Erne Anglers AC angling coaches had a busy but enjoyable week with a great bunch of youngsters participating in the annual Angling Summer Scheme. 26 youths travelled daily from Enniskillen to Tooman’s Fishery in County Leitrim where they could fish in a safe environment with assistance from coaches and others. It was a mixed group with many returning from last year and lots of new faces, some who had never been fishing before.
The weather was relativity kind and the first two days were spent understanding the environment, setting up equipment, an introduction to bait and then onto some relaxed fishing. Everyone enjoyed a good number of fish leading up to some competition angling on the final day.
For the competition the juniors were split into three groups depending on experience. Those who had some experience in fishing were on the top lake and had a good number of fish with some decent weights. 1st place in this group was Roisin Finchett with 26lb 04oz and a few big carp from peg 66. In 2nd place was Shay Baxter with a nice weight of 17lb 2oz on peg 72.
Those who had not fished before competed on the bottom lake and did very well enjoying the day and catching some fish. Jerome McCarney had an excellent weight on 12lb 8oz just ahead of Peter Scott with 11lbs 4oz. First and second places on the matches were rewarded with £20 and £10 tackle vouchers.
The experienced juniors fished away at the back of the top lake and Stefan Patterson came first with a great weight of 32lb, in second place was Harry Whitehead with 25lb 8oz and in third Kyle Fisher with 21lb 8oz.
Gavin Brown, Erne Anglers comments:- It was a pleasure to have such a good group of children that were well behaved during the 3 days and showed a good interest in the fishing. It is nice to get the young people out on the bank for their first catch.
The Erne Anglers Summer Scheme was made possible with the support of Tooman’s Fishery, Fermanagh District Council and the Erne Anglers Angling Club.
