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Specimen Sea Trout at 7 ¾lbs plus salmon up to 12lb was the order of the day at Lough Currane

April 22, 2013

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Ghillie/Guide Vincent Appleby reports on the salmon and sea trout fishing in the past week on the Lough Currane system from his blog at http://wwwsalmonandseatroutphotos.blogspot.com/

17/04/13: Storm force winds from the S, but this didn’t deter Mr. Harry Yansen and his Nephew Mr. Gerwin Yansen from Holland, and their gillie Mr. Terence Wharton Jnr, from catching two fine Salmon ranging from 11 lbs up to 12 lbs, need I say more.

18/04/13: Straight to the fly department, Dr. Tim O’Connor of Cork and Waterville, fishing with his gillie Mr. Tom O’Shea and @ [email protected] caught a fine 10 lbs Salmon, and staying with the fly, on the evening shift, Mr. Martin Lanigan O’Keeffe, fishing with his gillie Mr. Dominic McGillicuddy and of www.fishingwithdom.com caught a 7 lbs Salmon. Now we go upstream to the Commeragh River, Mr. Kevin Brain of www.kbfishingireland.com caught a fine 7 lbs Salmon. Wind NW fresh with reasonable cloud cover with the odd heavy shower.

19/04/13: There was some good action on Lough Currane today, so lets get down to the facts, first in the striking zone, was local Gillie Mr. Dominic McGillicuddy and of www.fishingwithdom.com caught a fine Salmon on the troll, staying in the trolling department Mr. Hughie Reid fishing out of www.oshealoughcurrane.com caught a 7lbs Salmon, and my catch of the day goes to Dr. Tim O’ Connor, who caught a fine 9 lbs, Salmon, while fishing with his Gillie Mr. Tom O’Shea and of [email protected] Wind SW light and variable with reasonable cloud cover at times.

20/04/13: There were a few nice rod benders on Lough Currane today so lets get down to the action, first in the striking zone was Mr. Dan Sugrue of Waterville and Tralee, caught a fine Salmon on the troll with his Gillie Mr. Brod O’Sullivan of Stella Maris guest house Waterville, now for a mixture of troll and fly and Salmon and specimen Sea Trout, Dr, Ernie Smith, of Cooks Town Co Tyrone, fishing with his gillie Mr. Michael O’Sullivan and of [email protected] caught a fine 10 lbs. Salmon on the troll, and finished their day off with a fine 7 ¾ specimen Sea Trout on the south side drifting by Water Lillie Bay, and staying on the south side and the fly department, Mr. Gerard O’Sullivan fishing with his Gillie Mr. Terence Wharton Jnr caught his first ever Salmon on the fly, so congratulations to him and may it be the first of many, also in good form was Mr. Tim Van Der laan, of Holland, fishing with his gillie Mr. Terence Wharton Snr, caught a fine Salmon on the fly, and just for the record both anglers, hooked their Salmon at the same time in Capal, and last but not least an angler fishing on his own caught a Salmon on the troll also caught on the south side by the Table Rock. Wind SW fresh and overcast with the odd light shower.

Lough Currane - Tim, Terence Snr, Gerard, Terence jnr.

21/04/13: There was some good fishing on the Lake and here are today’s facts, Straight to the Inner Capal and the fly department first in the striking zone was renowned Gillie Mr. Frank Donnelly of www.lakelandshouse.com who caught a fine 8 lbs. Salmon. Once Franks fish was dispatched, Frank headed home, and Mr. Liam Ellis of Waterville took over, and it wasn’t long before his fly rod was bent double into a fine 11 lbs. Salmon and the rest is history, said Liam as he celebrated with a pint in the Waterville Inn. Now to the catch of the day and that goes to renowned Dutch angler Mr. Tim Van Der Laan, who caught a fine 7 lbs. specimen Sea Trout on the troll, while fishing with his gillie Mr. Terence Wharton and just for the record Tim has been coming to the Waterville Fishery for 39 years, fair play to him.