Killybegs Fishing Trips was out after bluefin tuna again and despite difficult conditions anglers were rewarded with some nice catches. Read their report below…
Two very nice Tuna to the boat today for Ken! It was a real battle out their today with strong winds and a big swell, but Ken managed them brilliantly. First fish was a nice 285lb and the 2nd was even better at 400lb.
Into a big buefin tuna in rough conditions aboard Fiona Tee
Earlier in the week it was another tough day at the tuna, with unfavourable weather conditions…so fair play to the guys for putting in a hard shift, but got rewarded with a beauty, a nice 570lb fish to the boat for Max who is only 14 and our youngest customer to land a Tuna this year. Very well done Max! We had good and bad luck for the first half of the day with 2 fish hooked up but got neither because both managed to throw the hook. So it was great to get one to the boat for the guys.
A proud Max having battled this 570lbs bluefin
Nice show of tuna starting to appear now, so hopefully the next few weeks are going to be busy ones!
Skipper Seán Maguire reports a good day out with a crew from Limerick. Drift fishing in the morning produced some nice fish, and a good range of species.
A move to anchor in the afternoon produced a busy session of dogs, but not a lot else, still the Limerick lads enjoyed a great day out, and the craic was good!
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Vincent Appleby, assisted by the Inny Farmer, reports from Lough Currane and the river Inny for the last time this season…
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Rod bender on Currane
Another Currane rod bender
10/10/2024. The rod benders take the headlines as you can see by the photos, for how many caught you will have to watch this space. Wind NE light and variable and followed by reasonable cloud cover at times. Yesterday’s weather, amount of rainfall 3.9mm, amount of sunshine 2hrs.5mins, maximum air temperature 14.9°c.
The photo tells the Currane story!
11/2024. My WhatsApple was all quiet on this bright sunny day, followed by a very variable light to calm SE wind, veered SSE, S, SW, WSW, SW, WSW. Yesterday’s weather, amount of rainfall 0.7mm, amount of sunshine 9hrs.1mins, maximum air temperature 11.8°c.
Currane trout 2024
12/10/2024. Just one good C&R Sea Trout caught by the Currane angler as you can see by the photo, there was a nice wave on the lake so I wouldn’t be surprised if there were a few nice Trout caught this day but that’s only my opinion.
Patrick, Mike, Vincent
So on that note we go to a one happy Currane angler who won the E.M.H Appleby Memorial cup for catching a fine 11lbs.9oz Spring Salmon, sponsored by Fogarty’s Centra, Waterville, and a great prize of a €100 voucher and all was presented by Mr. Patrick Fogarty of Fogarty’s Centra, Waterville. Again, I must give a big thank you to Fogarty’s Centra for Sponsoring the E.M.H. Appleby Cup and a big Congratulations to Currane angler Mike Dwyer for winning the E.M.H. Appleby Cup.
Now to Currane quote of the day goes to Mr. Patrick Fogarty of Fogarty’s Centra, let’s keep it going, all I can say is roll on 2025. Wind moderate to fresh WNE veered NNW, N, NNW, followed by the odd shower. Yesterday’s weather, amount of rainfall 0.1mm, amount of sunshine 5hrs.4mins, maximum air temperature 13.4°c.
As I have being saying this for well over 20 years, well it’s that time of year again and yes you have it, first of all I would like to say a big thank you to you the readers of the Blog and my Facebook page and especially Mr. Myles Kelly and all the team in the Inland Fishery Ireland for their great support as always, this 2024 season.
So, on that note I can’t wait for the 2025 Season, Happy Christmas to you all and stay safe and I’m looking forward to January 17th, 2025 and writing on The No Spin No Fly’s just Facts Zone. Vincent Appleby
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Sea Trout – Catch and release only
Inland Fisheries Ireland wishes to remind anglers that the Conservation of Sea Trout (No.7 or Kerry District) Waterville Area Bye-Law No. 971 of 2019 remains in effect. This Bye-law prohibits the retention and possession of any sea trout (Salmo trutta L.) taken by any fishing engine or by rod and line in the Waterville area i.e. that part of the sea eastward of a line drawn from the most westerly point of Bolus Head to the most westerly point of Lamb’s Head and to all the waters discharging in to it.
