Comments on: Upper River Liffey

By: wgsten

wgsten — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 18:56:43 +0000

Thank rtc. pm sent.

By: rtc

rtc — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 17:56:47 +0000

Hi wgsten.You are doing great stuff on this site,well done sir.I’ve got my kids into flyfishing fairly recently(8+11 yrs old)and I’m gonna try the upper liffey with them soon.Where might be the best spot to bring them as i haven’t fished it before.cheers!Keep up the good work.

By: wgsten

wgsten — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:13:38 +0000

Thanks Bobby and tight lines for you.

By: wgsten

wgsten — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:12:35 +0000

@Andrew the way i fish the spiders depends on the rate of flow in the river i am fishing i.e. if it is flowing fast i will always fish them across and down and if there is a nice steady flow i try fishing them both upstream and across and down. My best results are from fishing across and down.

By: Bobby

Bobby — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 04:32:03 +0000

I cant tell you how much I enjoy thes reports it is allways good to see other places and the real truth is I have fished so many rivers just like these when I was fishing and living in scotland all those
years ago makes me yearn to do it again it’s great to fish places when a decent fish is eight inches or if you prefer twenty centimeters I have allways loved fishing spiders I believe these faster waters are perfect for them great fishing and great reports
keep them happening tight lines

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:53:09 +0000

That looks like great fun! Different kind of river than my own, much more bolder strewn and open. Any reason you fish the wets down rather than up? Trying to figure out if the upstream / downstream debate has its root in the kind of rivers we fish…. I tend to fish soft hackles across and up, in case you haven’t guessed!