Birchwood Fishery

Restocking standard lakes tomorrow. We had hoped to restock the big lake but unable to do so this week. Tomorrows fish will once again be the 3 to 4 pounders that are providing great enjoyment at the moment and next week we are going to stock 50 fish over 10 to 20 lb weight! More tags added to all lakes tomorrow and we just need them caught! Forecast is for showers Saturday morning but dry tomorrow and Sunday so should be another great BWF weekend!

Another great week over at the home of the big, tagged fish! 1,400 was our total this week which show how busy it was.
Before we do the numbers, we would like to thank Ian Gamble, Pauline McClenaghan and their team of coaches for bringing 13 lady anglers to birchwood fishery last Sunday. It is fair to say that everyone went home happy and enjoyed their angling experience.Thanks also to GoFishing NI who had their paparazzi in attendance and local snapper Jason McCartan from t...he Ulster Herald too
We are also delighted to report that our Sandwich lady Trish is recovering well in hospital after a recent illness and we all wish her a speedy recovery
Only 1 Tagged fish was landed this week although a certain Mr King landed one without paying a tag so that was replaced and we had fun with him all day lol. Although i should add that he never pays the tag anyway as he is miserable lol Tag was managed by John Irwin earning himself £25
Geordie Purvis also picked up his £100 prize that he won in our Christmas draw too and Finbar McNamee also collected his prize of a fly box full of flies which he put to good use landing a few on them so well done to both of them!
Most fish this week; Keith Kilburn..... 47 Cahir McGovern..... 45 Albert Hepburn..... 42 Jock Hepburn..... 40 Ian Fleming..... 39 & 30 Ignearly Donnelly.....38 Declan McAllister..... 36 & 20 Tisse..... 35 Patricia McDevitt..... 35 D Okane..... 24 Sean Wallace..... 33 Billy Heaney..... 28 Gareth Rush..... 26 Arnie Boreland..... 26 & 23 Jason Penrith..... 26 Skinny..... 25 Stephen..... 23 Matt McClean..... 23 Eddie Doherty..... 21 Philip O'Neill..... 21 & 5 Big T..... 20 Declan Heaney..... 20 Mark Woods..... 20 Davy McLaughlin..... 20
Big fish...... Declan Heaney, 3 over 10lbs John Speers, 1 at 10lbs Geordie Speers, 10lbs, 14.5lbs and 20lbs! Billy Heaney, 15lbs,12lbs and 11lbs Davy McLaughlin, 15lbs and 10lbs Eddie Doherty 10 fish between 10 and 14lbs! Nigel O'Neill 2 at 10lbs Declan McAllister, ¹fish between 10 and 15lbs! Thomas Penrith 1 at 10lbs Skinny McLean 6 between 10 and 14lbs!
Well done everyone! Keep an eye on the page for updates re stocking this week
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Brilliant day on Sunday past and shows we need to encourage more ladies to take part in the sport of Angling!

Some new pics and a couple from a previous report. Some people thought it was a 20lber. In fact it was about 14lbs! Slight rise in temperature and some of the bigger fish seem to be coming out of hibernation. Weather this week is to become a lot milder and the hour changes now on the 31st which will leave the daylight hours much longer

We are open as normal tomorrow for our bait, specimen and rainbow lakes. Just the steel head is reserved at this time BWFWe are open as normal tomorrow for our bait, specimen and rainbow lakes. Just the steel head is reserved at this time BWF

A big thanks to the Loughmacrory Angling Club for lending us 15 rods for tomorrow's ladies day. These rods were donated by Mark Patterson of Loop to loughmacrory coaches for using for events just like these and we appreciate their help. Remember folks, we will be giving the ladies the use of the steel head lake tomorrow and apologise for any inconvenience caused. BWF

