Frank Reilly reports that fishing has picked up significantly on the Corrib with the break in the weather over the last week. Jerry Dixon and Mathew Tierney, Oughterard, landed 16 trout (8 returned) to wet fly on one day; Jerry also reported on another outing landing and releasing a trout of 5lbs. Philip O Connell, Oughterard, landed 3 trout for 5.5lbs to mayfly. Enda Tierney, Oughterard, landed 1 trout for 3.5lbs dapping mayflies for a day.
On Friday the 4th July Galway Garda Angling Club Vs IFI Galway held their annual challenge competition with 20 anglers landing 19 trout. 1st was Kevin Molloy with 4 trout for 6.85lbs, 2nd was Peter Curran with 4 trout for 5.32lbs and 3rd was John Walsh, also with 4 trout for 4.99lbs. The best fish of the day went to Peter Mc Guinness with a trout for 2.95lbs; Peter also landed a second trout for a total of 4.35 lbs giving him the top rod for Galway Garda A.C.
6 anglers fished the Greenfields area over the weekend and landed 14 trout to wet fly and dry fly using mayfly and sedge patterns. Ronan Broderick, UK fished for one day and landed 5 trout up to 2.5lbs, all released. Peter Ryan and John Flynn, Dublin, fished for 2 days and landed 6 trout for 10.5lbs to wetfly.
Anglers are reporting plenty of Mayflies and Sedges hatching through the day.
