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06 Sept 2025

Donegal teens set for World Fly Fishing Championship after winning Four Nations Gold

Colm Coyle and Zack Barnett will have little time to rest following on from their success at the Youth International Fly Fishing Championships at the weekend, as they now prepares for the World Championship in Czech Republic

Donegal teens set for World Fly Fishing Championship after winning Four Nations Gold

Donegal anglers Colm Coyle and Zack Barnett were a part of the Ireland team that won Gold at the weekend

Donegal anglers Colm Coyle from Killygordon and Zack Barnett from Porthall are preparing to represent Ireland at the World Championship this week in the Czech Republic just days after winning the Youth International Fly Fishing Championships at Grafham Water in England. 

This will be the Donegal duo's first year to represent Ireland at the World level and, no doubt, it will be the first of many more to come.  

This is the second year in-a-row that Team Ireland and the Donegal pair have taken home Gold after beating England, Scotland, and Wales in the Four Nations. 

 

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