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Jackie Mahon Guiding

Guided Fly Fishing — Lough Arrow & Lough Melvin with Jackie Mahon

The excitement and the smile of a client hooking and landing that trout brings the kid back out in me every time.

Sligo · Wild Brown Trout · Atlantic Salmon

Duration Full day
Group size 1–2 anglers
Meeting point West coast of Ireland — multiple loughs; contact to confirm
Availability Seasonal (March–September)

Multi-generation fly fishing knowledge

Jackie learned fly fishing from his father and grandfather on the Garavogue River in Sligo, tying his own flies from a young age — the kind of lineage that no course can replicate.

World-class wild brown trout and salmon loughs

Lough Arrow is among Ireland's finest wild brown trout fisheries; Lough Melvin holds unique species found nowhere else in the world — the sonaghan, gillaroo and ferox.

Drifting boat guiding on prime loughs

Jackie guides from a drifting boat across some of the most scenic loughs on the Wild Atlantic Way, with a selection of fisheries depending on the season and conditions.

  • Full-time guide
  • Boat on lough
  • Local tackle knowledge
  • Fishing licence (required for salmon)
  • Personal tackle