Lough Arrow
Jimmy Frazer reports that anglers took advantage of good mayfly hatches towards the end of the week on Arrow. Conditions were cold with strong northerly winds at times. Wet fly fishing was the best method, with some fish caught on the dapp. Finian Dodd had a nice fish of 3 lb., while his son Colin had 4 fish with best fish 3.5 lb. Darrell Haslam had 3 fish of 1 – 1.5 lb. Martin Doherty from Donegal had 1 fish for 1 lb. 10 oz. Francie White had 3 fish weighing an average of 2 lb. Ken Murray had 2 fish on the dap of 4 lb. and 2 lb. David Frazer had one fish on the dap weighing 3 lb.
Peter Dunne from Drumshanbo had 3 fish last week weighing 4.5 lb. and 2 further fish of 3 lb., all on buzzer. Jean Anderson had 2 fish, one 4 lb. and the other 2 lb., taken on olive patterns. Paul McMenamin from Derry had 4 fish on wetfly. His son Niall had 1 fish. The heaviest was 2.5 lb. Michael Gunning had 1 fish on the dap weighing 2 lb.
Fishing for the coming week looks promising with good hatches of may fly expected.
