Ups and Downs
The weather recently has been quite unsettled, with water levels fluctuating substantially in response. Like the weather and water levels, the fishing on Corrib is also reported to be very up and down, with some anglers having great success and others having poor angling. A word commonly used by contributors to describe the fishing was “Patchy”, with the drop in temperatures with North & North Easterly winds being blamed. However, those that did meet fish were handsomely rewarded, with some fine wild trout reported this week.
Cornamona
Starting off in the Cornamona area Tom Doc Sullivan www.tomdoc.com hosted Jason Riordan from Waterford and Dave Burke from Cork, who had 10 fish for their 3 days on Corrib – best fish 3lbs. John Somerville Jr and Jackie Coyne had 4 fish on Wednesday to wet may fly patterns. On Saturday John, fishing with Andrew Boyd, had 4 fish, also on wet may patterns with Andrew landing the best fish of 3.75lbs.
Ted Wherry of Mayfly Lodge, Ballynalty (087-4305957) fished with Kevin Sheridan for 4 afternoons and caught 11 fish from 2-4lbs on dries.
Oughterard
In the Oughterard area Basil Shields of Ardnasillagh Lodge (091-552550) reported Jeff Gorman Senior and Junior landing 8 fish on wets – best fish 2.75lbs. Tom Coyle had 6 fish, the best being 55cms on wets. John Maher and Liam Daly had 9 fish, all on dries – best fish4.5lbs. Camillaun Lodge www.camillaun.com guest Alexandra, who was fishing Corrib for the first time, was rewarded with a fine Corrib trout which she sportingly released. #CPRSavesFish
Greenfields
On Sunday last Galway angler Harold O’Toole landed 4 fish on dries in the Ballycurrin and Rabbit Island areas with the best fish being 2lbs. On Saturday and Sunday friends Gene Haran and Neil Gelston boated 4 fish both days on wets and dries with the best fish 2.75lbs.
In the Greenfields area on Monday last Waterford father and Son duo John and Sean Ronayne had 5 fish, all on dries with the best being 3lbs.
On Thursday last Waterford anglers Christy Crotty and Sean Ronayne anglers had one fish each on dry sedges. Brothers Emmet and Michael McWilliams had 8 fish for 4 days on wets and nymphs.
