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ILFA to host 2013 Ladies International Championships in Kerry

By
myleskelly
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The Irish Ladies Fly Fishing Association (ILFA) will be hosting the 2013 Ladies International Championships on Lough Caragh near Kilorglin in Co. Kerry from the 10th – 13th June 2013

Ireland has the opportunity to host this important Championship every four years and the venue offered has always been a wild brown trout fishery. The Irish team will be joined by women’s teams from three other competing countrys; England, Wales and Scotland.

Julie Gerry, Chairwoman of the ILFA and International President for 2013, said;

‘This is a very special year for the ILFA as the host nation and we will be able to show off one of the most spectacular angling venues in Ireland to an international audience.

Julie Gerry Team Captain an International President 2013
Julie, came to Ireland from her native England in the late 1990’s and settled in Maynooth in Co. Kildare. She is passionate about angling and has proven to be a formidable force having won one of Ireland’s biggest competitions in 2004 - The World Cup - and being the only woman to ever do so. This will be her eleventh Cap and her fourth time as captain. In 2013 she has been awarded the coveted title of International President.

Wild brown trout venues are not as common in the rest of the British Isles so it will be a great treat for the visiting teams to be fishing such a spectacular venue. Ireland has wonderful venues but Lough Caragh is very special and I know that our visitors will be impressed. All our events on Lough Caragh are being organised in conjunction with Mike O’Shea who is the Lough Caragh Fishing Manager and we are very grateful for the advice and support of all the local boatmen’.

The Irish team who come from all over Ireland have a wealth of experience. The team will be Captained by Julie Gerry from Maynooth in Co. Kildare.

The rest of the team are;

  • Susan Brown, from Lisburn in Co. Antrim.
  • Jenny Casey from Clane in Co. Kildare
  • Hazel O’Gorman from Quin in Co. Clare
  • Linda Straghan from Derryhenell in Co. Armagh
  • Mary Murphy from Mallow in Co. Cork
  • Niamh Breene from Ardkeen village Co. Waterford
  • Carmel Kelly from Knockmore in Co. Mayo
  • Julie McGeever from Foxford Co. Mayo
  • Dorrie Gibbons from Cong in Co. Galway
  • Ann Kerrin from Derryrin in Co. Fermanagh
  • Carmel Sheridan from Blackwater in Co. Clare
  • Ann McWilliams from Kanturk in North Cork

The team will be Coached by Denis Cronin from Macroom, Co.Cork and Allen Griffin from Tralee, Co. Kerry will be the team Fly Tier.

Women who are interested in taking part in the next trial on the 18th May 2013 on Lough Corrib can find our more information at www.irishladiesflyfishing.com This will be the second of four trials which will be used to select the Irish team for the International Ladies Fly Fishing Championship in 2014 which will happen in Wales.

For more information on these events or to join the ILFA please visit www.irishladiesflyfishing.com or ring

