River and Fishing

The Moyola flows its source in the Sperrins through the district past Draperstown, Tobermore and Castledawson to Lough Neagh. A good salmon and dollaghan river, the Moyola also holds some nice resident brown trout and offer excellent fishing on the fly, spinner and worm. The Lower Bann is internationally renowned for both coarse and game angling. The salmon pool at Carnroe is argued to be one of the best in Europe. There are two good throws for fly fishing, while spinning and bait fishing suit most of the rest of the water.

Coarse fishing on the Lower Bann and Lough Beg is excellent too - catches of 20-30 kg per day can be enjoyed. The waters are abundant in bream, roach and hydrids and Pike in Lough Beg. The famous Lough Neagh eels are a lure to the coarse fishermen too, with excellent fishing on the Lower Bann near Toomebridge.

Chris Tarrant (TV personality) & Bob Nudd (4 times world champion) displaying their catch during a recent visit to the Portglenone Fishing Points.

Day Permits to Game fish the Moyola River are available from:

Huestons, Castledawson
Crawfords, Maghera
Creagh Stores, Creagh, Toomebridge
Mc Canns, Bellshill, Castledawson
O'Kanes Chemist, DraperstownDay Permit Cost

For further information on angling in the Moyola and the activites of the local club visit www.moyolaangling.com