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Bombarda does the business in Belmullet

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Shane O'Reilly
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Brendan Harvey and a group of friends have been travelling to Belmullet for the past few years to fish a species competition in memory of a friend who has passed. This year they spent four days in the area shore fishing on a number of marks and they had some nice fishing including a few conger to 20lb. Brendan and his friend Anto decided to try something new on this trip and rigged up a Bombarda float with a sandeel fly imitation. And it only took 10 minutes for the technique to pay off, as a hungry pollack smashed the fly. It’s always great when a new technique pays off, and hopefully we’ll hear more from Brendan and the guys when they are back in Belmullet next year.

 

Bombarda does the job for Belmullet pollack

Michael Farry wins McCarthy Cup on Lough O’Flynn

By
Myles Kelly
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winners
Michael McDermott, Daniel McDermott (club Sec) presenting winner Michael Farry with McCarthy Cup, Gary Madden (club Treasurer) Shane Stephens.

Joe Fitzharris reports on well attended McCarthy Cup, fished on Sunday,

Lake O’Flynn & District Anglers held their last event of the year on Sunday 1-st Oct. This is the clubs confined club members competition and is gratefully sponsored by Robert Flynn Castlerea and Gowan & Bradshaw Galway. The competition was reasonably well supported and returned a popular winner in Michael Farry with a good Fish weighing  2 – lb -15 .0 oz.

Results

  • 1-st Michael Farry, 2- lb 15.0 oz. winner of McCarthy Cup (2023)
  • 2-nd  John Gaffey, 2- lb 11.6 oz.
  • 3-rd John Burke, 2 – lb 10.0 oz.
  • 4-th Mark Malone, 2 – lb 06.2 oz.
winners
Michael McDermott, Daniel McDermott (club Sec) presenting winner Michael Farry with McCarthy Cup, Gary Madden (club Treasurer) Shane Stephens.

Go Fishing

Lough O’Flynn, Co. Roscommon

Piscari-Fly Newsletter 3 October 2023

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IFI Staff
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How’s the Fishing?

So the river season ended with floods and unfishable conditions on the Nore and most other rivers in this area. The stocky season has started a bit early for us. Mark had a fantastic day at Adaire Springs recently. Fish were high up feeding on the surface when he arrived, and found Plenty of action through out the day. Small black drys, Diawl bachs and red or olive apps worms pulled all on a fast or slow intermediate done the trick.

A mix of retrieves worked through out the day and the apps fished on a single fly set up with a 15 foot leader brought back in short sharp pulls was the most successful of all tried set ups. Big thanks to Ned for another great day out on his lake.

Stay tuned as we spend the winter months travelling around Ireland fishing the bank venues and keeping you up to date on what’s working and where’s fishing.

Check out www.piscari-fly.com for all your bank fishing needs for this coming winter season. For the above flies click here Red app Worm, Olive app Worm​

For more information and details about where to fish and how venues are fishing feel free to drop me a line [email protected].

For more information and details about where to fish and get permits drop me a line [email protected].

What’s new

 

Piscari Pine Squirrel Dubbing

We have a lot of new and exciting dubbings coming your way really soon for the tying season. Here is a nice spikey fine squirrel dubbing, ideal for bodies and thoraxes. I use this a lot on my nymphs and brushes out really well on the thorax.

Check it out here​

Piscari Travels

We have landed back home after a great 2 weeks in Kamloops BC. I can tell you these competitions are full on and we spent a lot of the time on the road a lot, practicing, researching and trying to figure out the different venues. We drove around 3000 km over the 2 weeks and most mornings were up at 4amish. It was a massive effort from the lads. We all had an amazing experience and some cracking fishing. Personally I gained a huge amount of knowledge through out the comp and practice, and I look forward to sharing this with you all over the winter months.

So it was a 5th place finish for Team Ireland at the Fips Mouche World Masters Fly Fishing Championships in the end, we had ourselves in the medals on two occasions over the 5 days with the help of some session wins and good placings. However it was not meant to be and from experience at these kind of comps a team needs absolutely everything to go in there favour to get over the line.

As the captain of the Irish Team I am so proud of the collective effort made by each person and the commitment to the teams performance….well done to Team Ireland, Donal Monaghan, Campbell Baird, Roger Fowler, John Lalor and Brian Russell.

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What’s coming

Our Live fly tying shows will be returning this Oct till March, dont miss a great night, every Sat night with lots of live chat, fly tying, fly fishing, giveaways and top tips.

 

About us

Based On the River Nore just outside Thomastown, Co Kilkenny, Ireland. Piscari-Fly is a growing Fly Tying and Fly-Fishing business with a vast amount of experience and knowledge. If there is ever anything I can do to make my service better for you please feel free to suggest it to me and I’ll gladly try my best to accommodate your requests.

Thanks again.

Peter Driver.

