11/03 Just heard David Ryan caught a 8lb. fish on a fly in the Kilmorna fishery.
12/03 Robert Downey met his first 7lb. springer after playing 7 spent fish. The salmon was taken on a fly in town waters and was full of sea lice.
River Feale salmon, about 7lb
Conditions
As of 14 March it is sunny and dry with a light breeze, a pleasant 12.9C. Water is low with the gauge reading 260mm at the Pump House. Anthony McAuliffe
March 10: 13.00 a fine fresh fish ~10lb. lost on spinner after 5 minutes (reel problem). A few more fresh ones seen running through just below where it was hooked 10 minutes before, & 3 fresh fish seen running another beat as well. I also heard there were good fish moving through the tide at Cappoquin as well. March 11: A couple of fresh fish seen, but none met.
12/03 Water levels are in perfect order for the time of year. .38m on the gauge and a ideal height for spring fishing on the fishery. At this level fish should certainly start slowing down. Over the weekend a few fish were showing themselves going through the Castle beat. Forecast for the coming week is good. Paul Whelan Fort William Fishery
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Mark Beattie and his second spring salmon of the season from the Salmon Capital of Ireland
Angling continues to improve on the River Moy, with a further three salmon reported. Upstream at IFI’s Cloongee Fishery, visiting angler Adrian Spooner, Co. Clare, landed a 10lbs salmon on a spinner. In Ballina town, upstream of the Weirs on the Ballina Salmon Anglers water, Martin Conroy had further success with a 10lbs springer taken on the worm, while Mark Beattie also caught another salmon, weighing 9.7lbs.
Adrian Spooner, Co. Clare and his spring salmon from the Cloongee FisheryMark Beattie and his second spring salmon of the season from the Salmon Capital of Ireland
Carrowmore Lake produced a further two salmon over the past week. Brothers Declan and Frank Foley both had success on Sunday 11th, boating two fine spring salmon of 11lbs and 8lbs. The fish were taken on a Green Peter and a Claret Dabbler.
Lough na Leibe is continuing to fish very well with good catches reported by anglers. Most of the fishing on the Lough was done on Friday the 9th and Saturday the 10th March. On Friday, Bernard McDermott caught 6 trout including a well conditioned over wintered brown trout. Saturday saw the bulk of the action with many club members taking to the water. There were 25 reported fish, landed by 3 club anglers with additional catches also witnessed. Francis Brady banked 10 trout including one over wintered rainbow of approximately 3 lbs, Colm Walsh also had 10 trout including two good rainbows while Anthony Walsh caught 5 trout. Other anglers to catch on the day were Eddie Harte, Peter Walsh, Gerard McNelis and Darren McNelis. All of the reported fish were caught on the fly. The action on Saturday was attributed to a reasonable hatch of small duck fly. If you have a catch to report please e-mail it to the Club address, [email protected]. Successful fly patterns included small midge & nymph patterns and buzzers.
Last weekend we entertained a group of food writers from all over Ireland who were down at the Inchodoney Lodge and Spa,the plan was for them to catch their dinner,and so they did with Pollack and coalfish the species made ready by the chefs in the Hotel.On the Sunday the 11th March with a local group of anglers we ventured out to the wrecks and caught 6 boxes of Pollack,coalfish,and Ling.
The Pollack was up to 11lbs and the Ling up to 14lbs.
13th March 2012 There are day’s when you are reminded why you chose to go fishing, spring starts to show its face, the air is warm with just a little zephyr of a breeze, a hazy brightness fills the landscape, and trout dance with your flies, pulling and cavorting as you work down the runs. Low,almost to the bones my chosen stream diverted and sluiced between the boulders, trout sat in the back eddies waiting for morsels to drift by, and my spiders twitched irresistibly enough to lure a fish at regular intervals, a man couldn’t wish for more.
Downstream wet fly fishing in Co. Wicklow
In his 1959 published treatise on angling “Fishing and Thinking” Dr. A. A. Luce, Professor of Moral Philosophy at Trinity College Dublin wrote of his best day on the river. Casting a line on the same stream almost 63 years to the day I couldn’t but feel a sense of deja vu. Commencing fishing around noon after having walked a step upstream I felt confident as my initial cast snaked across the stream, throwing a mend the flies worked along a seam whence simultaneously a boil and a tug signaled my first trout of the afternoon.
A little six ounce brownie, perfectly formed, yellow bellied, and brightly spotted, taken on a Greenwells spider it tricked and darted in the swift current not out gunned by my four weight wand, a nice start. Carefully wading down stream I placed my flies in runs between rocks, into back eddies, and through likely pockets searching out ambush points where a wily trout might lie up, the pool head runs being very productive
Trout heaven in Co. Wickow
Making my way around a long meander I came across a nice riffle with a constant depth, casting my flies towards the far bank at a forty five degree angle, as they swung around BANG my best trout of the session took the coachman. At half a pound and in great condition the cake had been well and truly iced, time to call it a day. Eleven trout all returned along with numerous rises, a busy afternoon for sure. County Wicklow has some wonderful trout fishing in beautiful locations, the best of it found in the most out of the way places. You have to work for what you catch, but the rewards, a picture paints a thousand words….
Jim Hendrick had a brilliant time on Monday morning March 12th fishing with his friend Ger. Trying for some trout they were committed to taking them on the fly in the sea – using a steelhead type swing with a mini flatwing pattern resulted in the fish below.
Wild silver from the sea
Released again
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The settled weather earlier this week prompted a few of Cobh SAC anglers to get out on the water. On-board Danny Kane’s boat, ‘Sandra Anne’, the lads had spring cod on their minds. Danny brought them to a closely guarded mark of his not far from Roches Point and they weren’t disappointed.
George Stockley with his 8lb Spring Cod
Over a three hour session the three anglers managed over four dozen healthy codling.
The best of the fish fell to veteran Cobh SAC angler, George Stockley, who managed this beauty of 8lbs. Indeed, George certainly out-fished the other two, a measure of his vast experience.
George just recently celebrated his 81st birthday and its great to see this well regarded angler enjoying his angling to the full!!!
Over the weekend well known angler, Jim Clohessey and Kevin Murphy of Bella Vista took one of the Bella Vista boats out for a spin and had some lovley cod on soft plastics.
The lovely warm spring weather gives us all a great feeling of life. Derry anglers, Billy Hazlett and Alan Temple had a great day using dries and buzzers to bank eight trout each while father and son team Raymond and Niall Cassidy, also from Derry banked seven and eight respectively using black buzzers.
Why not take advantage of our catch and release special offer. Fish three days in a row at the weekend for just £30. Well done to all.
