The settled weather continued up to the weekend, making for ideal conditions for Caenis fishing in the mornings, but the weather has turned more unsettled and breezy now, giving daytime fishers more chance of sport and making the Caenis fishing more difficult.
Declan Gibbons reports on a week of early starts and some superb fishing for those early risers.
Larry McCarthy of Corrib View Lodge Glencorrib (www.corribangling.com) says it was another very busy week at the lodge, with lots of good Caenis action. Owein Mealing and Nick Measham from the UK enjoyed four great early mornings with Larry, catching 30 trout which were all sportingly returned. Four of the fish weighed in excess of 4lbs. Jim McEvoy, a regular client from Cork, had 3 brilliant mornings with Larry and he caught 17 trout for 42lbs, all returned to fight another day. The weather change has made the fishing more difficult but with a little knowledge trout can be found in several areas of the lough feeding on Caenis. Anglers staying at Corrib View recorded 72 trout for the week.
In the Oughterard area Tom Kelly reports on the John Gill Cup competition which was held on Sunday last and saw 23 rods participate, with Jim Glynn winning the competition with 2 fish for 4.13lbs. Second place went to Mark Colton with one trout weighing 2.15lbs and in third place was John Kelly with one fish for 1.95Llbs.
Visiting Swiss angler Stefan Kaufmann staying at Currarevagh House has enjoyed some excellent fishing on Lough Corrib dapping and trolling. He had one cracking fish for 9.25lbs among many others landed.
Galway angler Harold O’Toole enjoyed catching 3 trout on Saturday morning last all on Caenis (best fish 4lbs) and on Sunday Harold boated fellow Galway angler John Reidy who caught 5 trout, also on Caenis, with the best fish being 3lbs.
Basil Shields reports on quieter fishing activity for the week gone by with only one angler producing the goods on early morning Caenis fishing – John Crookshanks from Northern Ireland landing 9 trout for one morning, with the best fish being 3lbs.
