Cavan coarse festival round up

Andy Burnett reports on the Cavan angling festival scene…

The Cavan Autumn festival scene is in full swing at the moment, with guesthouses, pubs and local hotels full of visiting anglers, the fishing has been good on the whole and the craic is mighty.

Several festivals have taken place so far with the Gowna festival, Arvagh, King of clubs, Belturbet, and Kings Classic all taking place on a number of venues across the Cavan and Leitrim area.

Fishing has been up and down on several venues, but generally speaking has been pretty consistent on the early festivals the prolonged low water levels and high temperatures made fishing tricky for the anglers, but those who adapted well to suit the conditions came out on top. When the wet cooler weather arrived it took a few days for the fishing to bounce back but then some great catches were had.

To kick things off we had the Kings Classic, fished on the 29 August ^– 2^nd September, this was fished by 40 visiting anglers from the Netherlands and UK along with a few local anglers.

Running the same week was the Gowna Festival, with a field of 54 anglers the fishing was very good for all

Top 5 were;

• 1^st Kevin Johnson     weight = 103.00kg
• 2^nd Julian Kendrick     weight = 89.040kg
• 3^rd  Rory Dunne     weight = 88.880kg
• 4^th  Rory O’Neill    weight =  82.450kg
• 5^th  Tony Kersley   weight  =  82.300kg

The following week was the Arvagh International with 63 anglers, fishing was again very consistent with good weights coming from all venues

Top 5 were ;

• 1^st  Dave McManus  weight = 101.800kg
• 2^nd  Simon Stott  weight = 96.310kg
• 3^rd  Gavin Butler  weight = 95.630kg
• 4^th Wayne Easter  weight  = 91.470kg
• 5^th  Kevin Johnson  weight  = 82.525kg

Also running the week of 5-9 September was the Belturbet festival which returned to the angling calendar for the first time in a few years and it came back with a bang returning some great results for the 35 visiting anglers in attendance.

Top 5 were;

• 1^st  Seamus Winters   weight = 81.080kg
• 2^nd  Wayne Fuller   weight = 72.820kg
• 3^rd  Fergal Smith   weight =  67.980kg
• 4^th  Mick Smith   weight =  66.560kg
• 5^th  Mark Theedom   weight = 64.800kg

The Annual King of Clubs was held  the week of September 12 – 16^th  with 48 anglers attending from far and wide.  Weights took a slight dip this week but in general results were still very good.

Top 5 were;

• 1^st  Kevin Johnson  weight = 80.325kg
• 2^nd  Tony McGregor  weight = 75.675kg
• 3^rd  Simon Godfrey  weight = 74.725kg
• 4^th  Gavin Butler  weight = 72.470kg
• 5^th  Peter Riley  weight = 70.300kg

Go fishing…

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