Vincent Appleby reports from Lough Currane:
22/06/2016: Mr. Peter Liddell, fishing out of www.butlerarms.com takes all the headlines, as all the other anglers looked on with envy and for good reason, Peter caught a fine 4 lbs. Sea Trout on the fly, while fishing with his Gillie Mr. Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com Wind West fresh with reasonable cloud cover.
23/06/2016: There was some good action on the Salmon front so here are the facts as they unfolded. A Guest caught a fine Salmon on the fly while fishing with his Gillie Mr. Dominic McGillicuddy of www.fishingwithdom.com and staying with the fly, UK angler, Mr. Alex Muir, while fishing with his Gillie Mr. Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com caught a fine 4 lbs. Salmon Grilse on the fly. Now to the trolling department and my fish of the day and for good reason, German angler Professor. Dr. Norbert Schmeer, on his first time ever fishing on Lough Currane, caught a fine 5 lbs. Salmon while fishing with his Gillie and may it be the first of many. Wind West with reasonable cloud cover.
24/06/2016: The majority of the anglers Fly lines were slack and not taut, but the same couldn’t be said for UK angler Mr. Martin Sutton, who caught a fine 4 ½ lbs. Salmon/Grilse on the fly, while fishing with his Gillie Mr. Tom O’Shea of www.flyfishingatloughcurrane.com and where the paparazzi were concerned I failed miserably in my Duties and I must apologise to both Anglers, Mr. Martin Sutton and Mr. Tom O’Shea, but sadly it was beyond my control and just for the record there is a photo on the way and will put up tomorrow. Wind North light with reasonable cloud cover.
25/06/2016: There was some cracking fishing on Lough Currane today and here are today’s facts. We start at the Bungalow, Mr. Paul Saunders caught and released a 5 lbs. Salmon, caught on the fly, then Mr. Rorran Curran got in on the act and caught a fine 4 lbs Salmon on the troll, all while fishing with their Gillie Mr. Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com and in Neil’s hired out boat department Mr. ken Hayes caught 3 Sea Trout all in the 3 lbs. Class, again all caught on the fly. And in the after noon session Neil’s Father, Mr. Donal O’Shea of www.flyfishingatloughcurrane.com caught a fine 3 ½ lbs. Salmon/Grilse on the troll.
Now we head down the North Shore to Vincent’s harbour and text of the day by Dominic, and I quote, Got 1 Grilse and 2 two Sea Trout on the fly and they were all C&R and caught by Mr. Geoff Reeve, while fishing with his Gillie Mr. Dominic McGillicuddy of www.fishingwithdom.com Now for catch of the day by an angler fishing on his own, he caught two fine Grilse on the troll and as you can see by the picture the truth of the pudding is in the eating of and just for the record he sent me the picture but there was no name, but who ever you are thanks for taking the time to send the photo and your support. Wind North with bright sunshine for most of the day.
26/06/2016: All the salmon head lines comes from the Bungalow and good reason, Two Australian anglers from Perth, Max and Marvella Stan-Bishop, caught two fine Salmon on the troll, they kept the biggest which weighed in at 6 ½ lbs. And released a fine 5 ½ lbs. salmon/grilse to fight another day, all while fishing with their Gillie Mr. Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com We stay at the Bungalow and enter the Sea trout department, UK angler Mr. Martin Sutton, while fly fishing with his Gillie Mr. Tom O’Shea of www.flyfishingatloughcurrane.com caught and released a 1 ½ lbs. Sea Trout. Now we head upstream and to the upper lakes and Lough Cloonaghlin and for catch of the week and that goes to Dublin angler Mr. Eoin O’Reilly while fly fishing with his good friend and local angler Mr. Jim Sayers, caught a cracker of a 8 ½ lbs. Sea Trout and had one hell of a battle with his Trophy Fish. Wind North and overcast all day.
27/06/2016: Here are the Lough Currane fishing results, there was one Salmon caught on the fly by a guest fishing with his Gillie Mr. Dominic McGillicuddy of www.fishingwithdom.com Now we head for the trolling department, Local Gillie Mr. Donal O’Shea of www.curranelodge.ie caught a fine 5 lbs. Grilse. Now to the C&R tolling department, Local Gillie Mr. Mike O’Dwyer, also caught and released a Grilse in the 3 lbs. class. Wind NW light to fresh with reasonable cloud cover at times.
28/06/2016: It’s the early Shift that catches the Lough Currane fishing news. A guest caught a fine Salmon while fly fishing with his Gillie Mr. Dominic McGillicuddy of www.fishingwithdom.com and for the rest of the angling fraternity they failed miserably in their duties to activate a wild Atlantic Salmon or a Wild Atlantic Sea Trout and if they did they failed to report their catches. Wind WNW fresh and overcast this morning with reasonable cloud cover in the afternoon.
Mr.Michael Solen from Clare caught and released a fine specimen Seatrout ine 6 lbs.class, while fly fishing with his Gillie Mr Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com
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
