Lough Sheelin is a little more than 4 miles long and over one mile wide. It has an area of approximately 4654 acres.  The Lough is situated in the North Midlands on the borders of Cavan, Meath and Westmeath and is part of the River Inny system. This is a rich limestone Lough with a capacity to produce and maintain a large stock of large wild trout.

It has a high Ph like all limestone Loughs and an abundance of insect life.  Sheelin lies in a sheltered basin and is surrounded by trees so it is rarely un-fishable. There are many shoals of coarse fish fry in this lake and at times the trout feed avidly on these.  Sheelin fishes well to dry flies at most times of the year. This lake also holds double figure brown trout. 

Although in the past few years Sheelin has had a bad press, the water quality has improved in the last couple of seasons and if you hit it on the right night the fishing can be spectacular.

Trout And Salmon Magazine

 July 2002

 Fishing Reports Ireland.

"There were some good catches reported for the week ending May 19, when some good daytime and evening Mayfly fishing took place.  Mallusk Angling Society from Co. Antrim appears to have had a very successful outing.  Jackie Child and Stevie Munn took 21 trout in one day, most of them returned.  The best trout taken by the party was 3 lb.  Others that reported fish that week were Pat Irvine, Newry, 3 lb 4 oz; Eddie Clinton, 4 lb; Pat Delaney, 7 lb 2 oz; Patsy Smith, on Spent Gnat, 2 lb 3 oz; Frank Kelly, Cavan, 6 lb, 3 lb, 2 lb and 2 lb, all on Spent Gnat and all returned" P.O'R