Jenny Casey ROI 087.6593174 or Susan Brown NI 07922647628

Susan Brown
Susan, from Lisburn in Co. Antrim has represented Ireland on seven occasions. She became interested in fishing at a very young age when she went mackerel fishing one summer with a group of friends and became hooked on it! Her favourite fly-fishing venue is The Straid in Ballyclare because it was the first place she cast a fly. She works for the Ulster Bank and says that her greatest catch ever was meeting her partner Derek while fishing. She is a member of Gilford Angling Club and Lisburn Angling Association. She also holds the position of honorary secretary in the Irish Ladies Fly Fishing Association.
Jenny Casey
Jenny, from Clane, Co. Kildare, began fishing at an early age. After demanding a fly rod for her eight birthday, because she was jealous of her cousins going fishing with her father and uncle she felt she was missing out. She was able to get plenty of practice as the river Liffey ran through the family farm near Clane. This will be Jenny’s second Cap and is also the International Treasurer of the 2013 International Ladies Fly Fishing Committee. She also finished her degree this year in the National University of Ireland Maynooth with double honours in History and Geography and plans to follow her mother in the teaching profession. When not studying she can be seen in the K.Club as one of the resorts Gillies showing guests the art of fly fishing.
Hazel O Gorman
Hazel, is living in Quin, Co. Clare. This is her second appearance on the Irish team. Her first International was in the Lake of Menteith, Scotland in 2012. She started fly fishing in 2009. Her favourite place to fish is Dromoland Castle Lake,Co. Clare, where she gets plenty of “long style” casting practice, fishing from a drifting boat. Her best catch was eleven wild brown trout in Caragh Lough in 2012. She has qualified as Vice Captain for the 2013 team and also holds the position as PRO for 2013.
Linda Straghan
Linda is from Derryhenell, Co. Armagh, and will be representing Ireland for the third time in this year’s Ladies International. Linda works in facilitating Management Services for the Southern Education Library Board. She has been fishing for over twenty years and will be cheered on by her partner Brian Kerr, who has also fished for Ireland at International level and their two and a half son Sonny. Linda is looking forward to catching up with friends old and new.
Mary Myrphy
Mary, originally from Kilcorney, Co. Kerry, but now is living and working over the border in Co. Cork. She will be representing Ireland in the Ladies Flyfishing International Championship in June 2013 for the second time. Mary’s interest in fishing was first ignited from spending the summers of her youth in Kerry fishing the lakes of Glencar and Blackvalley. At the tender age of seven, Mary landed her first fish, a trout, from the river Blackwater and from that she literally became hooked! The achievement of making the Irish Team is down to the time she spent honing her fly fishing skills with the Kenmare Fishing Club. She is looking forward to the Competition and hopefully landing the trophy!
Niamh Breene
Niamh, is from Kenmare in Co.Kerry, is currently working as a nurse in Waterford Regional Hospital. Now in her early twenties she is the youngest member of the Irish Team. She was out in a boat as a toddler and has been fly fishing from a young age. She is competing in her second international in Ireland.
Julie McGeever
Julie, is from Freshford, Co. Kilkenny and is living in Foxford, Co. Mayo. She took up fishing during her time at Healy’s Hotel, a well known anglers hotel in Pontoon, Co. Mayo. She took up fishing with her guests on Loughs Cullen and Conn for brown trout and salmon fishing on the River Moy. She joined the ILFA in 1993 when the first Ladies International was held in Ireland on Lough Conn. Her favourite lakes are Lough Corrib at the May fly time, and Lough Mask for the World Cup. Her first cap was Llyn Brenig in 1998, this year will be her eight cap. She was team co.ordinator on two occasions at Internationals in Ruthland Waters and Loch Leven. She is a full time student in an Honours Business degree in GMIT Castlebar, in Political Economy and Corperate Ethics. She is looking forward to fishing Lough Caragh and meeting all the competitors
Denis Cronin
