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Great fly water on the Laune

By
myleskelly
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As of Monday 12th September water at 2 feet 9 inches on the gauge at Johnston’s.  Beautiful water for all methods but especially the fly.

The wind and driving rain at times is a lot of anglers away from the river but those who persevere are still getting fish.  One such angler is Welsh man Gregory Vincent who has opened his account today with a released fish of 6 lbs from John Breen’s. Fish are also reported from all our other fisheries.

Despite the high winds, conditions wont get much better than they are now for the season so I would strongly advise get out there now if you can while there is time and while the water is so good.

Beat 3:

Today Monday on Beat 3 Dan Shine landed his first ever Laune salmon followed shortly after with his second both on the fly.  Water levels on Beat 3 are very good and will improve as it falls back a bit.
Billy Downes
Laune Salmon Anglers

www.launesalmonanglers.com

Email: [email protected]

 


Owenea fishing very well, 50 salmon last week

By
myleskelly
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There was plenty of water in the Owenea River this week due to the very wet weather. Every day saw a flood with the exception of Saturday which still gave fair water conditions (0.19 metres) and in fact the river was too high at times. The gauge average for the week was huge reading 0.41 metres!

The river fished very well over the week and there were some 50 odd salmon caught, mainly over the first four days of the week. Given here are some of the catches taken from the catch register.

On Monday, Patrick Scallon recorded a 5¾lb grilse caught on a fly from beat 8. David O’Donnell logged a 6lb grilse caught on a spinner from beat 6. Paul Brennan accounted for a 9lb salmon caught on a spinner from beat 8. Michael Boyle registered a 3lb grilse caught on a fly from beat 9 and Columba Campbell logged a 6lb grilse caught on a fly from beat 8.

On Tuesday, Gordon Young recorded a 5½lb grilse caught on worm from beat 9. Paul Brennan accounted for a 4½lb grilse caught on a spinner from beat 9. Jim McLean had a good day recording 3 fish caught on spinner from beat 8. The fish weighed 3½, 5½ & 7lb with 2 of these released again. Seamus Cooley accounted for 3 fish caught on fly from beat 8 weighing 4, 6½ and 8lb with 2 of these released again and Patrick Scallon registered a 4½lb grilse caught on fly from beat 8.

On Wednesday, Gordon Young recorded a 5½lb grilse caught on a spinner from beat 9. Frank Walker logged a 3lb grilse caught on worm from beat 8. I accounted for 2 grilse caught on a fly from beat 7 weighing 3½ & 5½lb with the smaller of these released. Kevin O’Neill logged a 7lb salmon caught on fly from beat 5. Paul Brennan accounted for an 8lb salmon caught on a spinner from beat 9. Thomas Corr registered a 5lb grilse caught from beat 7 on a spinner. Michael Boyle recorded a 6lb grilse caught on a fly from beat 9. Ray Robinson accounted for 3 grilse caught on a fly.  P.J. McNelis registered a 5lb grilse caught on a fly from beat 4. John Northridge recorded a 9lb salmon caught on a fly and Columba Campbell registered a 4lb grilse caught on a fly from beat 5.

On Thursday, John Northridge recorded a fine 15lb 2oz salmon caught on a fly from beat 7. Otmar Butz had a good day catching 4 grilse on the fly from beat 7. The fish weighed 5, 5, 5½ & 7lb with the three smaller fish released again. Michael Devine accounted for a 3½lb grilse caught on a fly from beat 3. Michael Doyle registered a 10lb salmon caught and released on a fly from beat 5 and Gerry McCafferty logged a 4lb grilse caught on a fly from beat 3.

On Friday, Kevin O’Neill recorded a 4lb grilse caught on the fly from beat 3.

The forecast for next week is for wet weather and so I would expect the river to have some nice water conditions throughout the week. Prospects look good once again.

Make a booking

For info/bookings etc on the Owenea Fishery –

Tel: 074 9551141. (9am to 1pm April to May & 7am to 1pm June to Sept).

