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Shore Angling World Championships – Wexford 2024.

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Paul O'Reilly
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The Irish Federation of Sea Anglers are excited to announce the upcoming official launch of the World Championship Shore Angling 2024. This event marks the beginning of our journey towards the championship in November, celebrating the spirit and passion of the angling community.
Launch Event Date: April 6th, 2024, 4:00 PM Location: Hotel Curracloe, Wexford
The launch event will shine a spotlight on our national pride, the Irish U-16 and U-21 angling teams. These talented young anglers represent the future of shore angling in Ireland, and they will be present at the event, embodying the passion and dedication that the sport inspires.

Please Note: While global anglers won’t be attending the launch, the event is a crucial moment for our national teams as they prepare for the international competition later in the year.

Championship Dates: November 2nd – 9th, 2024

Join us in spirit as we kick off the World Championship Shore Angling 2024. Stay tuned for updates and support our young teams as they embark on this exciting journey. Let’s celebrate the essence of shore angling together!

Sea angling on the east coast

 

Táin Fly Fishing – early season nymphing

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Paul O'Reilly
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Eamonn Conway of Táin Fly Fishing uploaded this short video of a day’s fishing on the beautiful River Fane which runs through counties Monaghan and County Louth before entering the sea near Dundalk. Eamonn is joined by Joe Conway of JoesFlyFishing as they test out some early season nymphing techniques, with advice on how to set up for early season fishing and which nymphs work best.

Enjoy the video and don’t forget to like and subscribe to the Táin Fly Fishing YouTube Channel. 

The River Fane

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Stephen O’Donovan wins first round of Midweek League

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Myles Kelly
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Pete Davis of West Cork and District SAC reports on the first match of the clubs new Midweek League…

Wednesday evening, 28 February, we held the first leg of our midweek league. This is a new type of competition for us. Each angler is supplied with two frozen Mackerel for this match which is included in the entry fee. This is the only bait allowed so it’s up to the angler how they want to manage their bait for the 3 hour match.

youghal beach

Youghal beach was the venue and there was a good entry of 19 anglers. First casts went out at 6:30pm, Neil Griffin and Niall Forrest were the first lad’s to get fish on their cards. Noah Taharn started to find a couple of Dogfish at distance in the second hour of the match.

Results

Danny O Shea new to match fishing had a good night finishing 4th overall. Colin Kilbride on peg 19 would end up winning the big fish pool with a 27cm Whiting which was worth €94:50 on the night. Well done Colin 👏 Colin also finished 3rd overall.
Neil Griffin took second place and Stephen O Donovan got the win with 3 Whiting and 3 dogfish. Species caught consisted of Dogfish, Whiting and Rockling

1st – Stephen O Donovan – 6 fish = 229pts
2nd – Neil Griffin – 5 fish = 143pts
3rd – Colin Kilbride – 4 fish = 136pts
4th – Danny O Shea – 3 fish = 125pts
5th – Noah Taharn – 2 fish = 100pts

Pool

27cm Whiting – Colin Kilbride

Thank you to Noel Kavanagh from The Tackle Shop for sorting us out with bait and Sean Healy and James O Connor from Seamax tackle for sponsoring a prize for the first leg of the midweek league.

Go fishing…

Leg 2 takes place on Wednesday the 13th of March on Youghal beach again 6:30pm-9:30pm, remember these matches are opened to IFSA members. They are pre-entry only through Revolut, this is the easiest way for us to run these matches hassle free, more information is available on the WCAD Midweek League facebook group.

Pete Davis
West Cork and District Sea Angling Club

All about West Cork and District SAC…

West Cork and District logoThe club was formed on march 19th 2009, in the small picturesque harbour town of  Kinsale County Cork. We’re an inclusive club, this can be seen in our membership profile; from anglers who are new to match fishing all the way up to members of the Irish World Shore Team 2010, two of which are in the club! The club holds circa 10 competitions per year, members are encouraged to practice a catch and release policy in the interests of conservation. Anybody wishing to join our club is always welcome, just use the contact us page and we will give prospective members full details.
Web: http://westcorkanddistrict.webs.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/West-Cork-and-District-SAC/201776589958897

Another good springer on Lough Currane this week

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Myles Kelly
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Vincent Appleby reports from the shore of Lough Currane…

29/2/2024 The Lonesome boatman reports that the Currane waters were all quiet on all fronts. Wind WNW light to fresh, followed by good cloud cover. Yesterday’s amount of rainfall was 15.1mm.

