Declan Gibbons reports that as anglers are having their last casts this month, Corrib is still producing excellent sport on wet and dry fly with sedges, daddies and olives doing the business.
In the Oughterard area Kevin Molloy of Baurisheen Boat Hire (087-9604170) and his brother Eamon Molloy had excellent wet fly fishing on Saturday in the Oughterard area, landing 6 trout to the boat with the best fish being 3.5lbs. Also in the Oughterard area Frank Doyle and a friend from Cork had super fishing on Sunday, with Kevin landing 6 trout to the boat with the best fish 2lbs. Staying in the Oughterard area Galway angler Harold O’Toole on Friday last had superb sport catching 10 trout for an estimated 15lbs on wet flies, and on Saturday along with his father kevin they landed 9 trout with an estimated weight of 30lbs on a mixture of wets and dries. In the Greenfields area on Saturday last anglers Andrew Boyd and Michael Monaghan had great wet fly fishing in the area landing 6 fish over 13 inches and landed 10 trout in the 11 to 12 inch bracket, all trout sportingly released.
Readers may be familiar with the well-known flytyer and author Ted Malone from Belfast. Ted and his lovely wife Judy have been coming to Corrib for many years, with a two week pilgrimage in May usually followed by two weeks in September. They always stay at Currarevagh House (www.currarevagh.com) and fish with John Oliver Molloy, their loyal boatman for many years. Last week Ted enjoyed some good sport, with his best fish a fine trout of 4lbs 10oz, as ever caught on a fly that Ted had tied himself. Not bad for a man of 98 years young! Also at Currarevagh, Paddy Dawson from NI and England enjoyed a few good day’s fishing, including 5 trout on one day for approx. 12lbs to wet fly, best fish 3.5lbs.
Larry McCarthy from Corrib View Lodge and Angling Services (www.corribangling.com) had another good day on Sunday, and he says “Corrib has to be the most consistent wild trout fishery in the world. Corrib View Angling Services reported great fishing again last week with trout on wet and dry fly patterns. Larry, while fishing with Peter Neeson from Northern Ireland over 3 days, reported 8 trout between 1.5lbs and 3lbs on wet fly and dry olives in the Greenfields area. On Sunday Larry fished alone for 4 hours and between showers caught 5 cracking trout for a combined weight of 14lbs all on small size 16 dry olive patterns. All trout were sportingly released to have the opportunity to run the spawning streams next month.
At this time of year we would also encourage anglers to practise catch-and-release with fish soon about to run rivers for spawning.
