Frank Reilly reports that duck fly hatches have started to kick off, with good hatches in the Corr Na Mona area and the lower lake, however very few anglers were fishing over the last week. Peter Curran from Corr Na Mona had a good day trolling on Sunday, landing 8 good fish up to 3.5lbs, returning 5. The Oughterard area was also very quiet – Mike Faherty from Oughterard fished for one day and landed 2 nice trout to wet fly. The Garda West Angling club held their first competition of the year in Greenfields on Tuesday the 16th March, with cold conditions hampering angling. 8 anglers landed 2 trout – 1st was Peter Mc Guinness with 1 trout for 1.4lbs, 2nd was Mick Bradley with 1 trout for 1.2lbs. 62 anglers competing in the Springtime Open Perpetual Cup run by the Commercial Club was held in Galway on Sunday the 22nd with very poor fishing conditions and few fish caught. Well known Galway angler Mike Keady took 1st prize with 3 good trout for 8.1lbs, all taken on buzzers. 2nd was John O’Malley from Clifden with 4 trout for 6.6lbs on wet fly and 3rd was Padraic Fahy with 2 trout for 5.2lbs.
Simon Tarpey from Galway was also in touch recently with a photo of a fine trout he landed on the 25th of February from Corrib. The fish was taken on a size 12 Fiery Brown, and weighed 4.25lbs. As usual, Simon sportingly released the fish again after a quick photo.