1/3/2024 Currane lonesome boatman reports all quiet in all departments on this cold day. Wind NNE fresh and variable followed by good cloud cover. Yesterday’s rainfall was 8.3mm total rainfall for the month of February was 159.2 mm and doesn’t include mountainous rainfall.

2/3/2024 The lonesome boatman of www.fishingwithdom.com reports that there were 3 boats out manipulating their skills, sadly their trolling lines stayed slack. Wind fresh NNE, followed by showers. Yesterday’s weather, max air temperature 7.2 c, amount of rainfall 4.2 mm.

3/3/2024 Straight to text of the day by Northern Ireland Currane angler Andy Wishart and I Quote, the lonesome boatman Mr. Dominic McGillicuddy of www.fishingwithdom.com was not so lonesome today, we caught a 10.5 pound salmon on the troll. Wind NNW light and variable followed by reasonable cloud cover at times. Staying with the weather, Cork and Kerry are on a yellow wind and rain warning tomorrow, so it’s batten down the hatches, me hearties.

4/3/2024 Mr. Dominic McGillicuddy of www.fishingwithdom.com reports on a rough Lough Currane and I quote, we were the only boat out, very rough and wet, come midday we headed for home. Wind SE fresh to strong followed by heavy rain.

5/3/2024 Three reports in one tonight, Local Gillie Mr. Domonic McGillicuddy of www.fishingwithdom.com reports that there were 6 boats out manipulating their skills and this is confirmed by the Inny farmer and I quote, Hi Vince, glad to be back on the reporting as you would say, here are my facts, 6 boats out, their names are as  follows, the Lonesome boatman, the Chef, the wine maker, the Shy man and Frankie Donnelly of www.lakelandshouse.com  and one of his hired out boats. Now yesterday’s weather and a great video of the Inny in good flood taken by Father Patsy Lynch and permission was granted to share, https://www.facebook.com/share/r/ZbhDrCkmrGafBMZQ/

Staying with yesterday’s weather, amount of rainfall was 31mm, now back to today’s weather, Wind WSW, veered SSW then veered South late this afternoon. Just for the record no fish caught this day.

6/3/2024 The lonesome boatman of www.fishingwithdom.com and his good friend Phil, were the only boat out this day, sadly their fly line and trolling lines were slack. On a personal note, on behalf of the Currane anglers and the good people of Caherdaniel and Waterville and all his clients and friends we would like to wish Dominic a very Happy Birthday. Wind SSE light to fresh followed by good cloud and light rain at times. Amount of rainfall yesterday was 5.1 mm.

Vincent Appleby
Eureka Lodge, Caherdaniel West, Co. Kerry.
Telephone: +353 (0) 87 207 4882
E-mail:[email protected]
Web: www.salmonandseatrout.com

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
  • the waters of Ballinskelligs Bay

FLEKSI

A new online survey has been developed by IFI for the Currane catchment to gather anglers’ knowledge – the survey method called FLEKSI was developed by IFI to help give an insight into the status of the fishery. Currane Anglers are needed for Citizen Science survey to examine fish stocks

Go fishing…

Find out more about Lough Currane…

The rivers and lakes of Waterville drain a large catchment and are regarded by many as the foremost Salmon and Sea-Trout fishery in the country. The lake system is well developed with access to boats and guides being readily available to the tourist angler. The Sea-Trout caught here are renowned for their size and quantity. For more details see:

Waterville lakes and river system

Guides and boat hire

Fishing with Dom

Address Spunkane Waterville Kerry Ireland Mobile Phone: +353 87 2051515 Website: https://fishingwithdom.com/
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Fly Fishing on Lough Currane

Address Termons Waterville Kerry Ireland Mobile Phone: +353(0) 87 922 8659 Phone: +353(0) 66 9474146 Website: flyfishingatloughcurrane.com
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Lakelands Farm

Address Lake Road Waterville Kerry Ireland Mobile Phone: +353 87 4160200 Website: lakelandshouse.com
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Neil O’Shea