The Bye-Law mainly affects seatrout fishing on :-
the river Inny (Knockmoyle) and its tributaries
the waters of the Waterville system, including the Waterville River, Lough Currane, the Cummeragh River and all their tributary rivers and lakes
For more information on the daily conditions, all the craic and news be sure to check out Vincent Appleby’s Salmon and Sea Trout blog for regular reports with back dates, petitions, public consultation notices, readers letters and videos and more of what’s happening on Currane.
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Damien Culliney of Anglers Paradise Guiding reports on a great day of perch fishing in miserable conditions for a birthday boy Riain…
Had young Rìain and Gearoid out for a days fishing with their Dad. It was Rìain’s 10th birthday and he was mad to go fishing. He is a very keen and enthusiastic about fishing. I asked what his goal was for the day. He said he wanted to catch big perch.
On the same day the conditions did not look great with south east winds blowing and rain, not ideal, but young Riain persisted, cast after cast. His efforts were rewarded with some lovely perch averaging 35 cm. As he fished on the perch just got bigger and better with his top 3 fish measuring 39cm, 40 cm and a fantastic new P.B. of 42 cm for a up and coming angler of the future
Anglers Paradise Ireland is owned and managed by Damien Culliney, a well known angler and chef in the Clare region and a man passionate about the inland waterways and natural history of County Clare. At Angler’s Paradise, we love the thrill of Game fishing and Pike fishing in equal measure and can take our clients to some of Europe’s most unspoilt rivers and lakes in search of trophy predators and the realisation of their angling dreams.
Following on from his advice on pike lures for late autumn/early winter a few weeks back, Norbert Renaud of L’ile Verte Fishing Lodge is back with a new video this week with some top tips for fly selection over the winter months. So, if you want to learn from one of the more innovative pike fly anglers in the country, log on to his YouTube channel now.
The Erne Pike Classic competition held in Fermanagh last weekend drew pike anglers from far and wide to pit their skills against each other for a prize fund of circa £11,500. The competition had a split format, with two separate competitions: a bank event held on the Friday, followed by a 2 dayer boat event on Saturday and Sunday. Judging by the number of photos on the organiser’s Facebook page, plenty of quality pike were caught!
Things got off to a good start on Friday at the bank event, with a couple of twenties landed and a few doubles brought to the bank. Paul McManus won the top prize on the day with a fine fish of 22.04lbs.
Paul McManus, with the biggest bank-caught fish
On the first boat day, the average size of fish landed went up a notch or two, with three twenties and a good number of doubles brought to the boat. But it was well-known pike angler Joe McDermott who led the field at the close of the day with a super pike of 27.08lb.
Joe, with his super 27lb+ pike
That stamp of fish was always going to be a hard act to follow, but the anglers put in a sterling effort on day 2 of the boat event, and Steven Smith came closest, with a fine fish of 25.14lb.
Steven came close with this 25lb+ beauty
So Joe McDermott’s day one pike couldn’t be bettered, and he claimed the trophy and a nice cheque for £2,000.
Last week, we reported on a crew of Dutch anglers braving some tough conditions while fishing in Wicklow with Kit Dunne. Well, it hasn’t really got much easier for them during the week, as storms and high winds have made things rather uncomfortable for them while afloat.
But they have stuck to their task and made little of having to fish for a few hours in a Force 5 wind to land some smart-looking fish, including a couple of 150cm+ tope and some fine huss and spurs.
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The Leinster Pike Anglers travelled to a midlands river venue for the second round of their winter league competition last weekend. It was a perfect day weather-wise, as low winds and overcast skies made for ideal pike fishing weather.
The fishing was good, but it wasn’t a day for the bigger fish, as the biggest fish on the day tipped the scales at 1llb 7oz. But with plenty of jacks showing to baits, anglers were kept busy enough, and the top two anglers made it into double figures, with Luke Ó’Ciaráin winning with 12 fish for 38lb 8oz.
Peter Driver of Piscari Fly is back with his weekly roundup of the fishing scene on the Nore and beyond:
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Grayling Fishing The Welsh Dee
As the trout season has closed now in Ireland for rivers and lakes. We now begin to turn our attention to some stocked rainbow fishing, re-filling fly boxes and getting across the pond to Wales for some fantastic Grayling fishing on the Famous Welsh Dee. As the colder months begin to set in the famous Lady Of The Stream come into full swing and begin feeding hard, offering some great fights when hooked.
