Decland Cooke reports that high summer on Lough Conn was not evidenced by the weather conditions for much of last week but many anglers who ventured out on the lake were rewarded with some excellent angling. Wind and rain prevailed, particularly during the latter part of the week but the trout continued to take flies freely at the lake surface.
Thomas Waldron from Ballina fished at Massbrook with various wetflies and was rewarded with some fine trout up to 2 lbs. Ian Wise and Johnny Warren from Crossmolina had good fishing in the relative shelter of Bog Bay and averaged 3 trout each over three fishing evenings. Their best fish was 2 lbs. and almost all were caught on dry olives.
Brian Clayton and his wife Mel had 7 trout on dry mayflies, tied on size 12 long shank hooks. Best fish 1.5 lbs. and all were returned. Barry Seagrave had 4 trout over 12″ best 2 lbs. on Royal and Grey Wulffs. Gary and John Binley from Foxford caught 17 trout over three trips all of those counted were over 13″ and were mainly caught on dry olives. Hot-spots were mainly on south Conn particularly around Coleman Shallows. Peter Forde from Belfast had 4 trout averaging 1.5 lbs. on traditional wets, while Pavel Wardsoki from Poland boated 2 good trout in Tolan’s Bay
There were two evenings where winds dropped and warm humid weather conditions prevailed. Steven Browne from Cloghans took full advantage of these conditions and had 6 fine trout to 2 lbs. on dry sedges over the two evenings. If we get more of this balmy weather in the coming week, expect more reports of good evening fishing for trout on dry flies.
