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Edenderry Angling Festival – June 2, 4 and 6

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myleskelly
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Edenderry
Fishing the pole at Edenderry on the Grand Canal

Edenderry Coarse Angling Club will celebrate its 25th Anniversary and running one of the most successful canal fishing festivals in Ireland over 25 years on the Grand Canal.  The club itself has 40 stalwart members with regular events across 19 miles of canal that have been well stocked with carp, tench, bream, roach, hybrids and perch.

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Fishing the pole at Edenderry on the Grand Canal

With such a landmark event about to take place in the midlands of Ireland, Waterways Ireland responded well to news of such an important event and has already released a large batch of rudd.  Two large tanks of fish were released at Tubberdaly and are expected to spread along the waterway from there.

“We have a great relationship with Waterways Ireland and Inland Fisheries”, said Pauric Kelly, President of Edenderry AC.  “We appreciate their level of interest and the continuous effort they make to keep the canal in good order for boats and fishermen alike.

“The 2014 Edenderry Angling festival will take place over three days on June 2, 4 and 6; tying in with the nearby Prosperous Festival  on June 1-3-5 and we are hoping for a big entry!”

Getting the tournament off the ground took a lot of hard work and in its first years there were nine canal fanatics from Liverpool and 10 other anglers but it has matured well and the best entry was 114 matchmen.  It is truly an “Irish Angling Festival” of the old style with local pubs put on a complimentary supper every evening, there are at least 90 beds in the various BB’s and pubs and there are lots of prizes on the table when it comes to the presentation.

Catch returns are very good for a canal venue and the festival one-day record is held by Liverpool’s Frank Holding who had 54lb of bream, tench, roach and rudd on pole and caster.

The 2014 Edenderry Angling Festival is over three days June 2-4-6.    The entry fee is €130 each and a three man team an extra €20.

For more details please contact Pauric Kelly 00353 86 3503117

And by the way  …  this is a terrific canal, stuffed full of fish and only an hour from Dublin.  If you fancy four days or a week on the canal call Active Irish Angling for accommodation and ferry.

Telephone 0151 324 4744 or email: [email protected]

Nice quality bream and hybrids at St. Mullins

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IFI Staff
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Going fishing ......

Angling Information Officer John Flynn IFI reports from the River Barrow in Co. Carlow:

Earlier in week quite a good number of Twaite shad were reported caught. A family group from Belfast were delighted when one of their young anglers caught a specimen shad early on Saturday morning.

Also at the weekend we had a Polish anglers who now live in Arklow visit St. Mullins and he is pictured here with a nice hybrid.

John Flynn - A nice hybrid caught by this Polish angler now resident in Arklow. He was fishing at St. Mullins at weekendA happy trio from Lithuania also visited the area from Wicklow.

Going fishing ......
Going fishing ……

On the coarse fish angling,  some nice quality bream and hybrids are being caught and observed at St. Mullins.  It is expected that these fish are in to spawn in the area and when finished will revert back to normal holding areas further downstream.

A stretch of the river at St. Mullins
A stretch of the river at St. Mullins

Some pitching salmon observed in area on Saturday but anglers please remember this is a catch and release river.

John Flynn IFI

A good start to the week on the Slaney but rains flood river for 2nd half

By
myleskelly
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salmon
A salmon of 8 to 10lbs off Moyadie to Tommy Kidd

Brian Stevens, Slaney River Trust, reports on the last week’s fishing on the Slaney…

This was a week of 2 halves with the water dropping steadily until Wednesday and the lower half of the river fishing well with Clohamon, Tombrick and Riversdale amongst others producing fish. On Wednesday Paul Ryan had a great evening’s sport on Riversdale hooking 3 double figure springers . Two of them came off but the 3rd, which was landed on a cascade, was estimated at circa 14lbs.

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A salmon of 8 to 10lbs off Moyadie to Tommy Kidd

The rain, which started on Thursday, knocked out most of the rest of the week but despite being high and coloured the river came back into order on Sunday evening with a fish to Tiernan Sludds in Enniscorthy and this nice fish (8-10lbs) off Moyadie to Tommy Kidd.

Compliments of:

Slaney River Trust
Web: www.slaneyrivertrust.ie

Make a booking

Anglers interested in obtaining fishing can enquire from the following:

  • Clohamon Fishery
    Contact David Dobbs tel 0879673111
  • Enniscorthy Anglers
    Salmon €25 per day, Trout €10 for 2 consectuctive days.
    Contact Danny’s Angling and Outdoors, St Senans Rd, Enniscorthy.  Tel: 087 9005991.
  • Solsboro Fishing Association
    Contact Bernard Cash (daytime only) Tel 087 9225536 .
  • Tullow Salmon and Trout Anglers Association
    Contact Tom Dawson 087-9940877
  • Moyadie, Monfin, Glass Door and upper Ballycarney beats
    Contact David French of Fanning French and Associates on 087 9221833.

