Eamon Walsh reports that the spell of broken weather over the past week has sparked some new life into fishing on the Corrib, but in saying that, very few anglers have taken advantage of this. Reports from around the lake indicate that some good fishing was had on Tuesday of last week and again on Friday. With both wet and dry fly proving successful, there are also those who still managed a few fish on the dap. Patsy Coyne and his son Stephen, from Corrnamona, both had good trout during the week on the dap, with Stephen tipping the scales with a lovely trout of 3.5lbs. Peadar Breathnach made a welcome return to the lake after a short break, proving the rest did him good, he landed 5 trout on Tuesday to wet fly and a further 4 on Thursday to dries.
John Coffey had 4 trout to wet fly while fishing for one day out of Molloy’s of Carraig. Willie Marty, also fishing out of Molloy’s had 8 fish for 3 days the best being over 3.5lbs. In the Oughterard area the fishing has been slow over the past week with very few anglers venturing out. Friday, however proved to be the best day with James Kelly having 4 fish for 8lbs, while Kevin Molloy also managed 4 for 7.5lbs. The pattern is much the same along the eastern shore of the lake – very few anglers on the water, but those who are fishing are seeing good returns. Robert Reilly and his son Kieran had 11 fish, the best of 2lbs to a mixture of wet and dry fly patterns for one days fishing. Frank and Oisin Reilly had 5 trout over 2 evenings while fishing in the Ballycurran and Greenfields bay area, with Oisin apparently teaching dad Frank a lesson by catching the first fish, most fish and the biggest fish!
There are still mayfly hatching off on the duller days, and with so few anglers out, fishing pressure is very light, so anglers have a good chance. This is also the time of year for early morning Caenis hatches, so a spell of calm weather could see good fishing early in the day, and Campto buzzer should be hatching late in the evening, as well as sedge hatches starting in earnest. Most years sees a quiet lake for June and July, but last year proved very good for anglers who tried their luck during the summer, and hopefully this year will be a similar story.
