Coarse angling reports

Regular coarse angling reports from all around Ireland featuring match and festival updates, as well a general news from popular and less well known venues.

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Inaugural Heather Dyett Memorial coarse match at Donamon enjoyed by all

Leigh Maitland of Browning and coarseandmatch.com reports: The Ballyhaunis Angling Club held there first ever Memorial match in honour of veteran angler Bill Dyett's wife...

Matt Kemmy wins Ballyforan Easter Angling Festival

Bill Cassidy, Connacht Match Group, reports on the Ballyforan Easter Angling Festival... Ballyforan Easter Festival is a new event which we hope to establish as a...
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Peter Gilbert wins toughest ever Fermoy Autumn Festival

Tommy Lawton of Fermoy AC reports on the hardest festival ever on the Blackwater. Still suffering from the drought the river was still two...
King of the Barrow winner Jimmy Kelly being presented his Cup and winnings by Carlow C.A.C. chairman and National Federation (N.C.F.F.I.) Exec comm. member Gerry McStraw

Waterways Ireland King of the Barrow Festival a huge success

The river Barrow in Carlow Town has indeed been placed on the map as regards Coarse Angling within the Country and Province of Leinster over...
Mark Pollard

Fishing tough but 44.730kg needed to win Ballybay Festival

Ballybay Angling Association's Annual 2 Day Festival is always a well run event which is thoroughly enjoyed by everyone. The competition, which this year had...
Ryan Wright

Good fishing reported at Portumna ahead of festival

Padraig Carroll caught up with some anglers who braved the rain at Portumna on the Shannon recently. They reported that the river is fishing...

Trotting for roach around the Corrib

Cool temperatures keep the roach quiet as Gary Robinson of Kayak Fisherman Ireland goes trotting: With the wind still blowing hard I decided that the best...
A typical net of Roger Island Roach

Good quality coarse angling for Banagher Angling Week

Banagher Angling Week 24th to 29th April 2016 Sunday 24th April saw numerous English and Irish anglers pegged along the banks of the Shannon for...
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Some good tench reported in East Clare lakes

Ken O'Neill from IFI Limerick reports that Mr Adam Karnia had a successful night on the warm Friday evening of the 27th June on...
Tony Kersley receives his trophy from Patrick McCarville, Creighton Hotel

A show of bream at the annual Clones coarse angling festival

43 anglers took part in the annual competition which takes place over four days with a different lake venue in the Clones area of...