Today saw the final day of the fourth Carrickmacross Coarse Angling and Junior Development Clubs annual fishing summer camp. This event has been held at the Brothers Lake in Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan over the last four days. Today, Thursday 9th July saw the young enthusiasts turning up to a sun soaked Brothers Lake which differed greatly from the dreary Monday morning on the first day of the event. Those attending had been introduced to coarse and pike fishing by the clubs coaches and members of the club and had made great progress over the four days of the camp.
The mornings session ran from 9.30am to 12.30pm and at this stage the attendees were well familiar with the various coarse fishing techniques and were on the water catching fish much earlier than the other days. It was great to hear that anglers as young as seven had all picked up the lingo with comments like “oh he’s in again dad” echoing between the stands. There were lots of fish caught again today by the youngsters, all under the watchful eye of their coaches. Roach were the dominant species taken today but they were more than enough to keep these young anglers interested and entertained. At the end of the event all of the participants were presented with a gold medal by the team leaders and they were all congratulated by Tom Cogan and the clubs coaching team.
The Carrickmacross Coarse Angling and Junior Development Club summer camp has been running for four years and has catered for over 80 novice anglers and improvers. The clubs youth development programme has already produced great results with some of the clubs top class junior anglers having already made their mark on a very competitive match scene. Some of the top clubs top juniors have also out-fished some of the seniors on a number of occasions. These young anglers were also on hand over the last few days to give back to the club and to offer help and advice to the new recruits and to help their club colleagues along.
It must be said that there is a great pool of talent in the club and they will surely be a force to be reckoned with in the coming years. There is no doubt that a number of these anglers may be set to do very well on both the national and international scenes.
One thing is certain a great time was had by all again this year at this fantastic event!
