Dundalk man John Kelliher is part of the 2016 World Masters Irish Fishing team which will take part in the World Masters Trout Fly Fishing Championship in Galway this week.
The event gets underway today and runs until Sunday on the lakes of Lough Corrib, Lough Inagh, Lough Fee and Lough Muck.
Amongst the competing countries are France, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Scotland, Sweden, South Africa and the United States….
There is still time to submit your club team for the NCFFI Junior Club Championships event that takes place on Saturday. We are fishing the Newry Canal where most fish were caught at 6m last year – so ideal for some whip fishing.
A bit of water at the Rock Pool at Delphi - very welcome!
David McEvoy reports from Delphi where low water was a real problem last week, but rain is improving prospects…
It’s hard to believe that a good night’s rain could make people so happy. Water levels were getting really desperate here at Delphi in the last week, or should I as few weeks as the last nice fall of rain we had was the 20th and the 21st of May. In the interim rain has been promised on and off but it never materialised. Weather apps on phones were being checked on an hourly basis, so much so that we were all ready to throw the phones in the lake, if it was deep enough!!
A bit of water at the Rock Pool at Delphi – very welcome!
For the past few days there has been rain promised but only small amounts fell. The river was still well below 0 and needless to say we weren’t expecting much last night either. I got a pleasant surprise on my way to work this morning especially as I wasn’t expecting much given that the local river the Bunowen was much the same as it has been. Once I could see Doolough valley I thought I was hallucinating as there were cascades of water coming down the mountain. As I got closer I realised it was actually water and I must say I never saw waterfalls looking so pretty in all my life.
Boats had to be bailed which is actually a bit of a novelty and believe it or not the river had risen to 65. There was only 13mms in the rain gauge, but there was obviously a lot more on the hills. The river was very dirty this morning which is to be expected but it was actually flowing!! So hopefully in the next couple of days I will be reporting on shoals of salmon running the river. There is more rain forecast today and then it looks like it will dry up again but at least this water will give us a reprieve for the coming days.
We did actually land two fish here since my last update. Ian Carroll had a fish off Finlough of approx. 7lbs on a Delphi Collie and Kurt Roth having spent all day in the boat on Doolough decided to throw a few casts at the mouth of the Glenummera, even though there was no flow coming into the lake managed to land a fish of approx. 8lbs on a Red Frances.
I should also mention tried hard all week despite the very difficult conditions. Bill Middleton was one of these and his persistence was rewarded with a fish of over 4lbs on the Falls Pool of our neighbouring Erriff river.
There is nothing off the river yet but hopefully it may produce in the afternoon as it should be fishable by then.
At Delphi Lodge, with many years of experience with the timing of the best runs of fish, we have in place a price system that offers both great value fishing and lets our anglers know when they have the best chance to catch a fresh run spring salmon or a summer grilse or Delphi sea trout.
World-class instruction at Ireland’s most beautiful fishing lodge
At Delphi Lodge we are able to provide world class tuition through our resident instructor, Robert Gillespie. Fly fishing instruction can be as simple as a short visit for half a day or built into a fully tutored course over a few days while staying in the Lodge. Robert Gillespie is one of the worlds most qualified fly casting/fishing instructors and is available for one to one tuition in addition to offering excellent tuition to small groups and families. Robert was the first person to successfully take all three FFF (Federation of Fly Fishers) examinations at the one testing event, doing so in November 2004 on the Beaverkill river at Roscoe, New York State.
A tutored course at Delphi Lodge, with Robert Gillespie, is a wonderful, relaxing and learning experience for anyone who wishes to take their first steps into this rewarding form of fishing. For many fly fishing becomes a true passion.
Dave Dolan landed this 25.5 lb Mirror carp at Meadow View Fisheries where fishing is reported by anglers as outstanding. The fish whose nickname is “Crop Circle” was caught on a cranky cricket rig with a pacific tuna boilie.
Dave Dolan with Crop Circle
Meadow Lodge is located in Maynooth and specialises in carp fishing.
Three separate lakes cater for every angling level from starter to specimen angler.
Philippe Collet, Campbell Baird and Pat Burns on the Boyne at Trim
A French film crew assisted by well-known international fly angler Campbell Baird visited the Boyne and Fane recently to showcase some of Irelands top wild brown trout fisheries. The main part of the film was being shot on Lough Sheelin during the mayfly but it was decided to visit some rivers as well to highlight the quality of wild brown trout fishing available on the rivers as well. The crew was hosted on the Boyne by Trim Athboy and District Anglers, Rossin Slane and District Anglers, Drogheda and District Anglers and on the Fane by the Dundalk Brown Trout Anglers Association. Some fantastic fishing was sampled by Campbell and Philippe Collet who landed some fine wild brown trout at each location. Clubs were represented by Pat O’Toole in Trim, Peter Cunningham in Drogheda and Matt Campbell in Dundalk. It is hoped that not alone will the fishing attract additional anglers to the area but the heritage sites that line the river such as Trim Castle and Newgrange that provided stunning backdrops to the river fishing will also play an important part in attracting more visitors to Ireland.
