Good sea trout on Currane, Liam Ellis wins CnR competition
Guide Vincent Appleby reports from Lough Currane where sea trout fishing has been excellent at times…
7/9/16 There was some action reported on Lough Currane in the C&R department. Mr. David Burton, had 3 Sea Trout to his fly rod, ranging from Junior class up to 2 lbs. all while fishing with his Gillie Mr. Tom O’Shea of www.flyfishingatloughcurrane.com. Now we cut across the lake to the South side. Mr. John Delap, while fishing with his Gillie Mr. Frank Donnelly of www.lakelandshouse.com caught 3 Juniors to his fly rod and just for the record, yesterday he caught two fine Sea Trout both in the 2lbs. Class. Now we head back across the Lake to the North side, William, while fishing with his Gillie Mr. Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com caught 6 Sea Trout to his fly rod ranging from Junior class up to 3 lbs. and in Neil’s backdate department,yesterday, Mr. Enrico Fantasia of Dublin, caught 4 Sea Trout to his fly rod. Wind South fresh with good cloud cover and again very humid.
8/9/16 Lough Currane was like the wild West with strong SW blowing down the lake. This didn’t deter anglers from manipulating their flies across the water and hoping to entice a wild Atlantic Salmon or one of Lough Currane premier Sea Trout. Alas at the end of their day my Noble Anglers morale was wilted until they headed for the Bar and the pints floated down and they spoke amongst themselves of the one that got away. Now back to the weather, wind as already stated, just for the record it made a fair bit of rain today, the total amount of rainfall so far this month is 36.8 mm. Tomorrow is Lough Currane fly competition and sadly I won’t be able t to take photos of all the participating anglers, sorry for this.
9/9/16 The 2016 annual Sea Trout Catch and Release Fly-fishing Competition on Lough Currane was brought to an abrupt standstill today and for good reason, there was one almighty storm from the SW, raging across the Lake and all the anticipating anglers could only do was look on and the decision to cancel today’s action was swiftly taken and because of this it will be a one day event, so rock on tomorrow and the forecast isn’t too bad.
10/9/16 My net is down but here are the results of yesterday’s catch and Release competition.
1st. Mr Liam Ellis.
2nd. Joe Murphy.
Joint 3rd Mr. Paul Lawton and Mr. Eddie Blanch.
The annual 2016 ‘Currane Championship’ Waterville’s Sea Trout Catch and Release Fly-fishing Competition, organised this year by The Waterville Lakes & Rivers Trust, was in full swing. In the hired out boat department of www.Lakelandshouse.com, Mr. Noel Bennett from Dublin with his Son Conall caught 9 Juniors. Also in good form in his hired out boat from www.lakelandshouse.com was Mr. Martin Kearney caught a nice few Juniors up to 1 ¾ lbs. Mr. Greg Long was in excellent form with 24 Juniors. Mr. John Doyle, who also was in good form with his fly rod, caught 6 Juniors. Staying in the hired out Boat department of www.lakelandshouse.com Mr. Stefan Kuth and his good friend Werner, caught 6 Juniors. Now we head up to the upper Lakes and Lough Derriana, Mr. Graham Elswood and Mr. Bill Hayse, while fishing with their Gillie Mr. Neil O’Shea ofwww.oshealoughcurrane.com caught 7 Sea Trout up to 5 ½ lbs. and all released. So you can say without any fear of contradiction all Anglers were satisfied with their performances. Special thanks to The Sea Lodge Hotel for their great dinner and looking after all we anglers. So on behalf of the Waterville Lakes & Rivers Trust Thank you for a great night.
11/9/16 Lough Currane was at a standstill with gale force winds from the SSE and if there were any boats out they have failed to report their catches or their losses.
12/9/16 In the C&R department, Mr. Billy Dickson of Bristol while fishing with his Gillie Mr. Tom O’Shea of www.flyfishingatloughcurrane.com caught 4 Juniors. Staying withe the C&R department, Mr.Graham Ellwood while fishing with his Gillie Mr. Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com caught 9 Sea Trout up to 2 lbs. Wind West light to calm. Now we cut across the lake to the South Side and the hired out boat department of www.lakelandshouse.com Mr. Noel Ross and his good friend, from Dublin, while fly fishing on the drift, caught 4 Seatrout ranging from junior class up to 2 1/2 lbs.
13/9/16 Mr. Arnold Slater, while fishing with his Gillie Mr Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com caught 1 Seatrout to his fly rod of 2 1/2 lbs. . Wind N light with bright sunshine all day.
That is your ration from the last week on Lough Currane, from your Gillie and the Waterville Fishery, no spin no fly’s just facts.
Vincent Appleby
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The rivers and lakes of Waterville drain a large catchment and are regarded by many as the foremost Salmon and Sea-Trout fishery in the country. The lake system is well developed with access to boats and guides being readily available to the tourist angler. The Sea-Trout caught here are renowned for their size and quantity. For more details see