More details on the Slaney River and its fishing available at www.slaneyrivertrust.ie

Some fine salmon caught on the Bandon over the Weekend

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myleskelly
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Salmon
A 7lb salmon in the net for Jason Nash

The Bandon Angling Association reports that the river fished well again over the weekend.  Eric Fuller caught a fish weighing 13lb on Thursday evening up river.

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Fergal O’Regan with his hard won salmon- ‘ I played him for approx 10 mins, but it felt like an hour.’

Fergal O’Regan had a 7lb salmon on Saturday morning while fishing with Jason Nash who had caught and released a lovely 7lb fish on Friday.

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A 7lb salmon in the net for Jason Nash

 

Pat Mostyn fishing on Sunday caught and released a fine salmon weighing approximately 16lb.

Pat Mostyn caught and released a fine salmon estimated at 16lb
Pat Mostyn caught and released a fine salmon estimated at 16lb

 

Also fishing on Sunday was Eddie O’Flaherty who caught a 13lb fish up river. This was Eddie’s first ever salmon.

Report courtesy of the Bandon Angling Association

Go fishing…

The River Bandon is a most scenic and prolific game fishing river flowing through some of the most picturesque country side in West Cork. It’s source is a few miles north west of Dunmanway from where it flows through that town and and on through the villages of Ballineen, Enniskeane, Kilcoleman, Bandon and Innishannon where it become tidal and widens into an estuary before meeting the sea past Kinsale.

Day tickets are available – http://www.bandonangling.com/visitors.html

https://www.facebook.com/BandonAnglingAssociation

 

Successful FAW Information Day 2 at Scotch Hall Shopping Centre in Drogheda

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David Byrne
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Members of the Youth Cafe in Drogheda who Visited the FAW Stand Today in Scotch Hall

There were lots of people out and about in Drogheda today with the Giro d’Italia and First Holy Communion taking place over the weekend. There was a great atmosphere in Scotch Hall as children and adults visited the information centre and fish display tanks to see what was happening. Members of the youth cafe in Drogheda dropped in to see the fish display tanks and have a chat with the staff on the stand.

There were excellent numbers of sign ups for events, from the junior fishing evening in Barnattin, the Ladies Fly Casting Day at Kilineer and  Sea Angling events at Clogherhead. There was no shortage of interest and the coloring competition and raffle proved very popular.

A big thank you to the Staff and Management of Scotch Hall without whose assistance and encouragement the event could not have been as successful as it proved to be. This is the second year of the event at Scotch Hall and it is hoped that we will be back again next year.

There is a very ambitious calendar of events again this year in the Drogheda area and details of all the events can be found at www.faw.ie 

Members of the Youth Cafe in Drogheda who Visited the FAW Stand Today in Scotch Hall
Members of the Youth Cafe in Drogheda who Visited the FAW Stand Today in Scotch Hall with Youth Cafe Staff (left Pauline Byrne and Ann Delaney and Right John Murphy, Drogheda and District Anglers)
Visitors to the FAW Stand Today Check Out The Fish Tanks and Chat with Staff
Visitors to the FAW Stand Today Check Out The Fish Tanks and Chat with Staff

 

 

Majestic Lough Muckno

By
David Byrne
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Simply Stunning

Catching fish is great but it not always about catching fish as is evidenced by this stunning photograph submitted by Brian O’Neill who fished recently on Lough Muckno at White Island.

In addition to this beautiful vista Brian reports that the bream fishing is excellent there at the moment with minimum weights of 1lb and the Roach are on average 8oz-over with some weighing around the 1lb mark.

Thanks for sharing this with us Brian!

Simply Stunning
Simply Stunning

Fisheries Awareness Week Information Days in Drogheda

By
David Byrne
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Visitors to the Angling FAW Information Stand at Scotch Hall Shopping Centre in Drogheda Today

As Fisheries Awareness Week 2014 is closing in fast, participants in the Drogheda area have started their promotional campaign to highlight this years ambitious schedule of events. They have been strongly supported by local businesses and media in this. Today in Scotch Hall, Shopping Centre in Drogheda John Murphy of the Drogheda and District Anglers and Peter and Ken Cunningham of the Boyne Sea Angling Club met with members of the public at he first of their pre-event promotion days. A 20 minute interview was also aired on LMFM with broadcaster Daire Nelson yesterday Thursday 8th May which also highlighted the ambitious FAW schedule to all the listeners in the north east. A great prorgam has been developed by the clubs with events being run for game, coarse and sea angling for anglers of all standards. The “Ladies Fly Casting Day” is again proving popular and places are filling up fast. Full details of the 2014 schedule are available on www.faw.ie We will also be in Scotch hall tomorrow Saturday 10th May, so why not visit us on the Stand, after this details can be obtained at the Drogheda Angling Centre in Drogheda and other outlets.