Irelands’ Wild Brown Trout are Much Sought After by International AnglersCampbell Baird Takes a Trout to the Net (Trim Castle in the Background)Philippe Collet and Campbell Admire A Beautifully Marked Wild Brown Trout From the Lower Boyne (Newgrange in the Background)Philippe Collet, Campbell Baird and Pat O’Toole on the Boyne at Trim
Skipper Michael McVeigh continues to impress in the 2016 season as he catches a variety of fish and some fine skate:
Tuesday June 7th: Had a good day on the Wrecks with some nice Ling and a couple of bonus Cod. Limeburner fishing well for Haddock, Whiting, Gurnards, etc.
Thursday June 9th : Some super skate today
185lb skate171lb skate
Friday June 10th: Mackeral numbers have picked up a little – not as much difficulty getting them.
Limeburner fishing particularly well for Whiting, Haddock, Gurnards, Spurdog, Ling etc.
I had a poor day at Tope, but had reports of other boats doing fantastically well – just not there on the day for me, probably pushed away by the hordes of Spurdog.
Sand good enough for Rays (Thornback, Homlyn & Cuckoo) and Dabs but distinctly poor for Turbot, Brill & Plaice.
Fisherman’s Village Lodge provide B&B Accommodation in Downings, County Donegal. We offer Bed and Breakfast accommodation overlooking the scenic Dooey Strand.
Our modern 43′ Aquastar, The Rosguill, offers Sea Angling and Diving Boat Charters in an area renowned for unsurpassed sea fishing and scenic or wreck diving. The boat operates from Mulroy Bay, near Downings in North West Ireland.
The Fisherman’s Village Lodge
Downings, Co Donegal
David Moran pictured with a 38” huss which won a prize for the largest fish on the day.
The Interpub Team Event and Paddy Gavin Memorial Sea Angling Competitions, took place on Sunday 5th of June and were hosted by Newport Sea Angling Club. This was the club’s first competition of the year and the excellent weather conditions played a major role in making the day an enjoyable event. The tea & sausages in the morning went down a treat before the 5 boats departed for the fishing grounds. All anglers were automatically entered into the two events and all anglers enjoyed a good days fishing. As always the club’s trophy officers had put together a great array of great prizes and the presentation took place at the Grainne Uaille who were last years local pub team winners.
The Interpub competition overall winning Team and winners of €300 cash prize sponsored by Comfort Solutions & Charles Murray tyres, was The Village Inn, Killala. From left Peter Coyne, Charles Murray, Padraig Munnelly, Paul Murphy & John Munnelly.
The 2016 Interpub Competition winning Team was The Village Inn, Kilalla who won the €300 cash prize sponsored jointly by Comfort Solutions (Fergus MacManammon) and Charles Murray Tyres, Westport Road, Newport. Congratulations to all winners on the day and thanks to all who took part. The club would also like to thank the Gavin Family as main sponsors of the Paddy Gavin Memorial Competition. Our thanks also to Harry & Liz from the Grainne Uaille who sponsored the food during the presentation and Boris for supplying the rolls for the breakfast!
Jessica Loftus receiving her prize from Padraic Gavin, main sponsors of the Paddy Gavin Memorial Competition
The overall winner of the Paddy Gavin Memorial competition was Owen Joyce with a total of 28 fish and 160 points. Runner up was Padraig Munnelly, in 3rd place was David Moran, 4th John Munnelly, 5th Paul Murphy, 6th Neil Harrison. In the Juniors section the overall winner was Jessica Loftus with 31 fish and 185 points, 2nd place was Clodagh Moran and 3rd was Roisin Moran. Conan McHugh won the Novice Junior category Jack O’Grady was the runner up. David Moran won the largest Bullhuss of the day measuring 38” while Jessica Loftus won the largest Ray measuring 21”.
David Moran pictured with a 38” huss which won a prize for the largest fish on the day.
The 2016 Interpub competition overall winning Team was The Village Inn, Killala, (Padraig Munnelly, John Munnelly, Peter Coyne & Paul Murphy) with a total of 82 Fish & 470 Points.
Runners up were RBM Fisheries Team 2, Westport – (Garry Moogan, Neil Harrison, Mark Sheridan, Tommy Durcan) – 61 Fish, 365 Points
Best local Pub was The Bridge Inn, Newport – (Pat Moran, David Moran, Charlie Murray, Mark Walsh) – 48 Fish, 280 Points
Conan McHugh was the winner of the Junior Novice section receiving his prize from Padraic Gavin.