Address Caherbarna Waterville Kerry Ireland Mobile Phone: +353 87 9942792 Phone: +353 66 9474527 Website: oshealoughcurrane.com
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Old Daly’s Supermarket & Filling Station

Address Murreigh Waterville V23 X459 Ireland Mobile Phone: +353669474842 Website: dalysfoodstore.ie
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Salmon & Sea Trout Fishing

Address Eureka Lodge Caherdaniel West Waterville Kerry V23 XD63 Ireland Mobile Phone: +353 87 2074882 Website: salmonandseatrout.com
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Waterville Boats

Address Spunkane Waterville Kerry Ireland Mobile Phone: +353 (0)87 2202355 Phone: +353 (0)66 9474800
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Emmet Brown catches first salmon of the season on the Glenmore Rivers Fishery in Donegal

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IFI staff
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First salmon from the Finn
Jarlath Winters  reports from the Glenmore Rivers Estate Fishery on the River Finn…
Up and running!
A happy man, Emmet Brown with the Glenmore Cup for our first salmon here on the Finn at Glenmore Rivers. I believe it is in fact the first fish of the season here on the Foyle system. Caught on a cascade fly variant cone head.
Emmet Brown receiving the trophy for the first fish of the season by Fishery Manager Jarlath Winters

 

Many thanks to the Sliabh Liag Distillers for the beautiful presentation box of their Silkie Whiskey.
To Geoff Hamilton for the selection of flies which were well received by Emmet.
I look forward to showing him our partner fishery on the river Mourne in the coming season.
Today we have for the first time made our open water tickets available to be booked through the Fishpal platform. With a digital receipt issued as a ticket. Please check out the link below for details and carefully following the necessary booking instructions. This will help those looking to save time getting on to the fishery on those days off. Here’s to a good season ahead.
The River Finn in Donegal

 

Tight lines!
Jarlath
+353(0)868133869

Ireland on the Fly Book Club Episode #7: Sidney Spencer: Fisher of Wild Places

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IFI staff
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This week’s Ireland on the Fly is another book club episode with returning author, Dan O’Donovan, whom Daire & Tom spoke to previously about his book, The Salmon of the River Lee.

Dan has also written a very popular monograph on Sidney Spencer, who was a renowned angler and author on lough-fishing for salmon and sea-trout in the north-west of Ireland and the Western Isles of Scotland, and they speak to Dan about Sidney Spencer’s life and legacy and his love of fly fishing in Ireland.

Rate, review and follow the show to keep up to date with all the latest Ireland on the Fly episodes on Apple Podcasts or Spotify at:

https://pod.fo/e/224887

If you’re interested in learning more about early season buzzer tactics, then Ireland on the Fly’s very first Masterclass webinar might just be for you.

International angler and Lough Corrib expert, Mike Keady, will be joining Daire & Tom at 8pm on Thursday March 14th for a one hour masterclass presentation on how to improve your catch rate with an emphasis on flies, tactics and set-up.

Attendees will also have the opportunity to put questions to Mike during the live webinar, plus you’ll also get access to the recording of the session and a copy of Mike’s notes.

Tickets cost just €10 and you must register and pay in advance.

Just go to www.irelandonthefly.com/masterclass for all the details.

If you’ve any questions you can also send an email to [email protected].

 

Pike anglers have a great finish to their stay at Melview Fishing Lodge

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IFI staff
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Sean with a cracking pike to finish with

Melview Fishing Lodge reports…

Bill, Sean and John who we reported on last week had a great finish to their stay at Melview Fishing Lodge. John managed to beat his personal best twice with Bill also beating his personal best as well. Various dead baits proved most productive giving them a weight total of 352 lbs over the 4 days with the biggest one at 22 lbs which went to Bill. They all said it was one of their best pike trips at Melview Fishing Lodge that they have had over the years!

Another nice Pike for Bill
And another one for John on dad bait

Host and guide Kevin said: “These guys are always up for it no matter what the weather and I’m glad they had a good time. Enjoyed your company guys and had a good laugh along the way. Thanks again and hope to see you again soon”

Please fish in a sustainable manner

Go Fishing

Kevin Lyons – Melview LodgeDrumlish Road, Clonrollagh, Longford, Co. Longford
Tel:+353(0)43-33-45061 Mobile:+353(0)87-268-7441
E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.melviewlodge.com

Kevin has over 30 years experience of fishing in Ireland and is happy to offer a guided tour on your arrival, and to advise where the on-form waters in the area are. We can arrange your bait order so it’s here when you arrive. Melview offers free use of 17ft lake boats with engines to our guests (pay fuel only) and Kevin is happy to assist with any pre-baiting requests. Maps and other information regarding fishing are also available.