Visitors to the Angling FAW Information Stand at Scotch Hall Shopping Centre in Drogheda Today
Visitors to the Angling FAW Information Stand at Scotch Hall Shopping Centre in Drogheda Today
A Sample of the Very High Standard of Entry in the Children's Colouring Competition
A Sample of the Very High Standard of Entry in the Children’s Colouring Competition
A Tench, As Seen Through a Youngsters Eyes
A Tench, As Seen Through a Youngsters Eyes
The Stand Attracted A Lot of Attention from Youths and Parents Today in Scotch Hall
The Stand Attracted A Lot of Attention from Youths and Parents Today in Scotch Hall
More Fantastic Imagination Displayed by Children at Today's Pre Event Promotion in Scotch Hall in Drogheda
More Fantastic Imagination Displayed by Children at Today’s FAW Pre-Event Promotion in Scotch Hall in Drogheda
Great Detail and Imagination in this Entry
Great Detail and Imagination in this Entry
Lots of Thought Went Into This Entry
Lots of Thought Went Into This Entry

A variety of fish in scenic St Mullins makes it well worth the visit

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IFI Staff
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South East Angling Services guide Gerard Doran reports:

St Mullins is a popular location on the River Barrow which attracts tourists from near and far. The River Barrow is Ireland’s second longest river at 192 km flowing through six county’s where it meets the sea at Waterford Harbour. The Barrow one of the Three Sisters the others being the Rivers Nore and Suir.

Ger Doran - St MullinsThe annual Twaite Shad run on the river is very valuable to the economy of nearby villages at a crucial time of year. If like me you have been travelling to St Mullins for many years you often find yourself meeting many of the same anglers each year and exchanging stories of many fishing experiences from the previous year on rivers, lakes and coastal locations nationwide.

Ger Doran - ShadTime spent on the River this week provided good sport catching using Tasmanian Devil lures and other small metals. Using a Garbolino Magister micro lure rod proved ideal for landing fish without stress but offering great sport. Early morning and late evening sessions provides the best catches. No specimens on this trip but having seen some photos there has been some very nice fish landed by other anglers!

Ger Doran - St Mullins 2Other fish such as flounder, dace, perch, pike, trout and the very occasional salmon are also caught from time to time when targeting Shad. The Irish Specimen Fish Committee (ISFC) weight for a specimen Twaite Shad is currently 1.1 kg.

Ger Doran - Boat at St MullinsThe Barrow really is worth a visit for the silence, fantastic scenery and of course the fishing is pretty good too with many species available to the angler despite a decline in previous years . See here for more information about the River Barrow. If you are going there to fish take care, respect the fish and tight lines.

To make a booking……

Gerard Doran,

South East Angling Services

Web: www.southeastanglingservices.com

E-mail: [email protected]

Phone: 086-3769727

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Irish Angling Update – 08/05/14

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IFI Staff
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The past week has seen a more changeable weather pattern but although there has been more rainfall and strong winds at times, many anglers had an enjoyable weeks fishing all over Ireland.  It has been cooler at times but generally anglers got on with catching plenty of fish at sea and on inland waters.

The good spring salmon fishing continues on several sections of the River Slaney according to the River Slaney Trust where copper tubes flies were the proving successful.  Salmon fishing improved on several sections of the Munster Blackwater both at Bridgetown and on the Blackwater Lodge beats. Some fine salmon to 14 lb. were reported from the River Bandon and fishing improved on the River Lee also last week.  Fishing was poor at the weekend on

Our 'Catch of the Week' winner is Graham Walker with his 7.16lb specimen sea trout
Our ‘Catch of the Week’ winner is Graham Walker with his 7.16lb specimen sea trout

Lough Currane but during the week sport picked up for salmon fishing and another fine specimen sea trout of over 7 lb. was taken on the troll by Cork Angler Graham Walker which is our Catch of the Week. On the Dingle Peninsula, there were some sea trout reported from the Owenmore Fishery from the lake.  There was an improvement in the fishing at the Galway Weir in the past week.  Great angling ghillie John Howley caught the first salmon of the season on the Ridge Pool on the River Moy and fishing on the main river improved.  Carrowmore Lake in the North West is still producing very good salmon fishing on the lake.  Two fresh spring salmon were taken on the 1st of May by a German and Swiss visitor fishing at Delphi. Water levels were at summer level on the River Drowes during the week and only a small number of salmon were reported with nearby Lough Melvin accounting for no salmon caught in the past week.