Denis Cronin, is from Macroom, Co. Cork. He has been the Tafi Competitions chairman for the past number of years. He is involved with Tafi now for twenty five years and has fished for Ireland in the world cup and European Championships. Tafi representative to Fips Mouche the world governing body. Also managed Tafi Teams in world and Euro Championships and Youth Championships. He fished National Championships on two occasions. Managed the Irish Ladies Team who won Gold in 2009 for the first time. He hopes we can achieve a good result in Caragh Lake in 2013.
Dorrie Gibbons
Dorrie Gibbon’s, family home is in Cong, Co. Mayo. She first fished when she was five years old. Taught by her late father Dick Gibbons. A well known angler throughout the country. She was hooked straight away, and over the years her passion just grew and grew. She is fly fishing over twenty three years and has never looked back. She first represented Ireland in 1995 which was fished on Grafham Water in England. She was the first Irish Lady to win the Heaviest Fish Trophy for Ireland which was the “Jeanette Taylor Trophy”. She has competed in many competitions through out the country with good success. She also fished the “Bob Church Classic” on Rutland Water in 2010 and was the “Top Lady Angler”. Her main fishing waters would be The Beautiful Corrib and the Majestic Mask. She also has a passion for fly fishing salmon. She is the Hatchery Manager for Salmo Salar Ltd., Fisheries Conservation. Based in the ESB Salmon Hatchery in Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal. They stock the Erne catchment with wild salmon unfed fry, parr and smolts etc. she has been working in Donegal for the past five years. She has worked in Fisheries Covnervation/Fisheries Commercial for the past twenty one years. This will be her ninth Cap for Ireland. She was on the 2009 team when they won the “Gold Medal” for Ireland and was also the International President.
Carmel Sheridan
Carmel Sheridan, is living in Blackwater, Co. Clare. This is her first Cap in the Ladies Flyfishing International. After attending a fundraiser fly fishing event she decided to take up the sport and is really excited at the prospect of being involved with this competition. She is a member of the Bleach Lough Anglers in Limerick.
Carmel Kelly
Carmel Kelly, home house was on Glass Island in Lough Conn, so fishing is a big part of her life. She has been involved in the Irish Ladies Team since its inception and this is her tenth time fishing for Ireland. She is married to Padraic Kelly who is also an Irish International angler, as are two of her sons and two of her daughters.
Anne McWilliams
Ann McWilliams, has been fishing almost twenty years. She lives in Kanturk, North Cork. She is originally from Lisburn, Co. Antrim. This is her eleventh Ladies International Cap. She also had the honour to Captain the Irish Team on three occasions including our first victory on Lough Leine in 2009. She is a hospital representative for Pfizer – a pharmaceutical company. She has completed eight International Marathons and hopes to run this year’s New York Marathon. She also enjoys mountain climbing and reached the summit of Kilimanjaro. She is secretary of her local club Kanturk and District Trout Anglers.
Ann Kerrin
Ann Kerrin, always had a love for fishing, catching perch and trout on her local Arney river as a youngster. Whilst working as a nurse in Belfast she wanted a hobby and with having a background in fishing, fishing it was. Ann then discovered fly fishing was more productive catching trout. Fishing is relaxing for Ann who works as a Theatre Sister in the new South West Acute Hospital in Inniskillen and as a member of the Special Lecturer team for Queens University Belfast. Ann fished her first International on Llyn Brenig in Wales in 1998 and has fished ten other’s since. She was very proud to be a member of the winning Irish International in 2009.
Allan Griffin
Allan Griffin, was born in Tralee in 1973. He got interested in fly tying when a friend gave him a couple of fly’s that were falling apart at the age of eight years old. He took the fly’s apart and learned what the feathers were and observed that there were tinsel and flosses also in the fly. He met a guy called Don Cantrell who had a fly tying business in Tralee and with his help and a few fly tying books he started to improve. Eventually he started to supply local tackle shops and private individuals, many of which keep coming back. He has sent flies all over the world and he has tied for some of Irelands most successful anglers. He is starting up a Bait, Flytying and Guiding business, after successfully completing a Marine and Countryside Guiding Course at IT Tralee. This will be Allens first time accompanying the Irish Ladies Team as a fly tier.

