Eddie Long, NADA PRO, reports on how the River Barrow is fishing… A good net of fish from the Barrow
Owen and Eddie were trying out the River Barrow ahead of next month’s Barrow Bonanza. The duo had 38lb and 23 lb respectfully.
The river is looking good ahead of the Barrow Bonanza, to be fished next month.
Upcoming events
Barrow Bonanza
Naas and District Anglers are delighted to announce Ireland’s premier river festival. In association with Waterways Ireland we bring you the BARROW BONANZA. 21/22 August River Barrow Carlow ( stretches to be announced) Format plans to differ from last year to try and find fish for everyone on day 2 .
€1,000 Guaranteed First Prize and added funds from Waterways Ireland
The Naas & District Anglers Club was set up on the 31 August 2012. Our Club is a Social club. The waters around Naas are Home to brown trout, salmon, eels, pike, perch, bream, rudd, tench. Naas and District Anglers are dedicated towards getting kids involved in the sport of angling.
Club Members are responsible for restocking and ensuring that all angling byelaws are complied with.
Membership of the club is always open and we welcome new members with open arms. Web: www.naasdistrictanglers.com
Day 3 of the Ballybay 5 Day Festival sees placings changing once again, with local angler Finnian Feeney coming in with a whopping weight of 26.925kg, closely followed by now current leader Kevin Johnson with a weight of 25.100kg. Following these weights there were numerous weights of 11kgs plus.
Finnian Feeney is in Second Place on day 3 after his catch of 26.925kg
After day 3 total catch is coming to just of 659kg.
Ballybay Angling Association are affiliated to the National Coarse Fishing Federation of Ireland and are members of the Angling Council, the National Governing Body for coarse and predator angling. www.ncffi.ie
The annual Carrickmacross Summer Camp took place last week. This super club imitative provides three days of fishing and educational fun for children from the local community. An event that owes its success to the hard work and volunteerism of the senior club members. And proven by the return of previous camp attendees who come back to help out including International youth team members. The event was supported by Inland Fisheries Ireland, Carrickmacross Council and Lakeside Angling. Well done everyone.
Carrickmacross Angling & Junior Development Club is a registered Angling Council of Ireland Angling For Youth Development hub #AFYDI fully equipped with a range of tackle with the aim of offering children from all backgrounds the opportunity to go fishing. The club also benefitted from the NCFFI Junior Development fund who donated ten whips this year – a fund raised by anglers who donated at NCFFI run events.
A great day’s fishing for all at Ballyduff Bridge Fishery, Michael Wynes landing 3 fish on the fly, Tony Murtagh landing 2 on the spinner, Jason C landing one on the fly and Martin Cronin landing 2 also on the fly from our Ballincurrig beat, 6 fish safely released.
At Blackwater Salmon Fishing Chick caught her first fish on the fly and Johnny had his first fish this year both from Ballygally. Three more hooked and unfortunately lost.
07 July
Tony Murtagh was the Ballyduff Bridge beats. He landed a lovely fish of about 5lbs on the fly at Ballincurrig, fish safely returned.
PJ was out on the Blackwater Salmon Fishing beats today. Fishing at Inchinleama (Mono’s) he had his first salmon of the season, a beauty at 13lb.
09 July
Joe Gallagher had his first Blackwater salmon, a fish of 6lbs at Ballyduff Bridge. Derry Ryan had two lovely fish at the Ballincurrig beat one of around 4lbs and another of about 6bs both on the fly and returned.
10 July
German angler, Luca Austermann, had 2 lovely fish from Ballyduff Bridge one of 8lbs and another of about 6lbs. Stephen and Patrick who had 3 fish on Ballincurrig today 2 fish safely returned and 3 fish lost also.
11 July
Connie Corcoran at Ballyduff Bridge giving advice
There were 2 hard working gentlemen today at Ballyduff Bridge, Stephen and Derry. They had a few fish hit the fly, lost a nice fish of around 6lbs but finally landed a fish of 3lbs. Martin Cronin also had a fish of about 3lbs safely returned and Tom Joe lost another on the fly. PJ had a lovely salmon of about 6lbs at Ballincurrig so it’s been another busy day with Ballyduff Bridge Fishery all around.
13 July
Well done to Tom and Jim today who had 2 lovely fish on the fly at Ballyduff Bridge 3lbs and 5lbs and also to Connie hooking and landing a nice fish of around 6lbs also on the fly at Ballincurrig.
