Mick Flanagan of Midland Angling and Shooting headed for Derravaragh early last weekend to meet young anglers Conor McIntyre & his pal Eoin Duncan. Conor is already big into his fishing, & Eoin is keen to get started.
Mick reports:
We fished one long drift on Derravaragh and I copped the black clouds heading our way; it was rods in and head for shelter! The heavens opened with heavy rain & hailstones, another lovely soaking for Mick The Fish.
We just went with the flow downriver & and never got a touch all morning. I had a few big paddle tail shads rigged up, which got a few small pike the day before, and I knew by the action of these shads trolling back upriver we would get a few hits. Sure enough, we had a small feeding window and landed 4 pike, with Eoin catching his first ever pike, which measured 101 cm.
I reckon he is hooked on angling for life! The lads are back to school after mid-term break, and on the way back upriver, they were planning ahead for next weekend’s angling adventure!
