Mayfly hatch underway on Lough Conn, but surface feeding remains slow

Michael Murphy reports from Lough Conn…

Peter Roche wet a line on Lough Conn recently and had a 2 lbs trout to a dry mayfly, with the main mayfly hatch showing between noon and 4 pm. Wet fly is recommended in the morning and swapping to dry fly towards evening. Fish do not appear to be feeding on the surface much just in the sheltered bays like Cloghans Bay and Castlehill.

Peter’s fellow angler had two good trout measuring 39 cm and 42cm with a Johnson’s Muddler and dry mayfly working well.

Also, on Lough Cullin last weekend Foxford Angling Club held their Presidents Cup Competition. Nineteen anglers had good fishing particularly in the northern half of the lough with a good hatch of mayfly and olives and fishing coming to both wet and dry flies.

The results were as follows:

1^st place Martin Kenny

2^nd place Dominic Mc Gowan

3^rd place Brian Gallagher