Antrim angler Nev Snoddy and his boat partner, Rick Kennedy, took their small boat on its annual pilgrimage to Killybegs a while back. Unfortunately for the lads, soon after launch, the outboard started to play up and the usual more distant marks were ruled out with activities confined to the local inshore grounds around Killybegs harbour. Not to be beaten, Nev reached for the fly rod and enjoyed some cracking light tackle sport with the local pollack population.
Small sandeel patterns were the order of the day. Boat partner Rick broke out the small hooks and tried some mini-species angling on the same inshore grounds which resulted in some cracking corkwing wrasse, one of which was a just shade under the Irish Specimen length threshold!
In addition, the lads got a new species for their boat, a red band fish, which took a liking to small sabiki feathers.
It just goes to show the variety of species available on the often-overlooked inshore grounds.
