The first leg of the Rathcon Winter League was fished on Sunday 02 November. 20 anglers fished with 39 fish landed. The fishing was tough throughout, even in the 1st hour. Paul Owens got off to a great start with 4 fish and his son Carl had 2 from his first peg.
Most of the fish were caught on lures such as fabs, cats whiskers and blobs the occasional one was on a bloodworm.
The biggest fish of the day was landed by Darius Simcus at 60cm. The top five qualify for the final in March.
Thank you to Southside Angling for their sponsorship of a prize.
The results were:
- 1st Paul Owens – 6 fish
- 2nd Garrett Byrne – 5 fish
- 3rd Aidan Heffernan – 5 fish
- 4th Glen McGrave – 4 fish
- 5th Carl Owens -4 fish
The next heat will be in January.
Go fishing…
Rathcon Lake is 8.5 acres and is stocked with top quality rainbow trout. The lake is fly fishing only and designed to allow maximum fishing so that 90% of the water can be covered. The average depth is 10ft with deep holes of up to 20ft in places. The fishery is open all year round and is home to a wide range of fly life, in particular buzzers, sedges, hawthorn and daddylonglegs, all providing excellent dry fly fishing, especially in the summer evenings.
Phone: 086 829 2309
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.rathcon.com