Fishery manager Colin Folan was in touch recently to report the first salmon at Lough Inagh, which I unfortunately omitted from last week’s report. The first salmon was landed by Mark Walton from Sligo, and weighed 8.25lbs. This was also Mark’s first ever salmon, so a doubly impressive achievement! The fish was taken on a size 10 Sedgehog, and came from the top end of the lake.
Since then Colin himself landed a nice spring fish at the Derryclare Butts, a fish of 8lbs taken on a size 10 Blue Delphi, and the first grilse has been landed off the lake by Galway angler Andy Walshe, who took a nice 5.5lbs fish on a Watson’s Bumble. The same day 4 boats fished the lough and another boat occupied by Kieran Power and Noel Greaney from Galway recorded 6 sea trout to 2lbs (fresh) and 4 browns to 1.5lbs, caught on Daddies and Colin’s favourite Father Ronan pattern. I have reliable reports of good numbers of good-sized sea trout running a few rivers in Connemara, so I would expect to hear of more good fishing once this heatwave breaks.
Colin Folan
Lough Inagh Lodge
Go fishing…
Loughs Derryclare and Inagh lie in the lovely Inagh Valley with the Twelve Pins (Bens) of Connemara rising steeply to the west, and the Maumturk Mountain range to the east. There are two short connecting rivers, which contain four river beats. The fishery has spring salmon, grilse, sea trout and large indigenous brown trout. In recent years the fishery has seen a resurgence of fish numbers, and in 2010 – 2012, the fishery has produced Salmon to 15lbs, Sea Trout to 5lbs and Brown Trout to 12lbs.
Lough Inagh Lodge
Recess, Connemara, Co. Galway, Ireland
Tel: +353 095 34706
Web: www.loughinaghlodgehotel.ie
