Before recently retiring Paddy Gargan was a Fishery Biologist for Inland Fisheries Ireland and before that was Manager at the Salmon Weir at Galway. I met him for a chat at his home, overlooking the lower lake on Corrib located just outside Galway City.We chat about Connemara sea trout, his view on salmon farming and this seasons very good run of salmon coming into the lough.He also talks of something I have a passion for, Ferox. He tells of their spawning habits and no matter what part of the lake they reside most head for the one river.A fascinating chat from someone with a wealth of knowledge and love of sea trout and salmon.

Before recently retiring Paddy Gargan was a Fishery Biologist for Inland Fisheries Ireland and before that was Manager at the Salmon Weir at Galway. I met him for a chat at his home, overlooking the lower lake on Corrib located just outside Galway City. We chat about Connemara sea trout, his view on salmon farming and this seasons very good run of salmon coming into the lough. He also talks of something I have a passion for, Ferox. He tells of their spawning habits and no matter what part of the lake they reside most head for the one river. A fascinating chat from someone with a wealth of knowledge and love of sea trout and salmon.

Casting With Ceri Jones : Ep. 191  Paddy Gargan

Ceri Jones is a passionate fly-fisherman, professional photographer and photo-journalist. Casting with Ceri Jones is the story of Ceri’s fly-fishing career, the days, weeks and years spent on boats and riverbanks. Tales of the catches, the tackle, the lakes, the rivers, the ones that were landed and the ones that got away. Interviews on location and in the studio, with fellow fishermen, gillies, boatmen, friends, champions and fisheries managers. 
There will be tackle reviews, venue guides and even the winding yarn of the Big 23lb 12oz Corrib Catch.
So pull up a chair, settle back, relax and enjoy an uninterrupted hour of fishing talk. Because as Ceri always says ‘The next best thing to being out fishing … is talking about it’

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Ceri Jones is a passionate fly-fisherman, professional photographer and photo-journalist. Casting with Ceri Jones is the story of Ceri’s fly-fishing career, the days, weeks and years spent on boats and riverbanks. Tales of the catches, the tackle, the lakes, the rivers, the ones that were landed and the ones that got away. Interviews on location and in the studio, with fellow fishermen, gillies, boatmen, friends, champions and fisheries managers. There will be tackle reviews, venue guides and even the winding yarn of the Big 23lb 12oz Corrib Catch. So pull up a chair, settle back, relax and enjoy an uninterrupted hour of fishing talk. Because as Ceri always says ‘The next best thing to being out fishing … is talking about it’

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