Lough Melvin quiet, occassional trout over deep water

By
myleskelly
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11/09 Lough Melvin was very quiet this week with little angling effort taking place. Reports were that trout fishing was slow with the exception of Thursday when a couple of good catches of Sonaghan were reported from the deep water drifts.

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For info/bookings etc on Lough Melvin see http://www.drowessalmonfishery.com/ or Tel: 071 9841055.

Lough Melvin, Rossinver Fishery: For info/bookings etc, contact Ruth Mettler. Tel: 071 9841451.

River Drowes fished well over the weekend

By
myleskelly
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11/09 Water levels remained good all week in the Drowes. The river was fairly quiet this week with season ticket holders responsible for most of the angling effort.

There were a number of salmon recorded however over the weekend. On Saturday, John Parkinson recorded a 5½lb grilse caught on a spinner from the High Bank. On Sunday, young Andrew McDonald accounted for a 2½lb grilse caught on a spinner from the Terrace. Anthony Carr registered a 4lb grilse caught on worm from the Red Roof. Darryl Kennedy had a good day recording 4 grilse caught and released on shrimp from the Money Hole. Gary Morrow also had a good day with 3 salmon weighing 8, 9 & 10lb caught on shrimp from the High Bank and released again.

Make a booking

For info/bookings etc on the Drowes Fishery & Lough Melvin see http://www.drowessalmonfishery.com/

or Tel: 071 9841055 (8am to 12 noon).

Cobh International Deep Sea Angling Festival results

By
myleskelly
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Danny Kane

Danny Kane, Cobh SAC, has won the Cobh International Deep Sea Angling Festival, held in Cork Harbour last week. This is Danny’s second year in a row winning this event and comes just two week’s after finishing third in the National Boat Masters. Well done Danny!!!

Danny, didn’t have it easy, though, and was lying in 6th position coming into the final day. He beat off stiff competition to reach the top spot, narrowly squeezing past Steve Williams of Wales by only 55 points!

This year’s competition was a superb event with numbers up on last year. 52 anglers from 6 nations participated with a few new faces amongst the hardy annuals. Some of the international anglers have now been participating year on year. In fact one group of Dutch lads have now fished the Festival 36 years on the trot! That’s dedication for you but is also a testament to what a great event this Festival is.

As is the case every year, the boats used were from the Cork Harbour Angling Hub fleet. This year the following boats were used; the John Boy, the Lee Star, the Naomh Cartha, the Cuan Ban, the Wreck Hunter, and the Lagosta II. Many thanks to the skippers whose facilities and expertise were second to none. Indeed, with the tough conditions that prevailed their expertise was called upon. Weather conditions for the week were extremely tough with frequent gale force winds, intermittent squalls, and sea-states at times exceeding three to four metres. Despite this the skippers did put the anglers on fish.

conger

Courtesy of  the Cork Harbour Angling Hub – for full report visit  http://corkharbouranglinghub.blogspot.com

Trout fly fishing reasonable on Corrib

By
myleskelly
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Over on Lough Corrib, fishing has been reasonably good. A competition was fished out of Greenfields to raise funds for Tanzania, organised by Frank Reilly who has run fly-tying clinics in the country to encourage entrepreneurial activity. 25 anglers fished on the day, landing 11 fish over the size limit, however as this was a catch-and-release competition the fish were measured and released again. Noel O’Donoghue took top honours, with 2 trout for 76cm, just pipping Brian McInerney who had 2 fish for 75cm. The best fish was recorded by Michael Kelly from Ennis, a fine trout of 56cm.

Elsewhere, Jack King and Mary Quigley from Monaghan landed 5 trout for 11.5lbs over 2 days wetfly fishing, with the best trout 4.5lbs, and all sportingly released. William –John Primrose from Tipperary landed 6 trout over 2 days on wetfly, all released again.

Some cracking trout at Carra on dry fly

By
myleskelly
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Lough Carra has also been producing the goods with some cracking trout reported on dries. Local angler Richie Yang who fishes Carra on a regular basis reported numerous trout of 3lbs + over the past week. Greg O’Donoghue and Tommy Foley Ballinrobe also reported plenty of action on dries late into the evening.