Angling guide Eamonn Conway from Dundalk tried trout fishing on the Annalee River and enjoyed great success with good hatches of olives during the day.  There was better trout fishing reported from Lough Sheelin where great hatches of olives and midges brought many trout to the net.  Angling guide Mick Flanagan had a group of anglers from Offally out on Lough Owel where they enjoyed a great day’s sport for trout. Trout fishing was very good on Loughs Corrib, Mask, Conn, Cullin and on Arrow in the west where anglers are eagerly awaiting the Mayfly.   The Milford fly fishing club in Donegal ran a trout competition on Lough Fern last Saturday and Martin McGrenra was the winner with a good catch of trout and some Mayfly were seen hatching on the lough during the day.

Down on Lough Derg there was some fantastic coarse fishing reported. At Portumna prebaiting accounted for bream up to 7 lb. and some good hybrids especially on the Salmon Run at Portumna. Further down the lough two English visitors prebaited from one of the islands near White gate and were rewarded with over 1700 lb. of bream up to 8 lb. and many roach to over 2 lb. mainly night fishing.  The Ballybay Angling Association held the first coarse match of the Summer League on Lough Egish last Sunday and Kevin Norcliffe won the day with a nice bag of fish with over 25 lb.

There was some nice pike fishing reported this past week throughout the country.  Angling guide Richie Johnson had a party of American visitors out on Blessington Lake and using lures caught some excellent lean pike on their trip. Angling guide Mick Flanagan reports that he had another party of Italian anglers out on the midland loughs pike fishing and using lures they had very good sport with some cracking fish up to 22 lb. on the trip.  At Portumna, Belgium and Italian guests fishing with Mike Murray caught over 150 pike between them for the week with some excellent fish mainly on lures.  There were some good pike reported taken on the River Shannon at Athlone mainly on deadbaits. A party of Belgium anglers fishing with angling guide Kevin Lyons at Melview Lodge in Longford had a bumper week’s fishing recording 146 pike and one big trout while boat fishing using a variety of methods.  Anglers in the Cavan Leitrim area also enjoyed good pike fishing particularly at Lough Gowna, Killeshandra and in Cootehill.

Angling guide Jim Hendrick teamed up with Ladies World Fly Fishing Distance Casting Champion Glenda Powell and Expert Fly Tyer Brian Healey to hold the Inaugural Saltwater Fly Fishing Primer in East Cork.  It was based at Bella Vista Hotel in Cobh and the many participants in the course were treated to expert tuition over a weekend and enjoyed some wonderful fly fishing to catch bass on the fly.  Up on the east coast there were some nice bass and flounder reported taken on crab and ragworm. Down in Clonakilty, charter skipper Dave Edwards had a party of anglers out deep sea fishing at the weekend recording pollack, cod and many other species. In Sligo, charter skipper Peter Power had a local group out deep sea fishing at the weekend and one unusual catch was a lovely dragonet. There was some nice shore fishing reported from the Killybegs area where the Killybegs Mariners club members enjoyed some fine fishing for Turbot, Dabs and Rays among many species.  Steven Neely had a very enjoyable trip to Donegal taking many pollack and some sea trout on a variety of lures from the shore.

In new clippings and other reports in the update there is news on forthcoming events and competitions coming up in the near future.  The Headquarters of Inland Fisheries Ireland have been moved to 3044 Lake Drive in the Citywest Business Campus in Dublin 24. Staff from Swords and Blackrock offices will be situated in the Citywest site from 12th of May but the Swords staff are already onsite for the past two weeks. Our contact numbers, email addresses and website have not changed but feel free to contact us at our new base.  Don’t forget if you are going fishing this weekend, be safe and wear a lifejacket.

Tight lines especially in Ireland

Paul Bourke
Catch, Photo, Release

If you have an angling story to share with the Irish Angling Update please send it to [email protected].

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Jim Hendrick in Action on the Cork Coastline during the week
Jim Hendrick in Action on the Cork Coastline during the week

Good trout fishing reported from Loughs Conn, Cullin and Arrow in the north west.

