Casting with Ceri Jones

This week's episode I record while fishing on Lough Corrib. I talk of my experience and tips for fishing wets, loughstyle. Methods, casts, lines and making the most of conditions, that bring success.

In this week's episode, I travel to County Mayo to chat with Kieran Connolly. Kieran has been a guide on Lough Conn and Cullin for over 40 years. We talk about times past and the changes over the years, how it all started for him, plus some funny experiences, and his time fishing with football legend Jack Charlton. He also shares his experiences fishing this year and what to expect for the rest of...

This week's episode, I talk about fishing the sedge at night. I fished Lough Arrow with local angler Paul Colreavy in search of the Peter and Murrough. Sport was slow but enjoyable. I share tips on achieving success with the sedge, including patterns and techniques for the coming weeks. Enjoy

On this week's podcast, I chat once more with Paul Procter. Paul needs no introduction as he is one of the country's leading river anglers. I always enjoy chatting with him as he has so much knowledge and stories to share. This week, he talks of his local rivers in Cumbria, feeding lies and tailwaters. Plus, he tells the story of his 17lb Icelandic brown caught on a dry fly and 5 weight rod, plus...

This week's episode, I chat with Irish International Darren Maguire. He recently won the Champion of the Lough competition held at Lough Melvin. He tells us how he did it and shares his knowledge, which he has gained going back to when he was a young boy fishing with his dad. He has 8 International caps to his name, plus was Captain in 2022, leading Ireland to gold. He also talks of how his season...

In this week's episode, I chat about my past week's fishing on Lough Corrib and Mask. After a very slow May, it was great to see the water temperatures drop and fishing pick up. I talk about how the booby claret dabbler got me some nice fish on Lough Mask, plus I managed to get ferox on both Corrib and Mask. Enjoy!

After a disappointing Mayfly, in this week's podcast episode, I discuss the hatches we can expect this month, including the Coch y Bonddu beetle, Caenis, Damsels, and Pin Fry. When, where, and how to fish them and make the most of this month, and bring success.

The past few weeks have presented challenging conditions, with bright sunshine and no wind. On this week's podcast I share my experiences on Corrib, as well as an evening spent on Lough Arrow in search of spent Mayfly. Also, I discuss my guiding on Lough Corrib and provide information for anyone interested in joining me to experience this special Lough. Enjoy!

May has finally arrived and thoughts turn to eagerly awaited Mayfly fishing. I have been on Lough Corrib for the last month and already there are signs of hatches. This episode, I put together a selection of clips from guests who chat about this magical time fishing on the Loughs of Ireland, notably Corrib, Sheelin and Arrow. Enjoy this feast of Mayfly podcast!

This week's episode I chatted once more with Craig Barr. He tells us how both Rutland and Grafham are fishing right now. He has been out on both lakes the last week and tells us where is fishing, what flies and methods are bringing him success. If you are visiting either water the coming weeks this episode is a must to listen to. Enjoy!

This week's podcast episode I headed up with Alun Rees to Llyn Clywedog. Clywedog is UK's premier water and most consitent for top sport and this week was no exception. The fish were close to the shore as expected early season and we had plenty of fish, enough to lose count. We had Blues, Browns and Rainbows to over 5lb. In this episode I talk of the tactics which brought us success in a blustery...

This week I met up with Irish boat building legend Jackie Mons at his workshop close to the shores of Lough Corrib. He has been building traditional timber boats since the age of 16. He has recently retired but still restores and repairs some of his customers boats. I wanted to catch up with Jackie before he closes his workshop doors for the last time. He talks of how it all started and what it ta...

This week's podcast I chat with brothers Stan and Chris McKeon. They have fished together for 65 years on their local water Lough Owel. Together they have both played a big part in making what Owel is today. We chat about all things about this magnificent lough. We start our chat at the angling centre located on the shore of the lake, then onto the hatchery and finish off back at the lakeside. Enj...

This week I chat with Andy Kitchener of Semperfli. Together with Ann they have created one of the most successful and award winning flytying businesses. He talks of how it all began, his goals, some new products which are to be available next month. Plus also chats about their new Road Shows which they are running across the country. Any clubs interested to getting involved in the road show get in...

This week I chat once more with Kevin Sheridan. He has recently come back from the BFFI in Stafford. In this episode he chats about a personal project he has started to take his tying to another level. He also talks about Sheelin and his hopes for the coming season and gives his top dry and nymph for fishing the mayfly, including his tyings.

This week I chat with passionate Loughstyle competition angler, Gregor Fleming. He has 6 international caps to his name and a team member of the Alba Cats. We chat about his local water Harelaw Fishery and the Lake of Menteith and the goals he has for the coming season. He also tells us the tactics which brought Scotland Gold at last year's International at Lough Ennell, plus his top patterns whic...

This week I chat with Welsh Bank Internationals Dai Jones & Matthew Pate. Dai, a brown bowl winner and recently top rod in the Welsh Trails and Matthew, current Manager of the Welsh Team. We chat about the Stillwater International Bank scene and also their local club lake Llyn Fawr. A club I am also a member of and where it all started for me. We chat about the fish farm where the club bring o...

On the last day of the season yesterday I shared a boat with David Hoppe at Grafham Water. David has had much success over the years on the competition scene but he also has another passion..... Zander. I have yet to catch one so thought who better to get me into one but David. It wasn’t the ideal conditions to say the least but we braved the elements but unfortunately it wasn’t to be but I took t...

In this week's episode I chat about buzzers or duck fly as they are more commonly known as in Ireland. Only a few more weeks now before we see the early hatches on our waters, so it's now time to prepare for what some class as the best sport of the season. I talk about the chironomid, its stages from larva, pupa to adult, when to fish for them, the tactics, methods and how to make the most of the...

This week I chat with Don Mansell, he has fished Wimbleball Lake in Devon since it first opened back in 1980. I love this water and wanted to know more, it is overlooked by many anglers a fantastic water. Not only does Don fish it regularly he also works at the dam. He tells us the importance of the aerators and also his top areas around the lake which has brought him success. We also chat about h...

This week I chatted with Andrej Urosevic. He is known for his cooking ability specialising in fish. Over the last 2 years or so he has hit social media by storm in his goal of cooking every fish in the world. He has over 5 million views and just over half a million followers on Instagram (andrejcooksfish) His hook you can say is entertaining viewers by slapping each fish he cooks! Although he has...

My first guest of the New Year, 2025 is Welsh International Darren Williams. He has many caps to his name including being captain and recently manager of the Welsh team. We chatted about Corrib, including his story of when he caught his best brown of just over 10lb plus a salmon both taken on the fly. Plus he tells of his love of the lakes of Mid Wales, Claerwen and Elan Valley.

Following on from last week's episode, which was the first part of the Christmas Special which included the first half of 2024, this week's episode is part 2 , where I take another selection from all my guests from the second half of this year. What another great year it's been, a milestone for me achieveing 200 episodes and reaching the four year mark. Thanks once more to my guests, listeners and...

It's that time of year again when I put together a selection of every episode from the last 12 months. As usual there are too many for one episode so have split them into 2 parts. This week is Part 1 which includes January to June. Part 2 July to December will be up next week. So sit back and relax with a glass and mince pie and enjoy! :-) Merry Christmas, Nadolig Llawen all!

This weeks episode I chat with Jimmy Tyrrell of Irish Fly Craft. We chat about fishing and tying, including the success of one of his top patterns and biggest seller his Detatched Body Mayfly. He has also been given a large selection of vintage trout river flies. A facinating collection which he'd love to know more about the man who owned them. Hopfully some listeners can shed some light on?