Reasonable catches of grilse and sea trout reported from Lough Currane despite the hot weather.

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

17/6/14  Well my Noble anglers had a good excuse for not procuring any game fish today and for good reason, with blazing sunshine a very light wind from the W. In the words of ghillie Mr. Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com  “very hot out there and 23°C in the shade, this will kill us!!”

18/6/14 Another hot day in Waterville, most anglers were just hoping for a strike and instead got sunburnt, but at least one angler, Mr. Keith Nicklen, while fishing with his ghillie Mr. Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com caught the sun and finished his day off with a sea trout, just like that. Wind W light.

19/6/14 Kerry may be going through a heat wave but this didn’t deter Mr. Rob Elson of the UK on his first day out catching an 8 lb. salmon on the troll, while fishing with his ghillie Mr. Bob Priestly. Wind NNE light to fresh with reasonable cloud cover.

20/6/14 Well to all you pessimistic Anglers don’t be saying in these dry hot conditions that you can’t catch my Noble Game fish, because today’s catches have rewritten your books?? I hope you get my drift. Yes I hear you, get on with today’s facts and they are, first thing this morning Irish American, Mr. Peter McGrath of Milwaukee, caught a nice 3 ½ lb. grilse on the fly, while fishing with his ghillie Mr. Michael O’Sullivan of Waterville Boats and at [email protected] Now to the evening shift and catch of the day and that goes to Luxemburg Angler Mr. Amlung Bob, he caught 2 fine grilse, ranging from 3 ½ lb. up to 5 ¾ lb. on the troll, while fishing with his ghillie Mr. Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com and fishing out of www.lakelandshouse.com

Mr. Amlung Bob, Luxembourg with two nice grilse

Wind E light to calm with reasonable cloud cover.

21/6/14 Here are today’s Salmon results and I can tell you my noble Salmon were on the go and first in the striking zone was Mr. Enrico Fantasia of Dublin, who caught a fine 8 lb. salmon on the fly, and finished their day off with a 1 ½ lb. sea trout, while fishing with his ghillie Mr. Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com

Mr. Enrico Fantasia of Dublin, with a fine 8 lb. salmon on the fly

now we head for the trolling department and catch of the day and that goes to Mr. Michael Fish of the UK who caught a cracker of a salmon in the 12 lb. class and finished his day off with a fresh grilse and lost three more while fishing with his ghillie Mr. Mike Dwyer and staying in the lost department but not found, local angler Mr. John O’Sullivan reported that he lost a few  Salmon/Grilse on the troll as did other anglers. Now we head for the South Side and the Sea Trout department. Fly anglers from Luxembourg, Erni and Rene caught 2 fine sea trout ranging from 2 ½ lb. up to 3 ½ lb. while fishing with their ghillie Mr. Frank Donnelly of www.lakelandshouse.com Wind E light with reasonable cloud cover.

22/6/14 Straight to my noble sea trout fly department, Luxembourg anglers Ernie and Rene caught 2 sea trout both in the 3 lb. class, while fishing with their ghillie Mr. Frank Donnelly of www.lakelandshouse.com  there were a few more sea trout seen being caught but alas these anglers couldn’t be bothered to record their catches. Wind was all over the place and from all directions light, bright first thing this morning and good cloud cover this afternoon.

23/6/14 Erni and his good friend Rene, they had a fantastic days manipulation with their fly roads with 2 Grilse in the 4 to 5 lb. class and toped that with 6 sea trout ranging from 1 ½ up to 4 lb. and returned four sea trout, and their ghillie Mr. Frank Donnelly of www.lakelandshouse.com was telling me they also lost a few nice fish. Now we head to the north side and the trolling department, Mr. O. Blaze, from Switzerland, caught a fine 5 lb. Grilse on the troll, while fishing with his ghillie Mr. Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com

Mr. O. Blaze, Switzerland,with a fine 5 lb. grilse.

Wind N light with good cloud cover at times.       

Vincent Appleby

Eureka Lodge

Caherdaniel West,

Co. Kerry.

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