Should be back on stock again today folks

Great couple of days with the home of the big, tagged fish! Fish were landed yesterday up to 20lbs and below is a couple of pics from Declan estimated at Up to 14 pounds! We even had Mars bars and mouse tails which are still banned by the way! We retsocked the standard lakes with another 100 fish averaging 4 lbs and along with last weeks stocking, our customers are having a great bwf experience! We added 3 more tags, one into each fly lake so our part has been played so come ...to BWF and catch them!
Sunday sees our steel head lake being held for a Lady anglers day and we are expecting more than 15 lady anglers and coaches both Male and female organised by Ian Gamble of the Oaks Fishery. Sundays have been quiet of late so hopefully you guys will show some understanding and enjoy the atmosphere. Good weather forecasted for tomorrow so come and give us a go
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Sorry for the late report folks and with the extra day of the bank holiday we managed a cool 1149 fish total which was excellent. Here is last week's angling report.. Most fish, Ricardo..... 38, 48 & 39 (125 over 3 days) Albert Hepburn..... 68 (pb)... Big T..... 20, 45 (65 for 2 days) Sean Wallace..... 52 Keith Kilburn..... 50 Tissue..... 37 Agita..... 36 Skinny..... 33 Eamon McGee..... 32 Peter Crooks..... 30 Ricky Stewart.....29 Ivan Leacock..... 28 Jock Hepburn.....28 Matheus Kasprzak.....23 Terry Morrison.....20
Heavy fish.... Skinny.....6 from 10 to 13lbs Ricardo..... 5 from 10 to 12 lbs Gerry Canning 3 from 10 to 14lbs Albert Hepburn 12lbs in steel head lake Lukasz Dawid 10lb in rainbow lake Big T 11lbs in steel head lake Peter Crooks.... 11lbs Ivan Leacock..... 10lbs Deane Corrigan..... 10.5lbs
Costa sunglasses were won on Monday with a tagged fish on the new lake by Peter Crooks!
One other tagged fish landed by Lukasz Kasprzak earning him £25 !
Our bait lake was really busy on the bank holiday weekend and all customers filled their quotas.
We have decided to increase a few of our ticket prices which will come into effect from the 1st of April. We apologise for the increase which is beyond our control. Cost of buying fish has increased last year and this year again. We have tried to keep it to the minimum and most of our prices will remain as normal. Standard lake prices from 1/4/19 1 hour c and r on standard lakes.... £5 2 hour c and r on standard lakes.... £8 4 hour c and r on standard lakes.... £10 All day c and r on standard lakes....£15 The only real change is on our all day ticket or short term tickets. In fact it is now cheaper to fish from 8am until 10pm than it has been in the past.
Specimen lake All prices stay the same
Bait lake.... 1 fish ticket £6 2 fish ticket £10 3 fish ticket £14 5 fish ticket £20 (no change)
We hope you all understand that we do not take this decision lightly but we strive to deliver the best angling that we can and unfortunately that comes at a small cost. Still not bad value for money though folks!
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Home of the big tagged fish has done it again. After a bit of a drought on tagged fish, we had 2 landed in quick succession today. First was Peter Crooks who landed himself a nice pair of Costa Sunglasses after landing his first BWF tag fish and next was a modest £25 for lucky angler Lukasz Kasprzak on the rainbow lake. Well done everyone!

Great to see so many families coming to BWF bait lake today. All bags were filled and smiles all round. That's what it's all about. We are open tomorrow Bank holiday Mondsy so see you guys from 8am! A big thank you to all the folks who took the time to like and share our post giving a free night in one of our pods. Keep an eye on our page folks for further free competitions and follow the simple steps

Congratulations to Andrew Millen who was about the 10th name picked from our draw due to other names not having filled the criteria. Well done Andrew and contact the fishery for your free pod for a night

Nice morning here now but not that warm. The leprechauns so far have failed to appear. Hangovers are being nursed i would say but hopefully they will show up at some stage. Remember folks, the draw for a free overnight stay for up to 5 people will be made this evening so go to the original post and follow the instructions. Massive response so far and thanks to.you all for that. Tomorrow is a bank holiday and we are open as normal from 8am till dark

Paul Smith is readying himself for.a days fishing at BWF tomorrow. Are you all ready? Remember, spot prizes for next fish landed and half price fishing for dressed up anglers on the fly lakes. Also, we are open this Monday the 18th

Last 24 hours for our like and share competition folks! Scroll down the page and share the original post to win access to one of our new clamping pods for a night. They sleep 5 people and all mod cons. Please make sure you have liked our main page, shared the post public and tagged some friends as we will be checking for that when the names are drawn tomorrow Good luck everyone and Happy St Patrick's Weekend from all of us at BWF!

Anyone game enough to dress up as a leprechaun this Sunday for fishing the fly lakes at BWF can do so for 1/2 price! Remember, we will be doing spot prizes for next fish landed and extra tags this week. Tomorrow we will be adding 120 fish averaging 3 and a half to 4 and a half pounds so forget the shamrock dipping and get the fishing rods dipping! Thanks Paul Smith for the use of this pic. This was him playing a salmon on the river thurso in Scotland We are open Monday 18th too

