Pauline McCleneghan was last month one of Ireland’s best performing fly fishers in her debut Ladies international in Snowdonia.

She marked her first cap with an impressive haul of four trout, helping Ireland to a third place finish in what proved an extremely close competition.

The Waterside resident – a native of Creggan originally – took time out from her day job supporting young parents at the Springtown-based Lifestart Foundation – to compete at the surreally beautiful Trawsfynydd lake in Wales, which as well as providing great trout-fishing, was once used to cool the Magnox reactors of a now-obsolete lakeside nuclear power station…..

Londonderry Sentinel 16/06/2014 Read the article ‘Pauline amongst best Irish anglers at debut international

Londonderry Sentinel - Pauline with one of the brown trout - caught in a national competition at Lough Corrib last year - that helped earn her international call-up.
Londonderry Sentinel – Pauline with one of the brown trout – caught in a national competition at Lough Corrib last year – that helped earn her international call-up.