Mick Flanagan reports on the trout fishing on Lough Lene…
LEGAN ANGLERS.
Last week on Lough Lene we bumped into Legan anglers Paddy Donnelly and T.J.Keenan. The lads are members of Inny Anglers, and really love their fishing. I regularly meet them at pike competitions, and they were on Derravaragh recently for the Finian Darby Memorial Trophy.
Opening day of the trout season they ventured to Lough Gowna, but unfortunally it was bit colored and they had no luck on opening day. Gowna and the Erne system is huge, and heavy rainfall can often discolor the water for a few days. It regularly produces some huge trout, and we might give it a lash some of these days.
LOUGH LENE CUP.
Last Sunday we lashed out across Lough Lene and fished the first trout competition of the 2017 season. If you remember back to Saturday night, it was blowing a gale, but was forecasted to settle early morning. There was a good turn out of anglers, and we were greeted with strong winds, and a few heavy showers, but it settled before lunch. The Lough Lene Cup was all methods fly, trolling, and spinning and even in such brutal condition it was great to see many young anglers out on Lene.
On the day my Nephew Mikey Kelly of Newtown Lawns topped the day with a cracking brown trout of 1.70kg, Pat Browne competition captain of Lene anglers finished 2nd with another fine trout of 1.64kg, and J.J. Flanagan was 3rd in the senior section with 1.62kg.
Eleven years old Aaron O’Brien from Mullinganstown in Delvin topped the Junior section with another brown trout of 1.44kg. Aaron had a great day out with dad Brendan and I am sure we will here from the deadly Devin duo in the coming season. Satanta Gavigan finished 2nd in the Junior section with 1.08kg, and Caoimhe Byrne was 3rd with 1.00kg.
Tom Fagan Chairman of Lene anglers thanked all who supported the competition, and the next trout competition is on Sunday 9th April. Once again 11am-6pm, and top prize in this fly only trout competition is the Peadar Caffrey Cup.
Michael Flanagan
Midland Angling
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