Colin Folan from Lough Inagh Lodge Hotel reports that they had a fantastic June at the fishery…
Water levels rose and a good run of fresh fish entered the system. A total of 39 Salmon were recorded for the month. John Dardis from Kildare landed the first fish of 2017 at The Derryclare Butts on a Cascade. The fish weighed 4.5lbs. The river beats have yielded 21 fish, and Lough Inagh 18 fish. Notable Salmon catches include Joe Creane (Galway) fished the lake for two days and landed 4 salmon(he had two on together!) on a fly pattern of his own. 3 of them were returned. Simon McNamara fished the bridge pool at Greenpoint for an afternoon and landed 3 grilse on a Kingsmill and Connemara Black. Andy Walsh (Galway) returned a 10.5lbs fish caught on a Connemara Black on the lake and Cyril Conlon (Galway) released a 12lbs fish at The Butts on a size 12 Jungle Alex. Michael Heery and Denis Murphy from Dublin fished Inagh for two days and landed 4 Salmon to 6lbs on Silver Daddy and Kingsmill.
42 Sea Trout and 48 Browns were also recorded for the month with the Sea Trout averaging 1.75lbs and in perfect condition.
Water is forecast for the coming days so the fishing should continue. Info and bookings to Lough Inagh Lodge 095 34706, [email protected]
Colin Folan
Lough Inagh Lodge
Go fishing…
Loughs Derryclare and Inagh lie in the lovely Inagh Valley with the Twelve Pins (Bens) of Connemara rising steeply to the west, and the Maumturk Mountain range to the east. There are two short connecting rivers, which contain four river beats. The fishery has spring salmon, grilse, sea trout and large indigenous brown trout. In recent years the fishery has seen a resurgence of fish numbers, and in 2010 – 2012, the fishery has produced Salmon to 15lbs, Sea Trout to 5lbs and Brown Trout to 12lbs.
Lough Inagh Lodge
Recess, Connemara, Co. Galway, Ireland
Tel: +353 095 34706
Web: www.loughinaghlodgehotel.ie
