Frank Reilly reports that anglers are reporting seen the occasional olive through the last of the duckfly hatches in the Corr Na Mona area, and around Greenfields and the lower lake. Corrib fished well over the last week with 58 rod days recorded returning 63 trout, despite very bright conditions. The Bartley McGauley Cup was held in Oughterard on Sunday with 35 anglers returning 14 trout. 1st was Willie Molloy with 4 trout for 3.96kgs. 2nd was Seamus Kelly also with 4 trout for 2.88kgs. 3rd was Mike Faherty with 2 trout for 2.0kgs. Also fishing in the Oughterard area were James and Peter Kelly for one day; they landed 3 trout for 7lbs. Joe Quinn and friend from Mullingar fished for 4 days and landed 12 trout for 21lbs to wet fly and buzzer. Barry Shaughnessy from Meath fished for 1 day and landed 5 trout on wet fly. Very few anglers were fishing the Corr Na Mona area over the last week, however Peter Curran fished for 2 days and landed 5 trout 8.5lbs on wet fly. Barry Molloy, Cong fished for 2 day also and landed 7 trout. Padraig Walsh, Corr Na Mona fished for 1 day and landed 1 trout to wet fly. The Greenfields area also had very little angling over the last week. Brian McInerney and Pappy Cotter, Ennis fished for one day and landed 7 trout for 11lbs on wet fly. Sean Dixon, Ennis fished for 1 day and landed 1 trout. John Weir and a friend fished for one day and landed 2 trout to wet fly.
Gary Costelloe from Lakelands Angling Centre in Oughterard was also in touch to say that bright Sunshine and calm conditions didn’t stop a party of Welsh men fishing from Lakeland Angling centre from having a good week on Corrib. Conrad Jones,Geff Churton, Brian Hughes and John Davies had 30 fish between them, including some very nice fish of 4lbs plus for Brian and John. For further information on accommodation and boat hire please see www.lakelandanglingcentre.com or email [email protected]