Drogheda Coarse Angling Club Take on the Brothers Lake in Carrickmacross

By
David Byrne
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Winner Shane O'Reilly with Two Lovely Tench at Yesterday's Competition

Mark Carolan of Drogheda Coarse Angling Club reports that on Sunday last the 12th of May eight dedicated anglers took to the banks of the Brothers Lake in Carrickmacross to take part in the third leg of Drogheda Coarse Anglers Club, “Battle on the Boyne,”spring/summer league. This weeks match was ran over five hours which made all the difference to some of the anglers. It was hard to put a direction on the wind today as it seemed to change every fifteen minutes. The wind put a ripple on the water at times but overall the lake was in good condition. Dave Ryan put together a very impressive bag of fish which included a P.B. Bream of 3lb 8oz.

A Personal Best Bream for Dave Ryan on the Brothers Lake on Sunday

Today’s best weight of 17lb 3oz, was put together by Shane O Reilly. Shane was one of the anglers who made the most of the extra hour, netting most of his fish in this time. He achieved this weight by float fishing the margins into four foot of water with sweetcorn on the hook. A good variety of fish graced the nets today, including, Roach, Skimmers, Hybrids, Eels, Bream, and Tench.

Winner Shane O'Reilly with Two Lovely Tench at Yesterday's Competition
A Nice Bream For Shane O'Reilly at the DCAC Match Yesterday
A Nice Bream For Shane O'Reilly at the DCAC Match Yesterday

Also in the money today once again was, Mark Carolan with a section win. Well done to all our members who took part today and a big thank you to Peadar O Brian and Kieron Roche for sectioning off the lake for us, and also a big thank you to Tom Cogan for providing a dip tank for our nets.

Our next match will be on Sunday the 26th of May on Lough Barnagrow Co. Monaghan. Tight lines to all.

The club continues to actively recruit new members so if you are interested in joining this progressive club why not drop Secretary Mark Carolan an email to marktheangler@gmail.com or give him a call on 087 2801178

Section Winner Mark Carolan with His Net of Fish at the Brothers Lake Yesterday
Two Nice Tench for Dave Ryan at Yesterday Event
Two Nice Tench for Dave Ryan at Yesterday Event
A Nice Net of Tench for Match Winner Shane O'Reilly

New sealiced fish make their way up the Slaney

By
IFI Staff
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As expected the fresh water during the week brought in a  run of new sealiced  fish. Although  fish were landed at Enniscorthy, Solsboro, Riversdale, Clohamon,  the Wood  and Kildavin many seemed to be turbocharged and heading upriver fast. This was borne out  by reports of 4 (or 5?) fish off the Tullow stretch between Friday and Saturday. Successful anglers included Andy Kelly (Kildavin), Bill Connolly (Clohamon), Teddy Synott (Riversdale) and Francis Connolly (Solsboro). It was not all easy fishing with 4 anglers on one beat (including the webmaster) seeing nothing all day while 2 miles up stream it was a red letter day  with 3 fish to one rod.

Scottish Fish fam had pesticide residue levels 400 times above approved limit

The Herald Scotland reported last week on the fact that Scotland’s environment agency has found 12 salmon farms pesticide residues above the approved level. One Marine Harvest site was reported as having levels over 400 times the approved level!

Compliments of:

Slaney River Trust

Web: www.slaneyrivertrust.ie

Inland Fisheries investigates dead fish find at Loughrea lake – Galway Bay FM

By
IFI Staff
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Inland Fisheries Ireland is investigating following the discovery of dead fish in Loughrea Lake yesterday.

Initial investigations suggest it’s a natural phenomena involving course fish only and is unlikely to be related to water quality.

Staff from Inland Fisheries Ireland went to Loughrea Lake yesterday after being alerted to the discovery of dead fish.

Upon inspection, they recovered approximately 100 dead perch.

No other species are involved.

Inland Fisheries Ireland is currently investigating the cause of the fish kill, which may be due to natural causes.

Samples have been taken and sent for laboratory analysis…

Galway Bay FM 13/05/2013. Read the article ‘ Inland Fisheries investigates dead fish find at Loughrea lake’

Angling masterclass from Glenda – The Corkman

By
IFI Staff
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Glenda Powell giving a masterclass on casting to anglers. The event was organised by the Duhallow Angling Centre of Excellence at Kanturk Soccer Club. Photo by Patrick Casey
Glenda Powell giving a masterclass on casting to anglers. The event was organised by the Duhallow Angling Centre of Excellence at Kanturk Soccer Club. Photo by Patrick Casey

The Duhallow Angling Centre of Excellence was set up in 2012 by the Kanturk and District Trout Anglers to promote angling in the Duhallow area.

