Frank Reilly reports that anglers enjoyed good fishing over the last week to all methods. 6 anglers fishing the Oughterard area for 15 rod-days reported landing 66 trout. 3 anglers in the Goldberg party dapping for one day landed 16 trout (10 released) keeping 6 for 15lbs with the best fish of the day at 4lbs. Swiss angler Stefan Kaufmann and a friend fished for 5 days and landed 36 trout for approx. 50lbs (18 released) to dapping and wet flies. John Gilbert, Carlow fished for 3 days using wet and dry fly and landed 14 trout for 22lbs, the best fish for the trip was 3.5lbs.
The Greenfields area had very few anglers fishing over the week On Thursday the 10th July the Garda Angling Club held their annual competition with 20 anglers landing 12 trout. 1st was Bob Bradley, Galway with 3 trout for 5.12lbs. 2nd was Christy Reilly, with 2 trout for 4.25lbs, and 3rd was Mick Bradley with 2 trout for 3.94lbs. Dara Walsh, Glencorrib fished for 1 day and landed 2 trout for 4lbs to dry fly. Larry McCarthy of www.corribangling.com reported good fishing over the week; Larry fished 3 mornings on the Caenis with Gareth Jones of Airflo and landed 20 trout up to 2.5lbs, all released. Larry also fished 1 day in the Greenfields area with a UK angler and landed 5 trout up to 3lbs on dry sedges.
The bit of rain over the last few days and breezy warm conditions now prevailing should keep the good fishing going, and reports from Corrib should be fairly good over the next few weeks.