With the Hanak Grayling Festival coming up at end of November for Mark & Peter and their team member Rob Redman from Wales. Mark made a trip over to Wales on Saturday morning. Taken the 6.30am flight from Dublin to Manchester with some of our fishing colleagues and other Irish Team members also taking part in the great competition. They rented a car and travelled an hour & 10 mins from airport to Llangollen. Purchased their permits online and began fishing the Llangollen Maelor Angling club water on the golf course beats and other beats by 10am. Fishing started off well for all the guys. Wind and rain picked up as the day went on making things bit more tricky, but all continued to catch, with smaller numbers as day went on. Nymphs working best was the pink Sacra and of course the Grayling Slayer.
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Grayling had reported to be feeding in the tops of runs still up until 2 weeks ago, but with recent cold fronts from northern winds and cooler nights coming in. The Grayling have began to drop back in runs edging closer to their winter lies.
Mark the guys met with Chairman of CADAC Angling Club, Dylan Roberts for a catch up and nice meal on saturday evening with a few refreshing cold ones to chat about fishing. Before calling it a night after long day of travel, fishing, and gearing for the next day on Sunday.
Sunday saw the lads head up to the upper reaches of Welsh Dee close to Bala Angling Club waters. After breakfast, they drove to Bala and got permits. The guys began fishing at 10am. Conditions were more ideal with no winds & an overcast day. Nymphs were proving best to start with, then moving to bung on some deeper pools in late morning. With olive Upwing Dries in afternoon to a great hatch that came on with grayling showing themselves in big numbers in the tail ends of runs and flats feeding from the surface. Mark & Rob picked up some great sized Grayling during their day with some very good numbers of fish landed.
Top nymph for the weekend was our Piscari-fly Variation of the Grayling Slayer it’s worth having if your considering a trip across after Grayling but also a pattern not to be missed out on for Trout, and has proven to be a great pattern and has accounted for many a trout being caught.
For any information on Wales and fishing for Grayling. Get in touch with us here at Piscari-fly
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Winter Tying-Fly of the Week
The Grayling Slayer. So considering we have had our first taste of grayling fishing for the season last weekend and with Peter and Mark heading back over to Wales in 2 weeks time. Stay tuned for lots more updates on how this winters fishing will fare out. We have been fishing the Grayling Slayer for a number of years now and not only is it an one of our best grayling flies but it is also a super trout nymph. It is one of Peter’s top nymphs as he has mentioned before, in coloured water. Definitely a fly to have in your box throughout the entire season. It is a real buggy fly, that is very simple to tie and will always get you a fish.
Below is a video on tying the fly and also one on fishing it in coloured water.
This line is superb for making Euro-nymphing leaders that we use in the construction of all our leaders. Very high elasticity, strong, straight and easy to work with. Easy to apply dyes and indicator waxes to for better visibility on the water for leader construction.
Also in now is a fabulous Flurocarbon by Trabucco. Available in 0.145mm 2.1kg, 0.164mm 2.575kg, 0.185mm 3.213kg, 0.201mm 3.85kg, 0.220mm 4.413kg and 0.240mm 5.313 kg
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Give us a bell here at Piscari-fly 0879787040 or piscarifly@gmail.com for any other information you need.
What’s Coming?
Launch of the Irish Spring Angling Fair 2025 happens this coming weekend in Ardaire Springss Angling Centre. Myself, Tom doc Sullivan, Jimmy Tyrell and a host of other flytyers and casters will be down for the launch. So if you are at nothing Sunday be sure to drop in and have a chat. See some flies and some casting and see what is planned for the Irish Spring Angling Fair 2025.
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For Cormac Walsh, of the Lure Fishing Podcast, there is something special about this time of the year. The conditions are on a knife edge with the weather, tide and bait all coinciding to create a feeding frenzy, driving the bass onshore.
Cormac has spent many, many hours, weeks, months and even years trying to figure it all out when it comes to the bass and that means constant experimenting, trying new things, fishing different marks, different tides and different stages of the tide. It’s all trial and error, but when it all comes together it can be magical….
…and it doesn’t get any better than top-water fishing on the coast in a heavy chop with the bass blitzing all round! Bass heaven.
Cormac managed to get some nice fish on the top this week, and as the tides build in the coming days, he’ll be hoping for more frenzied action through the weekend. Don’t forget to check out and follow his Lure Fishing Podcast for great tips on lure fishing for bass and other predatory species.
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