A belated report from fishery manager Colin Folan is only included this week as I was away last week, covering fishing up to the end of June.
“The season is well and truly upon us. After a prolonged drought, the rain has arrived, and with it a welcome delivery of silver bars. To date 31 salmon, 60 sea trout and 250 brown trout have been recorded. The water levels are splendid and salmon numbers are above average. The sea trout numbers are below average and in fairly good nick, however some cracking brown trout have been landed. The catch numbers have been roughly split evenly between Lough Inagh and the 4 river beats with the top patterns for salmon being a Jungle Alexandra, Daddies and Badgers, while the trout are favoring Octopus, Bibios and Claret Bumbles.
The 2016 FIPS MOUCHE Masters was held in Galway during June and Lough Inagh was one of the four prestigious venues to host the event. Teams from Ireland, Scotland, Holland, Finland, South Africa, USA, Japan, Finland, Italy and France were competing. Congrats to the Italians for taking the gold, Scotland for the silver and Ireland bronze. A special mention to local anger Jackie Coyne (Connemara) who took top rod and with it World Champion. Four sessions on Inagh produced 98 trout for 20 rod days).
Last weekend also saw the sixth running of the Tom Joyce Memorial for the Recess Anglers on Lough Inagh. 15 anglers recorded 6 salmon, 8 sea trout and 31 brown trout. Top rod went to Patrick Burke with 2 salmon, 2 sea trout and 4 brown trout.
I am delighted with the number of quality Salmon this year, with Andrew Crouchman, Cyril Conlon and Colin Folan (pictured below) landing double figured fish.
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