Boatman of the day went to Niall O’Boyle who skippered the Inishoo.
The club would like to Thank all of our great sponsors, those who helped organise the event, the skippers and all who took part on the day.
Owen Joyce (right) was the overall winner of the Paddy Gavin Memorial Competition and is seen receiving his prize from Patrick & Padraic Gavin.
Go Fishing…
Upcoming events…
Our next event is an all Juniors competition scheduled for 3/7/16 so contact Sue on 086 3862568 or any member of the committee to book in. More details on our website http://www.newportseaanglingclub.com.
Join the club…
If you would like to become a member of Newport SAC or would like further information please fill out the enquiry form at their website: http://www.newportseaanglingclub.com/pages/contact.php and they will be happy to get back to you. Alternatively, just call Sue on 086 3862568. This is the club’s 50th Anniversary year so please get in contact with us if you would like to help out in any way.
There are reports of good bass fishing in Cork Harbour being received at this office over the last few days. Superb bass angler Andrew Davies had 9 bass in one evening session recently. In addition, Eire Bass guide Richie Ryan landed 5 bass the following day before the weather deteriorated.
Richie says he feels guilty fishing what used to be the closed season. Marks and how they fish at this time of year is a whole new experience he says. All fish were returned safely as per the recently changed regulations. Both anglers together with bass guru Pat O Shea were involved in the bass satellite tagging program in Cork harbour over the past 2 years. We all await the outcome from that excellent project which should be available soon.
Stunning net of Irish canal Beam and Tench SensasUK man Paul Hughes.
Edenderry 2 day festival. Paul won day of the 2 Day Festival with 20lb 6oz 0dr to finish in 2nd place overall. Paul's catch was made up of 6 bream and 5 tench all on worm over Sensas lake 3000 and bream 3000 groundbait feeding casters and pinkies . All in the the Groundbait not loose feeding because of the small Rudd attacking the bait .
What an end to a fantastic 6 days of fishing on the Grand Canal Edenderry, it was all to play for going into the last day Friday with Del Hurst and Paul Hughes in first and second but with some good catches by Gareth Charnock, Jeff Stirrat and Danny Martin there was plenty of room for someone else to finish on top when the final all in was called.
Jeff Stirrat overall winner of the three day festival
In the end it was Liverpool angling legend Jeff Stirrat who claimed first place for his won. Jeff was a popular and deserved winner being a supporter of the festival for more than twenty years.
Over €11,000 was paid out over the 6 days a phenomenal amount of money for canal festivals. Well done to all the sponsors and to Foy’s, Main Street, Edenderry.
Stunning net of Irish canal Beam and Tench SensasUK man Paul Hughes. Edenderry 2 day festival. Paul won day of the 2 Day Festival with 20lb 6oz 0dr to finish in 2nd place overall. Paul’s catch was made up of 6 bream and 5 tench all on worm over Sensas lake 3000 and bream 3000 groundbait feeding casters and pinkies . All in the the Groundbait not loose feeding because of the small Rudd attacking the bait .
3 day festival
1st Jeff Stirrat 32.14
2nd Gareth Charnock 27.02
3rd Derek Wane 26.00
4th Pat Bartley 23.15
5th Martin Lenihan 23.02
6th Paul Denson 21.10
2 day festival
1st Alan Larkin 24.13
2nd Paul Hughes 23.04
3rd Gareth Charnock 12.13
4th Danny Martin 10.15
5th Conor Browne 10.12
Sundays open 55 pegs
1st Steve Organ 14.08
2nd Danny Martin 9.07
3rd Frank Holding 8.07
Congratulations to Pat Bartley who won the Royal Enfield Angling Club‘s 2 Day International Fishing Festival on Sunday.
Pat Bartley
Pat followed up his impressive Day 1 14lb 14ozs bag with a net of 5lb 14ozs to have a total of 20lb 12ozs overall weight. Pat took home the AI Cup, the Fred Moss Memorial Cup and almost €1000 in prize money.
Following up Pat, Joe Lawrence finished up on 14lb 15ozs, while Neil Paterson came in 3rd with a weight of 13lb 6ozs. Sean Ward came in 4th just an ounce behind Neil with a weight of 13lb 5ozs. The top 5 was closed out by Derek Wane with 12lb 10ozs.
Congratulations to all the all the anglers and prize winners.
Royal Enfield Angling Club thanked Waterways Ireland and toEnda Raleigh, who represented Waterways Ireland, and was present at the prize giving. Royal Enfield Angling Club would also like to thank Meath County Council for their sponsorship as well.
New members are always welcome to Edenderry Coarse Angling Club.
Royal Enfield Angling Club 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 as recognised by sport Ireland and sport ni. www.ncffi.ie
