A committee member of the NCFFI reports on the two day Canal Festival run by the Cabra CAC on the Royal Canal at Kilcock and Leixlip.
A tough weekends fishing on the Royal Canal for Cabra & District Coarse Anglers!
Cabra District Angling CLub held a Two Day Festival on the Royal Canal at Kilcock and Leixslip on the 14th/15th June.
It was an entertaining weekend for the 20+ competitors including 5 juniors with day one fishing well in places but day two was a different story. Plenty of Roach teased the anglers as they were not quite ready to feed after spawning, the water was very clear with hardly any tow and the levels were low. But a few pegs threw up some nice catches with Pat Bartley taking the lead on day one with 5.9 kg of roach and Julian Kendrick second with 4 kg of Roach and a single Skimmer. On day two the fishing was hard with only 3 or 4 pegs producing more than a kilo. Alan Larkin took the honours on day two with 3 kg of all Roach on caster and hemp. Conor Browne did well again for second place on the day.
The Overall Festival Winners: 1st Pat Bartley 7.360 kg 2nd Alan Larkin 5.480 kg 3rd Julian Kendrick 4.620 kg 4th Conor Browne 2.860 kg.
The organisers would like to thank Waterways Ireland for their sponsorship of the event.
