Ghillie/Guide Vincent Appleby reports on the recent fishing in the Lough Currane area:
17/07/14 Lough Currane was on the humidity side and my Noble Game Fish were keeping a low profile both in the trolling and fly departments, so we will head upstream to the famous Butler Pool and of www.watervillegolflinks.ie and the same couldn’t be said there, with 2 Grilse caught on the fly by Mr. Donal Eustace of Kilkenny, and as always guided by the one and only, the King of the river on the Waterville system Mr. Junior Scully. Wind South and light with good cloud cover. Tonight we have thunder and lightening and what ever tomorrow will bring? More News I hope ?
Breaking News from the hired out Boat department of www.lakelandshouse.com Straight to the Sea Trout fly Department, and here are the late results. First in the striking zone was Mr. Paul Hyland with 3 Sea trout up to 4 lbs to his fly rod, Mr. Alex Donovan caught 12 Sea trout from Junior class up to 1 ½ lbs, and last but not least, Mr. Cameron Heaton caught 1 Sea Trout to his rod, while fishing with his Gillie Mr. Frank Donnelly of www.lakelandshouse.com
18/07/14 Lough Currane crowns another young angler with his first Noble Salmon and that accolade goes to 13 year old German/Swiss Angler Master Paul Pipes, of Bern, Switzerland, who caught a fine 3 lbs Salmon/Grilse on the troll and finished his day off with a fine Sea Trout also caught on the troll, while fishing with his Gillie Mr. Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com and his younger Brother Felix gave him a helping hand when it was time to take the photos, and just for the record Felix was fishing on the upper lakes on Lough Namona and helped to catch 15 Brownies on the drift, with his Mum and Dad. Now we head for the fly department, a guest fishing with his Gillie Mr. Dominic McGillicuddy and of www.fishingwithdom.com caught a fine Grilse in the 5 lbs class. Wind W light to fresh and very warm with good cloud cover at times.
19/07/14 My Noble Anglers were as lethargic as their Noble game fish and with no wind to manipulate their flies and bright sunshine, what do you expect, miracles? well if they did I am afraid they didn’t pray hard enough so here endeth the lesson.
20/07/14 I Start today’s notes on congratulating Irish Golf Star, Mr. Rory Mcilroy, for wining the British Open Golf Championship and may it be the first of many. Sadly there were no Gold medals won today on Irelands Premier Salmon and Sea Trout Lake, but here are some of their scores cards. In the www.lakelandshouse.com hired out boat fly department, Mr. Martin Burns and his Son Rob, caught a fine 2 ½ lbs. Sea Trout and caught a few Juniors which were sportingly returned, Now we cut across the Lake to the North side and the Bungalow, Mr. Neil Glivan, caught 1 Sea Trout to his rod, while fishing with his Gillie Mr. Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com Wind NW with some cloud cover and very warm.
21/07/14 Wind was SE with misty rain on and off all day and there was only 1 good Sea Trout recorded on the drift, that Accolade goes to Mrs Ann Curran of Dublin, who caught a fine 3 ½ lbs Sea Trout on the fly, while fishing with her Gillie Mr. Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com For the rest of the angling community, there was very little action in the wild Game fish department, going by my mobile phone.
22/07/14 Straight to the backdate department and in the words of Northern Ireland angler, Mr. Andy Wishart, my nephew Gavin caught a 5 pound grilse yesterday and I caught a 4 pound grilse today. Both on the troll, Gavin also caught a 2 pound sea trout today, and all I say to that is voi·là, and just for the record Andy was fishing in a hired out boat from Waterville Boats and at [email protected] Now we head for the Bungalow, Mr. Mike Power caught and released a 1 ½ lbs. Sea Trout on the drift, while fishing with his Gillie Mr. Tom O’Shea www.flyfishingatloughcurrane.com Wind S moderate
23/07/14 Lough Currane was on the quiet side for the majority of Anglers with only one Gillie and his client reporting their catch, and that was Mr. Mark O’Malley of the UK, who caught 1 Trout on the on fly, while fishing with his Gillie Mr. Dominic McGillicuddy of www.fishingwithdom.com and for the rest of the fly and trolling anglers they either failed to catch their common dominator, or more likely failed to let their fingers do the talking at the end of the day. Wind, and going by what I here there is plenty of it going around Waterville at the moment but not on the lake today and what wind was there was all over the place, with reasonable cloud cover and very humid.
That is your ration for the week on Lough Currane, from your Gillie and the Waterville Fishery, no spin no fly’s just facts.
Vincent Appleby
Eureka Lodge
Caherdaniel West,
Co. Kerry.
Telephone: +353 (0)66 9475248
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.salmonandseatrout.com
