Declan Gibbons from IFI-Galway reports that in the Cornamona area Tom Doc Sullivan (087-6113933) had Father and Son duo, Joe and Jack Seegar from Calgary,Canada out fishing on Wednesday last. They enjoyed a good day wet fly fishing landing five fish. Eleven year old Jack caught the two best fish of the day, weighing two pounds and a pound and a half.
In the Oughterard area on Saturday last Gerry Molloy (087-9190673) reports that Irish Rugby player Rob Kearney and girlfriend Jess Redden were fishing on Corrib with him. Jess landed two trout dapping.
Also in the Oughterard area Basil Sheilds (086-0869758) from Ardnasillagh Lodge had mixed fishing on sedges, olives and mayfly with angling activity being mostly wet fly. On Monday last Father and Son Duo from Dublin Frank and Alfie Guy had five fis. On Tuesday they had seven fish with the best fish weighing three pounds. Visiting Scottish angler Joe McDonald had five fish on Wednesday with the best fish being two pounds. Also on Wednesday Shannon angler John Fitzgerald had one fish for his days fishing.
Staying in the Oughterard area Kevin Molloy reports of The Martin Molloy Cup in which forty anglers participated with twenty four trout weighed in. First place went to Ryan Dixon with 4 fish for 2.965kgs (Dapping), Second place went to John Deacy with 3 fish for 2.925Kgs (Dapping), Third place went to Patrick Barton with 2 fish for 2.580kgs (Dapping), Fourth place went to Mark Colton with 3 fish for 2.235Kgs (Fly) and Fifth place went to Kevin Molloy with 3 fish for 1.545Kgs (Fly). Kevin also reports of angler Gene Aherne residing in Galway who landed six fish for two days on wet fly during the week.
On Sunday The Annaghdown Angling Club hosted The Paddy Cunningham Memorial Cup in which eleven anglers participated and seven fish were weighed in with Cork angler James Linehan in First place with two trout weighing 2.42Kgs James also had Heaviest Fish weighing 1.72Kgs. Second place went to Mike Sullivan from Galway City with one fish weighing 1.13kgs and in Third place was Adrian Lynch from Cork with one fish weighing 1.03Kgs.