 

New PB for Anthony, but still chases Granddad’s record

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Myles Kelly
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Dan O’Neill reports on a very productive trip to the River Barrow…

Late Friday evening as I sat at the fly-tying desk, something was niggling at me. That feeling of forgetting something. I checked the reminders on my phone, but nothing was outstanding. What had I missed? It was only when Anthony came in and asked, “Where are we heading this weekend?” that I realised I hadn’t planned a fishing trip for us.

Fadó, fadó…

As I began to plan the trip I realised it was one of them trips where there was very little planning, I decided to scale down on tackle, I just wanted to go down and relax, not be too pushed on catching a fish. These trips have a way for some reason of being ones that are remembered, this one didn’t disappoint. It reminded of a trip I went on with my Dad to the Barrow. There was a small pond just beside the river that edged out into the field. It had various plants in it and looked like there were perhaps fish in it. My dad said he spotted a couple of perch in there so I rooted around in the tackle box and found an old Mepps that was showing signs of wear. I put the Mepps on and began casting into the pond, some time past and “bang” the rod jumped into action. The fish ducked and dived, and my dad came running over to me. Now I think of it, he looked quite shocked that I had caught something in there.

My Dad netted the fish and said it’s a Jack pike. At first glance this fish looked like a baby alligator. I was amazed that something that looked so prehistoric would live in the waterways we fished. Dad unhooked the fish, and we released it. I continued casting and long story short ended up catching 6 more of these fantastic creatures. The next day we went to the tackle shop. I was equipped with my pocket money savings of previous weeks and going to become a pike specialist. I remember buying an upgraded Mepps, treble hooks and some small dead roach, fancy things to help pop the bait up, better line and pilchard oil as the ultimate attractant.

The following weekend we made our way to the spot with all the new gear I had bought. I put on the Mepps set up a dead roach added my pilchard oil and began to fish. Not one single take in 5/6 hrs. My little angling heart was broken. After all, I had all this fancy gear and I was very prepared. It was after that day that I found that the rush trips with minimal gear and not so much planning can work out the best.

Anois is arís

Back to the present now and this week’s trip. Being slightly rushed through my lack of planning or lack of a “Strat” this trip just fell together. We decided to head to the canals as there was a lot of rain and the rivers would certainly be angry. We wanted to try a different area of the canal than the usual spot so off we went to try to locate some fish.

Looking at the very fishy looking areas we eventually stumbled on one that just had it all; over hanging tree, dark area of the river, the depth, a slight flow of current churning into it delicately. Casting our float just above the area allowed the current to gently wash our bait in under the tree where hopefully there was a hungry fish waiting. It took a few runs under the tree before the float dipped and we met our first stripey. Not of any great size but a fish and even better it was a fish we caught using a Strat we made up.

The swim went quiet after we had a few perch from it so we rested it for a little while. Before we began to fish it again I threw in a couple of lumps of ground bait about golf ball size so it would wash in under the tree hopefully enticing some of the fish to feed. We ran the floats through the swim a few times with no luck. Eventually the float dipped, Anthony lifted into it.The fish held its own and just swam about a bit for the first few seconds before realising it was hooked. A great fight ensued with deep lunges for freedom. Anthony looked at me and said, “This is a bit better. Or maybe I hooked a roach and a jack pike grabbed it!”

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A new PB for Anthony. River Nore Perch, 35 cm

 

The fish came to the surface, and it was a very plump perch and what we now know as Anthony’s new PB. Not an overly long fish at 35cm but very plump. Delighted with his catch Anthony posed for a quick picture and released the perch back to fight another day. We had some perch to follow but nothing as big. It’s great to see such perch in the river, Anthony continues his hunt however to beat his grandads PB perch of 4lbs 10oz.