Paudie Hardnet releasing a salmon on the at Fortwilliam, Munster Blackwater
Paul Whelan from Fortwilliam Fishery says this month is already turning out to be a record month at the fishery. Yesterday was a red letter day with 11 fish landed and 7 released safely. Paudie Hardnet landed and released all 7 fish on fly off the Castle beat. Malcom Green and family had a great day on Glenmore with 4 fish. Georgina Green had 2 grilse and Suzie had a grilse of 4 lbs and 13lber so well done to all. Plenty of fish are moving in on a daily basis!
Go Fishing…
Ballyduff Bridge Salmon Fishery
Ballyduff Bridge fisheries control a number of beats of the Munster Blackwater. The Ballyduff Bridge beat is almost a mile long offering a huge variety of water and is particularly suited to fly fishing. Upstream near the village of Ballyhooley (a few miles outside the town of Fermoy, Cork) we have two beats. The Ballincurrig Beat is one of the most beautiful locations along the river and has an excellent piece of fly water flowing into a deep pool. Just downstream on the opposite bank we have a short but productive beat, called Magners. This beat fishes also well in high water.
Fortwilliam Fishery is 3 miles from tidal water and has 5 beats on the river, which include stretches particularly suited to fly fishing. Offering a total of 3.5 miles of double bank fishing, our beats provide a wide variety of water, suitable for both beginners and the more experienced fishermen. All beats are interlinked and enjoy vehicular access and huts.
Contact Paul Whelan:
Fortwilliam Fishery, Glencairn, Lismore, Co. Waterford, Ireland
With various beats on the river Blackwater in County Waterford, Blackwater Salmon Fishing aim to provide you with the best fishing experience possible; including specifically chosen stretches of the river to achieve the best results. I pride myself on giving you, my clients, a warm Irish welcome. That includes providing you with my personal fishing service and knowledge of 40+ years fishing these rivers.
Blackwater Salmon Fishery has 3 beats downstream of the weir and 2 upstream of the weir. Blackwater Salmon Fishery offers fishing on approximately 5 miles of the river Blackwater. The fishing is spread throughout the middle section of the river to offer good sport throughout the fishing season. Due to the location of the beats, fishing can still usually be offered in low or high water.
Billy Downes reports that as of Wednesday 13th July water at 1.4m at the Laune Bridge which is beautiful water for all methods. Salmon are being seen running the river and members are meeting fish. Some even managing to land one or two.
11.5lb salmon from the Laune for Danny Joy
Danny Joy enJOYed good fishing on Monday evening. He met and played two fish well into double figures. He lost one and landed one of 11.5 lbs. Danny met another fish on Tuesday.
Matt Standen managed to land a fish on the fly at last after meeting a good few over the last few weeks but lost them at the net. Today’s fish was 5 lbs.
Danny Joy’s salmon fly – the hook was pulled out of shape by the fish he lost.
There were salmon and grilse see running the river each day especially over days when nets are off. There is a distinct pattern to the year now. On Saturday, Sunday and Mondays there is a much greater chance of seeing a fish or meeting a fish – no commercial nets.
Prospects: Judging by fish seen running the river there has to be a good chance on all methods in this beautiful water for the rest of the week.
Permits for Laune Anglers waters from now to 31st July cost only €25 excellent value compared to other fisheries and the chances of a fish.
Beat 3:The Beat is producing a few fish each week. The Brown trout fishing continues good. Please note that the €10 trout permit allows an angler to fish for brown trout ‘fly only’ If you want to spin or worm fish you need to purchase a €25 permit.
Billy Downes, Secretary Laune Salmon and Trout Anglers’ Association
Go fishing…
Day permits are the same as last year €25 to the end of July and €35 for the months of August and September. Be sure to display your permit on the dash of your car with the date and permit number visible and have the other part with you because you will be asked by members to identify yourself as a legitimate ‘One Day Member’ / Permit Holder.
Reporting from IFI Macroom, Eileen Carroll has an update on the salmon fishing in West Cork…
RIVER ILEN
30 fish landed for the week, mostly peel, best was 10lbs by a club angler on a flying C.
RIVER MEALAGH
7/8 salmon reported for the week at Donemark Falls, best was 8lbs by a local angler on worms.
COOMHOLA RIVER
3 salmon landed for the week, best was 6lbs by a local.
Go fishing…
The River Ilen is a medium size spate river that fishes best on a dropping flood for both salmon and sea trout. Spinning, worm and fly fishing are the methods used and allowed on club water.
