Trout angling on Lough Conn has also seen a dramatic improvement in the last week with lake levels dropping to seasonal norms and the first tentative appearance of fly life, reports Declan Cooke from the Ballina office…

On Monday, Padraig Kelly had a nice fish of 3 lbs on a claret dabbler. Ian Wise and Johnny Warren from Enninscoe had some excellent fishing in Bog Bay during the week with 11 fish weighing between 1 and 2lbs as well as numerous smaller trout. Best pattern was a Bibio dabbler. Padraig Traynor had two fish of 1 ½ lbs and lost another two of similar size on Sunday. Steven Browne and partner John Ferguson, (Knockmore) had a trout of 1½ lbs off Massbrook head.

The first of the olives have been seen on Lough Cullin but there have been no reports of trout caught there yet.