Lough Arrow
Despite cold north-westerly winds, Lough Arrow has fished exceptionally well over the past week with many excellent catches reported. Mayflies were hatching in good numbers particularly towards the weekend. Besides the usual wet fly methods dapping and dry flies worked remarkably well.
Sean Corry and Pat Eyres from Clare enjoyed good fishing all week with many trout (all returned) in the 1.5 lb. to 3 lbs. range. Gerry Martin had 10 fish for the week all between 2.5 lb. to 3 lb. while Simon Steel boated 2 trout at 2.5 lb. each. Declan Cooke and Padraig Traynor reported a total of 6 good trout in one day, best at 2 lb. Most successful flies included Grey and Green Wulff.
Lough Arrow Fish Preservation Association & District Anglers held their annual Mayfly Competition on Sunday 17th May. Thirty anglers took part in the event and a total of 17 fish were weighed in (heaviest fish and 13 inch size limit applied). Results were as follows: 1st Michael Monaghan 3.692 lb.; 2nd Francis White 3.510 lb.; 3rd Niall Cogan 3.180 lb.; 4th Gerry Martin 2.994 lb.; 5th Johnathon Frazer 2.880 lb. The juvenile award went to Killian Walsh (1.398 lb.)