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Paul Bourke
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Markus Muller, Angling Information Manager from the IFI office in Ballina reports on recent pike fishing in the North West Mayo area

Trout Fishing

Lough Conn & Lough Cullin

Trout anglers experienced good fishing on Loughs Conn and Cullin during the week. On Lough Cullin, father and son, Richard and Gary Binley, Foxford, kept 8 trout, best at 2 lbs. on dry mayfly patterns, while Liam Flynn and Michael Hopkins, both Roscommon, caught and released 5 fish averaging 1.5 lbs., also on dry mayflies.

Richard Binley, Foxford, displaying two Lough Cullin trout

Richard Binley, Foxford, displaying two Lough Cullin trout

Fishing out of Brackwansha and around the Cormorant Rocks, Philip Coogan and boat partner, Danny Kilcawley, both Sligo, had 5 trout between 1.25 lbs. and 1.5 lbs., all on dry mayflies and Green Peters, while Victoria Bay produced 3 trout, best at 1.5 lbs. for Gerry Walsh and Michael Coleman, both Galway.

The northern end of Lough Conn also fished well with many nice trout up to 2 lbs. taken by anglers. Amongst the successful anglers were Dessie Ruthledge & son Pierce with 3 fish on Green Peters and Vincent O’Boyle & Michael Cawley with 5 fish on wet and dry mayflies.

Kelly’s Boat Hire reported god fishing for local angler, Padraig Kelly Snr. & Dermot Dunne, Offaly, who boated 9 trout in Home Bay, best at 1.5 lbs. Karl Henry, Northern Ireland, had 6 fish in Castlehill Bay on dry olives, while Fintan Phelim, Castlebar, was successful off Cloghans with 4 trout on traditional wet flies.

Cloonamoyne Fishery, Enniscoe, Crossmolina, reported excellent fishing for their clients with John Baker and Julien Linton from the UK catching 13 trout over 2 days on wet Goslings and Fan Wings, best at 2.25 lbs. Ian Wise and boat partner, David Flynn, UK, enjoyed very good fishing in Bog Bay with trout up to 2 lbs. To book guided fishing with Cloonamoyne Fishery, contact Ian at [email protected]

A couple of competitions were also held on Lough Conn during the week. Results were as follows.

Saturday 3rd May – Annual Dublin Anglers vs. Lough Conn & Cullin Anglers Competition (35 anglers, 63 wild brown trout taken)

1st Padraig Traynor – 4 trout 3kg.

2nd John McNeely – 5 trout 2.5kg.

3rd Michael Monaghan – 4 trout 2.3kg

Best fish: Padraig Traynor 1.6kg

Sunday 4th May – Annual Pratt Cup (40 anglers, 25 wild brown trout taken)

1st Sean Goulding, Dublin – 3 trout 3.6 kg

2nd Noel Shields, Dublin – 2 trout 2.1kg

3rd Billy McGhee, Foxford – 3 trout 1.3kg

4th Justin Clarke, Dublin – 2 trout 1.2 kg

Best fish: Sean Goulding – 1.4kg

Lough Arrow

Conditions on Lough Arrow improved considerably in recent days. The mayfly is up on the lake with good numbers of anglers out and a lot of small to medium sized fish being returned. K. Gibson, K. Hutchinson and K. Tully, all guests of Lough Arrow Caravan Park enjoyed a good week’s fishing with many trout in the 2 lbs. range, most of them returned. Local angler, Walter Frazer, also had a 2 lbs. trout, while Muriel Frazer caught a cracking fish weighing 5 lbs. 6oz. on the dab.

Muriel Frazer with her magnificent Lough Arrow trout (5 lbs. 6 oz.)

Muriel Frazer with her magnificent Lough Arrow trout (5 lbs. 6 oz.) caught on the dab

 Lough Arrow Fish Preservation Association & District Anglers will hold their annual Mayfly Competition on Sunday 11th May from 10am until 6pm. Weigh in for single heaviest fish will take place at McDonagh’s Bar, Ballindoon, at 7pm. Entries will be taken at Flynn’s pier between 9am and 10am or by text message to the following committee members (Alison +353 (0)87 9541835, David +353 (0)86 3825376, Karl +353 (0)086 8343584, Sarah +353 (0)87 9734101).

Ballin Lough

The Ballin Lough Fishery near Westport produced some decent fish for visiting anglers this week. Amongst the lucky anglers were John Muldoon with his boat partner who had a rainbow trout of 4 lbs. and 3 browns, best at 1.75 lbs. Pat Murphy, Galway, boated a 3 lbs. rainbow trout  and a nice brown trout weighing 1.75 lbs.  Best flies included Dabblers and nymph patterns.

To book fishing on Ballin Lough contact IFI Ballina at +353 (0)96 22788.

 

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