Robert Buick, Champion feed – East Belfast Coarse Anglers wins the Edenderry festival with 31lbs 8oz. This three day competition is extremely popular with the UK anglers looking for good canal fishing and local Irish hospitality!  Despite the horrendous weather at the start of the week everyone enjoyed quality bags of roach, bream and tench fishing sections at Killeen, Rhode and Toberdaly on the Royal Canal.

Robert Buick 3-Day Festival winner
Robert Buick 3-Day Festival winner

In usual tradition the top six anglers were awarded lovely trophies along with their cash prizes.

Alan Larkin 2-Day Festival winner
Alan Larkin 2-Day Festival winner

1st Robert Buick 31lbs 8oz 2nd Dave Trafford 29lbs 5oz 3rd Danny Martin 29lbs-2oz 4th Mickey Fitz 27lbs 10oz 5th Alan Larkin 22lbs 7oz 6th Paul Denson 20lbs 10oz

Edenderry Tench
Edenderry Tench

The competition was fished on Mon, Wed & Thu with a separate match on the intermittent days won by Alan Larkin with 16lb 2oz.

1st Alan Larkin 16 lb 12oz 2nd Jeff Stirrat 16 lb 6oz 3rd Baz Chambers 14 lb 10oz 4th John Easton 12 lb oz.

If you would like to take part in this annual festival fishing the Grand Canal it’s going to be a 6 day bonanza in 2016.  Contact Edenderry Coarse Angling Club on 00 353 87 3346065 or follow their Facebook at www.facebook.com/edenderrycoarseangling

The Grand Canal
The Grand Canal