Another crap weather week over and with a big reduction in numbers of anglers, we still managed 810 which meant our customers had a great week numbers wise.
Bait lake has been steady and fishing well for most with some nice big fish being landed. Best flies were Olive bloodworms, cats whiskers, chartreuse beaded buzzers and small black and blue diawl bachs.
... We are open this Monday the 18th of March as it is a substitute bank holiday
Standard lakes are getting a special stocking of 120 x 3 to 4 pounders to boost sizes landed and extra tags are going in for St Patrick's day !
Half price fishing on the fly lakes is available on sunday the 17th for anyone dressed as a leprechaun lol. There's a few candidates already lol
Anyway, this week's report is as follows, Most fish..... Alban Norrby..... 54 Patricia McDevitt..... 53 Eamon McGee..... 52 Ricardo..... 51 and 49 Ricky Stewart..... 46 (4hr on new lake) (pb) Eddie Doherty..... 34 (4hr on new lake) Albert Hepburn..... 31 Skinny..... 32 Philip O'Neill..... 32 Gary Weir..... 31 (4hr on new lake) (pb) Marek..... 23 and 14 Big T..... 25 and 20 Keith Kilburn..... 22 Raymond Black..... 21 Kevin McNiffe..... 21 Nigel O'Neill..... 20 (4hr new lake)
Heavy fish..... Skinny..... 10 fish between 10 and 14lbs Nigel O'Neill..... 3 fish between 10 and 12lbs Eddie Doherty..... 2 fish between 12 and 15lbs Ricardo..... 4 fish from 10 to 14lbs
Tag fish.... Only one tag fish this week to Darren McGuire. We have tagged a new fish In the specimen lake that, when landed, will earn the winner a brand new pair of Costa sunglasses!
We will also be doing spot prizes on Sunday of free day tickets for next fish landed so get yourselves down to BWF this weekend!
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This is Tadhg Colgan from Carrickmore who visited BWF at the weekend for the first time to try his hand at fishing. He showed a real flair for our sport and even helped his Granda Doney who is a reformed poacher to catch some of his lol Well done Tadhg! This just goes to show that everyone is an angler once they discover and try the sport. 5 high quality trout and the experience of catching them costs £20 for a family and the memories last forever!

In response to a few enquiries about our glamping pods, here are a few pics

Worth the drive, great clean fighting fish - super people around the lake always laughing and joking with you and each other - onsite toilet clean fishermans rest hut is large clean tidy - wood burning stove lovely warm and friendly- lots of flies and other fishing gear for sale there - free tea and coffee - would recommend and would be back - this is my first year of fly fishing and I found the lake easy even for a beginner lot of stands also - no encroaching on others. I caught 17 and lost nearly as many lol

What a cracking day over 30 fish between the 3 of us and biggest bout 15lb..and hooked and lost the same..cant wait to go again..what a place to fish till again.�and the staff could not help you enough fair play we be back for sure

Well what can I say I left the house at 6-30am and arrived at 8am for it opening and my word at the end of the day I wasn’t disappointed I’ve never hooked into fish like it every fish had the reel screaming landed 16 on the big lake and lost a lot it has to be the best trout fishery I’ve fished yet � I was made feel welcome from the minute I arrived and everyone was friendly it was a great experience and I will be back very soon thanks again for a great days fishing �

Very friendly and attentive staff, clean facilities and a great place to bring children to teach them how to fish. Prices are competitive and a great place for a day out with the rugrat

This is one of the best fisheries we have went to very well run and very tidy and lots of fish to be got if you blank in this spot you may gave up fishing. Ps the staff and the owners are very friendly and always ready to help if needed���

This is a great place for families and those budding fishermen and women. My six and two year olds loves it. The staff are very helpful and friendly and take plenty of time with you. Amenities are very clean and well kept. I would and always do recommend this place.

This is a fantastic fishery. It's well run and well stocked with hard fighting fish. Excellent place for kids to catch fish too on the bait lake. Manager is also very knowledgeable and will make sure you get fish (if ye listen!).

Love this place, so friendly, relaxing and great for the kids.

Had a brilliant days fishing at birchwood fishery with my daughter i would highly recommend it for a day out.soon as u land here your looked after it great .thank you sheamus hope to c u soon .thanks

Had 7 fish in first hour , most close to double figures . Lovely area, really friendly helpful staff . Great fun ...

First time at birchwood fishery today had a brilliant time caught a few nice fish it was worth the just under 2 hours drive good clean facilities and learned a thing or two from a fellow fisher and mark in the hut is a 100% well worth a visit I will defo be back :)

First ever fishing trip and it was great boys really enjoyed it will definitely be back. Staff and other visitors were really friendly and helpful as we a novices but 5 fish later we had two very happy boys. Tea sorted!!

First class. Made very welcome. Great fighting fish. Facilities great. Other fishers very friendly . Definitely worth a visit. And was genuinely thanked as was leaving for my custom.

First class , for anyone trying to get young kids out of the house and trying something interesting like fishing, highly recommended, has everything, hospitality, understanding of knowledge, plus the relaxed atmosphere, first class set up for all types of fishermen, from extreme novice to the very experience.

