Guide Vincent Appleby reports from Lough Currane where the next generation shows the older ones how it is done…
07/07/2016: All the Salmon and Sea Trout headlines come from the Bungalow and at www.flyfishingatloughcurrane.com UK angler Mr. Keith Francis, was in brilliant form in the C&R department today as he manipulated his fly rod and flies upon the Lough Currane waves and it wasn’t long before he saw some great action in the Sea Trout /Junior department, Keith caught 7 Juniors then came his catch of the day which was a fine 5 lbs. Grilse, all while fishing with his Gillie Mr. Tom O’Shea of www.flyfishingatloughcurrane.com and their choice of Flies were a Claret Bumble and Delphi and using a intermediate fly line. Wind SW light with reasonable cloud cover.
08/07/2016: www.lakelandshouse.com takes the main headlines so lets get straight to the action and in the Salmon fly department, Mr. Denis Murphy, was in cracking form while fishing with his Gillie Mr. Frank Donnelly of www.lakelandshouse.com caught 2 grilse and 1 salmon 4lbs. 5 lbs. 7lbs all caught on the fly. Now to Franks hired out boat, Seatrout department Andrew Gifford from UK caught 2 sea trout on the fly, there weights are as follows, two and half and one and half lbs. Now we head across the lake and the North Side and the Bungalow, UK angler Mr . Mark Fleming caught two Trout to his rod, while fishing with his Gillie Mr Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com All in all not a bad day’s manipulating in the fly department, for the rest of the angling community they failed miserably in their duties. Wind SW light with reasonable cloud cover.
09/07/2016: Lough Currane was at a standstill for the majority of the day with a gale force SW wind blowing down the lake and that was no harm because there was a nice flood coming down the River Inny. So on that note we head across the Valley to the River Inny and catch of the day and that goes to Northern Ireland angler Mr. Andy Wishart, who caught two Salmon ranging from 7 lbs. up to 13 lbs. while fishing with his gillie Mr. Dominic McGillicuddy of www.fishingwithdom.com and just for the record you don’t have to be a rocket scientist to know there were a few anglers manipulating up there on the River, I will leave the rest to your imagination or if not its more plus than minus?
10/07/2016: Breaking news or you could say old news, Straight the facts and the apology department, I failed miserably in my reporting duties on the 8th of July reason being I didn’t check my email box properly because if I had I would of seen a fine photo of a Salmon caught my UK angler Mr. Ken Towner so again I apologise for my bad reporting. So on that note here is Ken’s story of that day in his own words in a email that he sent. Hi Vincent, caught a 9 ½ lbs. salmon caught on the fly along with a 2 ½ lbs. Sea Trout caught also on the fly. Today 8th July with Gillie Vincent O’Sullivan. The fly was a hairy Mary stolen from Gillie Dominic McGillicuddy.
Now back to the present and here is today’s action and it all comes from the River Inny and for good reason. Lough Currane was on the wild side with a strong SW wind blowing down the Lake with light rain to heavy rain for most of the day. So on that note we head for the action on the Inny and here is the action as it filtered through to me. They say you can’t keep a good fly angler down, well today was a perfect example of that, Northern Ireland angler, Mr. Andrew Wishart caught a cracker of a Salmon in the 11 lbs. class and finished his day off with a fine Salmon in the 6 lbs. class. All while fishing with his Gillie Mr. Dominic McGillicuddy of www.fishingwithdom.com Now we head up to the next Pool and my Catch of the day and that goes to Local angler Master Shay McCarthy, who caught his first 4 lbs. Salmon on the Spin and may it be the first of many, all while fishing with his uncle and renowned Gillie Mr. Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com and as Neil said and I quote, Shay McCarthy, is the fifth generation Gillie in the making and there is no argument to that and you can’t beat youth.
11/07/2016: Young Waterville angler Master Shay McCarthy is keeping his reputation in the Salmon department and for good reason, this morning while fishing on the River Inny caught a cracker of a 10 lbs. Salmon on the spinner all while fishing with his Uncle and local Gillie Mr. Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com and www.curranelodge.ie and staying with the Inny, UK Angler Mr. John Eames, also caught a cracker of a Salmon in the 14 lbs. class on the fly. On that note we leave the great River Inny and cut across the Valley to the Premiership Sea Trout Lake in Ireland and Lough Currane and the Home of the Waterville Fishery, the Bungalow and the fly and C&R Sea Trout department, Mr. Niall Greene, while fishing with his Gillie Mr. Tom O’Shea of www.flyfishingatloughcurrane.com caught two Sea Trout both in the 1 ½ lbs. class. And for the rest of the angling community the either failed to catch or they failed to report their catches, in either case they are a disgrace in all departments and I have spoken by the authority of my Good Self!! Wind North light to fresh with reasonable cloud cover and just for the record the amount of rainfall this month so far is 37.6 mm.
12/07/2016: It’s a mixture of Troll and fly on Lough Currane, renowned Northern Ireland Mr. Andrew Wishart, while fishing with his Gillie Mr. Dominic McGillicuddy of www.fishingwithdom.com caught a fine 7 lbs. Salmon on the Troll and finished their day off in the fly department and it wasn’t long before Andrew was into a another fine 7 lbs. Salmon which was sportingly returned to fight the wild elements of the Commeragh River come this December. Now we head up to the Upper lakes and Lough Derriana and catch of the day. In the Anglers own words or as good as. Mr. Tom Murphy of Cork take the helm. The end of a great day’s fishing on Derriana with Liam Ellis. A fine specimen (the fish). A dozen Juniors and plenty of brownies. Well done Liam. Now Mr. Liam Ellis will have the last say on today’s action, Sea-trout 7 lbs 9 ozs, netted by Tom Murphy, all I can say is a fine double act to finish today’s notes and congratulations to both anglers for keeping the reputation of the Waterville Fishery in the specimen Sea Trout Fly department. Wind N light to fresh with reasonable cloud cover.
That is your ration from the last week on Lough Currane, from your Gillie and the Waterville Fishery, no spin no fly’s just facts.
Vincent Appleby
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The rivers and lakes of Waterville drain a large catchment and are regarded by many as the foremost Salmon and Sea-Trout fishery in the country. The lake system is well developed with access to boats and guides being readily available to the tourist angler. The Sea-Trout caught here are renowned for their size and quantity. For more details see