Go fishing…

Trout Fishing Ireland

Address Thomastown Kilkenny Ireland Mobile Phone: +353857652751 Website: Trout Fishing Ireland
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Delphi February Report – some beautiful spring fish

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IFI Staff
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Fishery manager David McEvoy reports on the fishing fat Delphi for the month of February…

 

Back up and Running, and 4 for February

Well, it’s hard to believe that we’re already five weeks into the new fishing season. February is a month that I really enjoy here at Delphi as now and again there is a slight hint of Spring in the air and before you know it, you’re back in Mid-Winter and the depths of snow. From an angling perspective I personally love it, as fishing is carried out on a much more leisurely basis and there’s always a chance of that elusive Springer.

Elusive, they were as we finished up the month with 4 landed. Rainfall amounted to 246.2mms(9.69”), so conditions throughout were near perfect, with 74 being the highest and 35 being the lowest water levels recorded. Temperature wise, it was February like, some bloody cold days and some absolutely beautiful days. Most of the rain fell during nighttime hours, which made for some stunning conditions in beautiful sunshine. Fishing pressure was high with 109 rod days out of a possible 116, with some really experienced anglers thrown in for good measure.

First fish of the season was taken by Tomas Ryan from Cong on the 11th, from Duck Run on a Willie Gunn. The fish weighed in at approx. 15lbs and was indeed a cracker to start the season with. This is the second time a member of the Cong Angling Club has landed the first Delphi salmon, with Jurgen Mantel doing so on the 3rd of February 2022, with the exact same fly. With the river being full all the time, we ourselves tried the Stream on Finlough, given the right conditions. Ideally this time of year that would be in the middle hours of the day and if there’s sunshine and a breeze blowing upstream, all the better, as it brings a little kindness and nature into the day.

Tomás Ryan with the fiest Delphi fish of 2024, a cracking springer of 85cm and ~15lbs

Our second fish was landed on the 20th by myself. Conditions were perfect and the fish was approx. 9lbs and took a Delphi Collie.

The following day, the 21st Angus Sutherland repeated the feat, again landing a fish of 9lbs on a Delphi Collie. The fourth fish on the 24th, was again in the Stream, taken by myself on a Delphi Collie, weighing 11lbs. It is indeed unusual to have more fish off Finlough in February than off the River, but with the high water throughout, there was nothing to slow them down in the River. There wasn’t an awful lot more activity there, with only two fish definitely lost and one or two others seen. Having said that fish rarely show with us at this time of year.

The February total was slightly below our 10 year average but it’s great to be back up and running again and meeting old friends and welcoming new ones! Thank you all for your support and we look forward to seeing you all again during the season.

 

Go fishing…

At Delphi Lodge, with many years of experience with the timing of the best runs of fish, we have in place a price system that offers both great value fishing and lets our anglers know when they have the best chance to catch a fresh run spring salmon or a summer grilse or Delphi sea trout.

Delphi Fishery
Delphi Lodge, Leenane, Co. Galway.
Tel: +353 (0)95-42222 Fax +353-95-42296
Web: www.delphilodge.ie

Plenty of fish trolling on Corrib, duckfly appearing

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IFI Staff
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Well-known angler and guide Kevin Molloy has been taking a few clients out from Oughterard since the season opened, and he reports great fishing on the troll. Conditions haven’t really suited flyfishing, but he will have the fly rod out soon, as he also mentions seeing the first duckfly starting to hatch off during mild spells this week.

Duckfly

 

Bernard McMahon was out for 5 days with Kevin, and they had over 30 trout to the boat, ranging from 1-3lbs. Kevin reports the fish are in great condition for early season fish.

Trolling brickeens and Rapalas is taking most fish. Openbing day saw Claude plus a friend out with Kevin, and they had 7 trout on Rapalas. Another guest had 7 fish trolling for one day, and Kevin also had a day out with his daughter Katie, who caught 8 trout.

But it’s not all about the fishing, the lunch on the island is part of the experience, and judging by Kevin’s photos an experience not to be missed!

The next week should see the fly anglers starting to go out in bigger numbers, with the main duckfly hatch imminent, and we hope to have more reports from the lake soon.

 

Go Fishing

Kevin Molloy Guiding and Boat Hire

Baurusheen, Oughterard, Co.Galway.
Tel: +353 (0)91 866954 Mob: +353 (0)87 9604170

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