Fantastic fishery very hard fighting fish in pristine condition well worth the drive very friendly and accommodating staff and well knowledged excellent facilities will be back this week again can't wait thanks lads

Can’t recommend enough, great service and great fishing, definitely worth the trip

Birchwood has set the standard with the big fish lake. Big, clean, powerful fish cast after cast and plenty of room between pegs.

Staff really friendly and footing around the lake a pleasure to walk around.

Great lake and ill surely be back soon as its worth the 90 min drive and money to catch them big steam trains at birchwood.

Best day I have had fishing in a long while, and I am a beginner fly fisher.

Tough conditions, but perseverance helped.

Handy parking, good clean facilities, friendly staff.

Can’t wait to get back �

An excellent days fishing with my son Dane yesterday.Thankyou to both Mark and Jimmy who shared all their hints and tips with us. It just made Danes summer to catch that massive fish and something he can tell all his friends about. Great family day out will definitely call again. Highly recommend Birchwood Fishery

Worth the drive, great clean fighting fish - super people around the lake always laughing and joking with you and each other - onsite toilet clean fishermans rest hut is large clean tidy - wood burning stove lovely warm and friendly- lots of flies and other fishing gear for sale there - free tea and coffee - would recommend and would be back - this is my first year of fly fishing and I found the lake easy even for a beginner lot of stands also - no encroaching on others. I caught 17 and lost nearly as many lol

What a cracking day over 30 fish between the 3 of us and biggest bout 15lb..and hooked and lost the same..cant wait to go again..what a place to fish till again.�and the staff could not help you enough fair play we be back for sure

Well what can I say I left the house at 6-30am and arrived at 8am for it opening and my word at the end of the day I wasn’t disappointed I’ve never hooked into fish like it every fish had the reel screaming landed 16 on the big lake and lost a lot it has to be the best trout fishery I’ve fished yet � I was made feel welcome from the minute I arrived and everyone was friendly it was a great experience and I will be back very soon thanks again for a great days fishing �

Very friendly and attentive staff, clean facilities and a great place to bring children to teach them how to fish. Prices are competitive and a great place for a day out with the rugrat

This is one of the best fisheries we have went to very well run and very tidy and lots of fish to be got if you blank in this spot you may gave up fishing. Ps the staff and the owners are very friendly and always ready to help if needed���

This is a great place for families and those budding fishermen and women. My six and two year olds loves it. The staff are very helpful and friendly and take plenty of time with you. Amenities are very clean and well kept. I would and always do recommend this place.

This is a fantastic fishery. It's well run and well stocked with hard fighting fish. Excellent place for kids to catch fish too on the bait lake. Manager is also very knowledgeable and will make sure you get fish (if ye listen!).

Love this place, so friendly, relaxing and great for the kids.

Had a brilliant days fishing at birchwood fishery with my daughter i would highly recommend it for a day out.soon as u land here your looked after it great .thank you sheamus hope to c u soon .thanks

Had 7 fish in first hour , most close to double figures . Lovely area, really friendly helpful staff . Great fun ...

First time at birchwood fishery today had a brilliant time caught a few nice fish it was worth the just under 2 hours drive good clean facilities and learned a thing or two from a fellow fisher and mark in the hut is a 100% well worth a visit I will defo be back :)

First ever fishing trip and it was great boys really enjoyed it will definitely be back. Staff and other visitors were really friendly and helpful as we a novices but 5 fish later we had two very happy boys. Tea sorted!!

First class. Made very welcome. Great fighting fish. Facilities great. Other fishers very friendly . Definitely worth a visit. And was genuinely thanked as was leaving for my custom.

First class , for anyone trying to get young kids out of the house and trying something interesting like fishing, highly recommended, has everything, hospitality, understanding of knowledge, plus the relaxed atmosphere, first class set up for all types of fishermen, from extreme novice to the very experience.

Fantastic fishery very hard fighting fish in pristine condition well worth the drive very friendly and accommodating staff and well knowledged excellent facilities will be back this week again can't wait thanks lads

Can’t recommend enough, great service and great fishing, definitely worth the trip

Birchwood has set the standard with the big fish lake. Big, clean, powerful fish cast after cast and plenty of room between pegs.

Staff really friendly and footing around the lake a pleasure to walk around.

Great lake and ill surely be back soon as its worth the 90 min drive and money to catch them big steam trains at birchwood.

Best day I have had fishing in a long while, and I am a beginner fly fisher.

Tough conditions, but perseverance helped.

Handy parking, good clean facilities, friendly staff.

Can’t wait to get back �

An excellent days fishing with my son Dane yesterday.Thankyou to both Mark and Jimmy who shared all their hints and tips with us. It just made Danes summer to catch that massive fish and something he can tell all his friends about. Great family day out will definitely call again. Highly recommend Birchwood Fishery