Lough Mask on top form, deep water for best sport

By
myleskelly
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Ronan Cusack reports that Lough Mask was back on top form again this week, with the deep water producing some fantastic sport. Unfortunately the inclement weather conditions we have been experiencing have hampered many anglers getting out.

Clonbur was a hive of activity on Tuesday and Wednesday last week for the annual licensed vintner’s competition.  The first leg of the event had to be cancelled on Tuesday due to storm conditions, but competitors woke up to excellent conditions on Wednesday with a fresh south westerly and plenty of cloud cover. There were a total of 120 angler’s competing on the day with a return of 81 trout for 107.9lbs, with an average weight of 1.3lbs.

The winner on the day was John Rochford from Cork with 4 fish for 6.6lbs. In second place was Patsy Tracy Fermanagh, with 4 fish for 5.6lbs. Third place went to Kevin Willis, again from Cork with 4 fish for 5.1lbs.

Ballinrobe Anglers were forced to cancel their annual club competition on Sunday last due to the storm. This event will be re-scheduled for later on in the month.

Ronan fished on Friday last with Vincent Kelly from Cavan and they had 6 fish for their day (best fish 2lbs, all released). Jackie Mahon from Sligo also fished on Friday with his father and they had 8 fish for their day (best fish 2.25lbs, all released). Andrew Boyd and Richie McCormack from Headford had 6 good fish earlier in the week on a combination of wets and dries. Good hatches of sedge could be found scattered across the deep by the high winds and trout were eagerly taking advantage.

West Coast Shore League, plenty of surf but few fish

By
myleskelly
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The remnants of Hurricane Katia struck the coast this week, with mountainous seas leaving behind a huge swell, and boat fishing has been impossible for the last number of days. Hopefully the improvement in the weather will allow boats to head out again soon, and fishing should be good for the next few weeks, with plenty of species available at this time of year due to the high water temperatures.

The sixth leg of the West Coast Shore League took place in atrocious weather conditions on Sunday on Streedagh beach, Co. Sligo, hosted by the Mullaghmore club. Fishing was tough on the day in spite of a good surf, with only small numbers of flounder and turbot coming in, and quite a few blanks recorded, including yours truly. At least I was in good company, with some very good anglers not landing fish either!

The winner on the day was Andrew McDermott from Oranmore, representing the Galway Bay club. Andrew has done very well this year in his first season competing, and the win was well-deserved. He landed 3 fish for 78 points.

The winner of Zone A was Kevin Barber from Western Vikings SAC, with 3 fish for 70 points. Second was Peter Atkins (GBSAC), with 2 fish for 50 points, and third was John Callaghan (Defence Forces SAC). The winner of Zone B was Michael McGettigan from Mariners SAC, with 3 fish for 78 points, second was Ed Kilroy (Newport SAC) with 2 fish for 46 points, and third was Sean Ivory (Western Vikings) with 2 fish for 37 points.

With 2 legs left in the league, it’s still very tight at the top, with Mike Curtin leading on 582 points. Peter Atkins is hard on his heels with 574 points, with Frank Rixon and Ed Kilroy fighting it out for third place at the moment. With competitors allowed to drop their two lowest scores at the end, however, that could bring a host of other contenders into the reckoning, and nothing will be settled until the final leg in late November.

Kylemore enjoying a good season with a very good grilse run

By
myleskelly
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Nigel Rush reports from Kylemore that although rod numbers are well down on last year, the catch for the season is almost the same as 2010, which was a good season on Kylemore with a very good grilse run. Nigel himself landed 2 fish yesterday, including a nice grilse of 5.5lbs, released again. Another angler landed 3 fish from the Upper River, all returned, while Denis McMurray landed a nice fish in the Rock Pool, also returned.

Jorgen Fuchsbauyer (Austria) landed his first ever fish from the Rock Pool, a 4lbs grilse, while Valentine Flynn landed two for his three days, and Alex Findlater landed 2 fish of 4lbs and 2.75lbs from Lavelles and the Flat Pool respectively, returning the latter.

To book fishing at Kylemore Abbey, contact Nigel at 095 41178 (fishery office) or 095 41161 (home).

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