The Centre intends to promote and develop angling in the region among local people as well as the tourist angler. The angling centre has started a number of programmes to train local people in the art of angling and to help anyone interested in taking up angling to get started.

In 2012 a very successful angling summer camp for children was held as well as an introduction day to angling for landowners who live along the banks of the River Allow……

The Corkman 09/05/2013. Read the article ‘Angling masterclass from Glenda’

Glenda Powell giving a masterclass on casting to anglers. The event was organised by the Duhallow Angling Centre of Excellence at Kanturk Soccer Club. Photo by Patrick Casey
Glenda Powell giving a masterclass on casting to anglers. The event was organised by the Duhallow Angling Centre of Excellence at Kanturk Soccer Club. Photo by Patrick Casey

The weather dictated the fishing at Sheelin with mid week proving the best

By
Brenda Montgomery
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Lough Sheelin Angling Report By Brenda Montgomery, IFI  May 6th – May 12th 2013

I still don’t know why I fish or
why other men fish, except we
like it and it makes us think
and feel.
Roderick L. Haig-Brown

‘An Angry Sky’ Lough Sheelin

Bank holiday Monday was disappointing despite what looked like ideal weather conditions – balmy with a slight breeze and not too sunny but it didn’t happen. Anglers however need not despair as with the increase in temperatures there has been a change and that change was seen on Monday night when there was a good hatch of duck fly which went out on to the lake at around 9pm.  Whether we are sick of it or not, it is the cold harsh weather that has slowed things down here, by as much as six weeks but things are finally progressing in the right direction.  For Sheelin the peak time for the mayfly coincides with the bloom of the white thorn or may blossom and so far the blackthorn which precedes the whitethorn is just out now so the mayfly is undoubtedly going to be late this year.  Anglers must remember that for the past two years the may fly was early on Sheelin  – last year the first hatch was May 9th but we had different weather and warmer water temperatures, Sheelin’s water temperature this week hovered around 6 -7 degrees but 10 degrees upwards is the ideal temperature for a may fly hatch.  Anglers need not panic as for Sheelin the may fly hatches don’t normally happen until the last week in May so it’s just a question of hanging on in there because with a spell of continuous warm weather Sheelin will come alive and will undoubtedly be the best place for trout fishing in Ireland.

Gary McKiernan of Loughsheelinguidingservices.com with his 5 ½ lb trout caught on May 9th on a dabbler

As the week progressed fly life increased with a good smattering of simulium on the water and encouraging sightings of olives, on Tuesday in the sheltered areas of the lake fish were sipping at the surface and some nice trout were taken for the first time on dry flies.  The flies that are having the most success are the brightly coloured wet flies, greens and reds with a sparkle threaded through the body.  The dabblers still rule though with the claret, green and peter ross taking top position.  The stimulators, minkies and humongous are still popular even as we head through the third month of the season. This lake and its fishing is governed by the wind and wind direction so it is important for anglers to take this into account, ideal fishing conditions are calm with a slight ripple.  Angling is not a rushed sport so by being in the calm affords anglers time to study the water and to see what’s happening and perhaps change fly when necessary.  The end of the week hit in with a disappointing bang with blustery cold south westerlies, temperatures dropping and frequent heavy showers of rain and sometimes hail causing the fly hatches to remain stubbornly in the bushes and making boating difficult in certain parts of the lake and although there was plenty of movement of trout, the high winds made it far too difficult to connect with them. The lake fished badly over the weekend and there were lots of disappointed anglers left on the shoreline resorting to just’ trying out outboards’ and bailing out boats. The weather has the final say on this great lake – there by the grace of god go I………………

David Heraghty, Belfast with his 4 ½ lb trout caught Sunday May 12th

Martin McLaughlin, Belfast May 12th holding his 4lb Sheelin trout

The ‘Deadly’ Dabbler

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A selection of Dabblers

 


 


Greg Muldowney, Lucan with one of his 6 trout caught with ghillie Damien Willis (www.loughsheelinbuddies.com) on Thursday last.

