of fish
@@neilandrew961 cheers 🙏😊🎣👍
Real crackers, you caught there! What are the white spots on some of the fish?
Thanks Frank 🙏 and those were just small ones 😄🎣. The white spots are fungal infections that are quite common later in the year, unless it gets very bad the fish usually recover when they return to the Lough
Andrew what size executioner would you use during the day and night , and what size for salmon and dollaghan, great video 👍👍🎣🎣
Cheers Stephen and Executioner great all round fly. Size depends lot on the water conditions, in the video I was using a size 8 as water was pretty high. When lower and during day I’d normally scale down accordingly, right down to 14 or 16 in low water and bright conditions. At night I usually go up again and for dollaghan in particular you generally need to get down and fish deep and slow
@@AndrewMcGall cheer Andrew thanks alot , tight lines for next season