The river is beautiful and a joy to fish, pools along club waters are easily accessible with seats, steps and stiles put in place for the anglers comfort. With selective tree pruning done along the river in recent years fly fishing has become a more available option especially on the lower river with numerous pools opened up to suit fly fishermen, night time fly fishing for sea trout is a pleasure with great stocks of trout entering the river from April.
Eileen Carroll from the Macroom office reports that for the for the week ending 09 July, 25 salmon were caught on the RiverLee mostly landed at the Kingsley Weir. Best salmon caught was 14lb fish, by a club member. Best methods are fly and prawn.
ESB FISHERY INNISCARRA
Water levels low. No catches reported.
Go fishing…
The River Lee drains a catchment of 484 square miles of which much is taken up by two large reservoirs. Salmon Angling is confined to an 8 mile stretch from Inniscarra dam to Cork city.
Inniscarra Fishery
This salmon fishery is located between Cork City and the dam at Inniscarra (9 miles). The fishery is run by the ESB (Electricity Supply Board) and an ESB permit is required. There is a fair run of fish with a very good grilse run dependent on water. Permits can be purchased on site from Dan O’Riordan, ESB Inniscarra; 087-9983879.
Lee Salmon Anglers Club
The Lee Salmon Anglers club was established in 1967. It was formed by a group of anglers interested in protecting and promoting the sport of salmon and trout angling on the river Lee. Day tickets available: http://www.leesalmonanglers.ie/
Eileen Carroll in our Macroom office reports that on the Bandon there were about 30 salmon reported for the week, mostly on the lower river. There was a small flood at the weekend resulting in good numbers of fish running the river and there are fish being caught all along the river as a result. The river remains in excellent order for fishing for the week ahead.
A lovely fresh salmon from the Bandon last week about to be released.
What a few days fishing it has been on the Bandon! Good numbers of salmon were caught last week on shrimp and worm, again mostly grilse. On Saturday, we had a rise in river levels and this spurred on a big run of fish which provided a great spectacle at Bandon weir. Sunday saw many fish being caught on spinner and yesterday heralded the best day of fishing this year so far.
Anglers enjoyed hooking, losing and landing many salmon yesterday as a great run of fresh fish entered the river. Most of these were grilse but a few better sized salmon were also encountered. Fly fishing was by far the most successful method as the water cleared. The best I heard of landed was in the high teens of pounds and another fish in the 20lb class was also lost. The small flood has now all but subsided, although there is still a nice tinge of colour. Prospects for the week ahead are excellent.
Go Fishing…
For the new year, Bandon Angling Association have set up a new website which you can view here. A new guiding service has been launched in conjunction with Jason Nash, Peter Aspinwall and Phil Dewey. Details of the guiding service are provided on the website and they are looking forward to making memories and enhancing people’s fishing experiences on the river Bandon. Web: https://bandonangling.com/
Michael Flanagan from Midland Angling reports on the Weir Cup pike competition on Derravaragh…
Well done to Pat Daly of Collinstown on winning the recent Weir Cup pike competition on Derravaragh. Pat had a lovely pike of 10lbs 10oz to take Top Rod. Kiaran Evans was 2nd in the senior section with Eddie O, Donnell 3rd .
Small but lively…
The family day was also fished in conjunction with the Weir Cup. This was won by Elle and Pat Daly, with Aine Brennan and family finishing 2nd.
Midlands Angling provide a top class Guiding service covering many of the top coarse and game waters across the Midlands. Visiting fly anglers have landed some fine trout while out with Midland Angling Guides, pike anglers also recorded some net bursting catches including many pike over 20lbs. Top waters include Lough Ree, Ennell, Owel, Lene, Mount Dalton, and Glore Lake just to mention a few. Michael Flanagan Midland Angling
Pike and Trout angling guide.
Michael Flanagan from Midland Angling reports on the pike fishing in the Midlands area…
Alan Thomson had some lively pike last Sunday while doing a bit of trolling across the Midlands. On the day we were trying out some new Savage Gear lures I had picked up from a friend in Dublin. The 3D Trout are very realistic, and on the day our three colors worked which were rainbow trout, Perch, and Firetiger, which worked the best. We only had small pike, but they were very lively and hit our lure some slap as we trolled over weed beds.
Midlands Angling provide a top class Guiding service covering many of the top coarse and game waters across the Midlands. Visiting fly anglers have landed some fine trout while out with Midland Angling Guides, pike anglers also recorded some net bursting catches including many pike over 20lbs. Top waters include Lough Ree, Ennell, Owel, Lene, Mount Dalton, and Glore Lake just to mention a few. Michael Flanagan Midland Angling
Pike and Trout angling guide.