David Penny from Lucan fishing with Damien Willis (www.loughsheelinbuddies.com)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Calm in the shelter of Kilnahard, rough and difficult beyond – May 10th

The Gathering is coming to Crover House Hotel, Lough Sheelin on the weekend June 7th, 8th and 9th and as part of this the local angling club – The LSTPA in conjunction with Cavan County Council and Crover House Hotel are hosting an angling day primarily to attract anglers and would be anglers from outside the state and over seas.  Local ghillies will be giving their day free to bring anglers out fishing on the lake and there will be fly tying, casting, a competition with prizes finishing up with a Bar B Q at Crover House Hotel.  This not to be missed event will be free but places are limited and those of you from Northern Ireland or from overseas should contact

Eamon Ross @ 087 9436655 or Thomas Lynch @ 087 9132033

Those that take part in this ‘Angling Gathering’ can avail of a 10% entry discount on the Lough Sheelin Classic Fly Fishing Competition on June 9th.

Cyril Maille from Montpeiller, France  releasing his 5 ½ lb trout on May 8th (ghillied by loughsheelinguidingservices.com)

The popular Sheelin Classic trout competition now in its 9th year will be run on Lough Sheelin on Sunday June 9th 2013 – 11am to 6pm.  This is a heaviest fish competition with a strict 15” size limit and only 2 fish per competitor.

This competition will involve an open draw for partners and entries must be in by Wednesday June 5th . Entry fee is €70 for a boating angler and €90 a non-boating angler.  Entry fee includes a meal in Crover House after the competition

This years prize fund will be in excess of €12,000

1st 19ft Sheelin boat & trailer & crystal & the coveted Davey O’Connor perpetual cup

2nd 5 hp 4 stroke outboard engine & crystal

This is a competition well worth marking in your diary and because of the popularity of the Sheelin Classic and to avoid disappointment, it is advisable to secure your entry sooner rather than later by contacting Noel McLoughlin at 087 2179460 for further information

Gary McKiernan, Cavan with his 2 ¾ lb trout caught May 9th

A catch & release policy is actively encouraged on the lake at all times

Please remember anglers to abide by BYE-LAW 790 – we need to keep our small fish alive……………

Heaviest catch for the week was Gary McKiernan’s 5 ½ lb trout caught on a claret dabbler.

Total number of trout recorded: 32

Selection of Catches

Gary McKiernan (www.loughsheelinguidingservices.com) – fishing on Tuesday May 7th 3 fish averaging 2 – 2 ¾  lbs on a claret dabbler.  May 9th one trout at5 ½ lb on a claret dabbler.

Cyril Maille, Montpellier, France – ghillied by Gary McKiernan on May 8th 3 trout weighing in at 5 ½ lbs, 4 lbs and 2 ¾ lbs using a peter ross and claret dabbler.

Greg Muldowney and David Penny, Lucan – using a mix of dabblers these two men landed 6 trout between them.

David Heraghty and Martin McLaughlin, Belfast – fishing May 12th, 3 trout heaviest was 4 ½ lbs caught outside Crover Pier.  David disappointingly lost another much heavier fish in the same location.

George Fraile, Belfast with his Tyrone friend ghillied by Thomas Lynch (www.loughsheelinguidingservices.com) – on Sunday May 12th 4 trout averaging 1 ½ – 2 lbs, all caught on the claret dabbler.

Peter Quinn, Belfast – on Saturday May 11th using a dabbler, 1 trout at 1 ½ lbs.

Brenda Montgomery IFI

FAW event results in new club at Daingean

By
myleskelly
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Trying out pole fishing at Daingean
Trying out pole fishing at Daingean

Enda Hicky writes that they had a very successful Fisheries Awareness Day on the 11th of May in Daingean Co Offaly…

This was the very first time and event was held here and with the help of the Irish Angling Development Alliance and the local Grand Canal Water Sports and Leisure group it was a massive success.

