Late season sun makes for tricky conditions at VDE Irish Canal Masters final

The final of the VDE Irish Canal Masters was held in bright sunshine on the Grand Canal at Daingean last weekend, and it seems the bigger fish were as surprised as everyone else to finally see some hot weather, and they went off on vacation to other parts of the canal… So the hoped for bags of bream and tench did not materialise, and anglers had to make do with an odd one or two, with smaller roach supplementing the catches.

It was no surprise to see that weights were not record-breaking, with 6lb 12oz being sufficient to top the tables for Monasterevin & Fisherstwon Match Anglers club member Alan Bell.