My fishing partner Jason O’Riordan (www.gamefishingireland.ie) and I run a wide range of very popular angling courses for: salmon, sea trout (river, estuary & saltwater), brown trout (river & lake), rainbow trout and bass. Jason and I are both qualified casting instructors and provide single and double handed casting tuition. Jason is an angling guide…
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The Saltwater Detective Series
I am currently developing a series of estuarine and nearshore Saltwater Detective Courses with Cushla Dromgool-Regan of the Camden Education Trust (www.thecamdeneducationtrust.org). A former colleague at the Marine Institute (www.marine.ie), Cushla has delivered the Marine Institute’s highly successful Explorers Education Programme to primary school teachers and student teachers, raising awareness about Ireland’s extensive and biologically…
Over the past number of years, my colleague Martin McGarrigle (www.limnos-consultancy.com) and I have developed a Water Management and Water Stewardship Training Programme. The first of these courses was held last autumn across County Louth and future courses are planned in County Longford (winter – 2020), County Roscommon (spring – 2021), County Monaghan (Summer –…
This very popular course is designed to train those who are interested in streams on how best to audit and characterise these small water bodies, using a unique, quantitative, water quality scoring system. It is based on a simple premise: that obtaining high-quality information on the condition of our small streams is key for catchment…
This one-day, introductory course consists of a series of interactive introductory talks and a practical field session. It arose from requests for a basic course that would introduce volunteers, anglers, farmers and foresters to the pattern of life in our rivers and streams. It is designed as a bespoke course and can be tailored to…