Trying out pole fishing at Daingean
Trying out pole fishing at Daingean

We had up to 40 children along with parents attend and for the vast majority it was their very first attempt at fishing. A lot caught their first fish and we are now looking at starting up a new club to cater for these new anglers. One of the noticeable things was that the ratio of girls to boys leaned in the girl direction which is wonderful for the sport, in fact it was Saoirse Quinn who had the very first fish.

Everyone gets a go!
Everyone gets a go!

We would like to thank all those who made it possible, Geoff Quinn, Peter Walsh and Fergal Scully from the IADA and the committee of the GCWS&L plus the Castle Barna golf club and to Toomans Bait & Tackle for supplying free bait.

We will looking at running another similar event later in the year.

Enda Hickey
Irish Angling Development Alliance

For more events and all the photos see

Fish made the day a lot of fun for the kids taking part

 

 

Thick lipped mullet on a lure in Cork Harbour

By
IFI Staff
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Cork Harbour Angling Hub report:

In quiet back waters of Cork Harbour mullet can be successfully targeted. LRF specialists, Cillian Farrell and Dan Gill, who have been pioneering kayak angling in the harbour over the last number of years, have turned their attention to targeting mullet on lures!!!

Yesterday afternoon, one such mission led to success. Cillian gives a brief account of what happened ‘….A quick LRF session on the last hour of the flood. Dan & myself had felt a bit claustropobic of late having being couped up studying. A short fishing trip was in order. The beauty of Cork Harbour is that there are accessible marks within a short distance. 7 minutes into the session I hooked this 2-3lb mullet, with a pink power isome fished on a 1g jig head. Dan hadn’t even set up by this stage. Unfortunately, that fish spooked the others. We did have a few follows later but it was great to catch a thick lipped on a lure!’

Well done, another one for the species count!!

Courtesy of Cork Harbour Angling Hub

40lb bags of Roach from Belturbet

By
myleskelly
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Martin Lawson, from the Isle of Man spent 5 days fishing in Belturbet and Killeshandra areas. Martin was lucky with the weather and only two of the five days were wet and windy. Martin reports that he had some good 20kg+ bags from the platforms in Belturbet on the stick float and red maggot. He was fishing over ground bait, catching mainly roach with some weighing over the pound mark.

At the cut in Killykeen Forest Martin was on the pole with red maggot and corn. He was catching roach and hybrids using red maggot and the corn accounted for the bigger fish.

 

Everyone gets a fish at the Oaklands introduction to coarse angling

By
myleskelly
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Patrick Wickham aged 6 with a small carp
Patrick Wickham aged 6 with a small carp

Adrian Browne and staff from IFI held an Introduction to Coarse Angling/ Biosecurity Awarness Event at Oaklands Lake, New Ross, Co. Wexford on Saturday as part of Fisheries Awareness Week.

Adrian reports that it was a great success. Over 30 kids turned out despite unpleasant, blustery conditions. Most of those taking part were first timers, and though they were complete novices they all caught fish. Adrian gave thanks to  IFI for sponsorship of the event and to all the lads that helped out from the club.

Patrick Wickham aged 6 with a small carp
Patrick Wickham aged 6 with a small carp

Next weekend there is an open match on Sunday. The draw is 930am with fishing  from 11 to 4.
Adrian Browne
Oaklands Lake

Win a years membership

Adrian also tell us that the first angler who catches a 12lb carp at the lake this year, which is registered with the Irish Specimen Fish Committee wins a permit for the year at the lake.

More FAW events

www.faw.ie

Go fishing at Oaklands…

Oaklands Lake,
Marshmeadows,
New Ross, Co. Wexford.

Telephone: +353 (0)51 445348
Mobile: +353 (0)87 6988979
Web: www.oaklandslake.com
Email: oaklandslake@gmail.com

 

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