Piscari-Fly, Woolengrange, Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny, R95 Y860, Ireland, 0879787040

Irish Specimen Fish Committee Fish Atlas Published

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IFI Staff
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irish specimen fish atlas

🎁🎄🎁14 Dec 24: With Christmas only round the corner the Irish Specimen Fish Atlas would make an ideal present for that special angler in your life. Click this link to purchase… 

The Irish Specimen Fish Committee has just published a new book documenting and analysing specimen fish catches in Ireland from 1955 to 2019. It promises to make an interesting read for any angler interested in learning about specimen fish and how catches of specimen fish have evolved over time. Details of the book are given below along with a link to purchase.

ISFC & IFI Joint publication – Irish Specimen Fish Atlas

Distribution and frequency of large angler-caught fish 1955-2019

Recreational anglers in Ireland have been recording their record and specimen fish captures with the Irish Specimen Fish Committee (ISFC) for more than 60 years. This comprehensive archive is presented here in the form of a Specimen Fish Atlas, which furnishes both an angler-centric output and a scientific evaluation of the specimen fish information. The Atlas, covering the period between 1955 and 2019, includes species-specific reports and trend analyses for specimen-sized fish of the popular freshwater and marine angling species occurring in Irish waters. Annual specimen catches, specimen weight distributions, and angling techniques are reported. The Atlas provides a map-based catalogue of capture locations which allows for easy interpretation and review of this large dataset. Comprising 83 species and over 27,000 individual specimen fish, results indicate that the numbers of large individuals of many species is declining compared to historical specimen numbers reported between 1955 and 2000 (i.e. pre-2000 comparative period).

Details: 220 pages, full colour – A4 format softbound

Available from the ISFC website: http://specimenfish.ie/irish-specimen-fish-atlas-published-and-available-for-purchase/

Recent ISFC News

2025 Irish Specimen Fish Committee Annual Report Published January 28, 2026 - Three New Irish Record Fish smash existing records    Three new Irish record fish were caught by anglers in 2025. It’s just been confirmed by the Irish Specimen Fish Committee that Sean Bannon, Co. Cork, who caught a Thick Lipped Mullet of 5.24 kg at Cork Harbour in May 2025, has smashed the existing record […]
Deadline for Specimen Fish claims is approaching October 8, 2025 - Irish Specimen Fish Committee 2025 – closing date for submission of specimen claims is 31 Oct 2025. The deadline for submitting specimen claims is approaching fast. If you were lucky enough to catch a specimen fish this year and want to claim it, get your paperwork into the ISFC as soon as possible so that the […]
Two new Irish records in the 2024 Irish Specimen Fish Committee Annual Report January 15, 2025 - It has just been confirmed by the Irish Specimen Fish Committee that Patrick Lombard, Co. Cork, who caught a Gilthead Bream of 4.37 kg at Clonakilty Bay in April 2024, has smashed the existing Gilthead Bream record by over ½ kg. Another record breaker is Dubliner Ronan Doherty, who caught a superb 38 cm Shore […]

Recent Specimen Fish News

2025 Irish Specimen Fish Committee Annual Report Published January 28, 2026 - Three New Irish Record Fish smash existing records    Three new Irish record fish were caught by anglers in 2025. It’s just been confirmed by the Irish Specimen Fish Committee that Sean Bannon, Co. Cork, who caught a Thick Lipped Mullet of 5.24 kg at Cork Harbour in May 2025, has smashed the existing record […]
Deadline for Specimen Fish claims is approaching October 8, 2025 - Irish Specimen Fish Committee 2025 – closing date for submission of specimen claims is 31 Oct 2025. The deadline for submitting specimen claims is approaching fast. If you were lucky enough to catch a specimen fish this year and want to claim it, get your paperwork into the ISFC as soon as possible so that the […]
Big Smoothhounds for Mariners in Donegal August 20, 2025 - The Killybegs Mariners have been getting some great hound fishing off the Donegal beaches of late. There have been numerous 90cm+ fish landed, but there have been a few bigger ones, including a fine 109cm fish for Darren Rawdon and an even better 112cm fish for Proinnsias Doherty, which established a new club record. There […]
Specimen mullet for Gavin Fitzmaurice with Angling Adventures West Cork March 13, 2025 - David Norman of Angling Adventures West Cork, reports from West Cork… Just completed four short sessions during which I introduced returning young angler Gavin Fitzmaurice from Co Galway, who generally fishes for Pike in his home waters, to the delights of early season West Cork, Mullet fishing. Despite the generally cold and windy weather, we […]
Two new Irish records in the 2024 Irish Specimen Fish Committee Annual Report January 15, 2025 - It has just been confirmed by the Irish Specimen Fish Committee that Patrick Lombard, Co. Cork, who caught a Gilthead Bream of 4.37 kg at Clonakilty Bay in April 2024, has smashed the existing Gilthead Bream record by over ½ kg. Another record breaker is Dubliner Ronan Doherty, who caught a superb 38 cm Shore […]
Overnight session brings spectacular results for anglers fishing with West Cork Charters July 9, 2024 - Dave Edwards of the West Cork Charters reports on an exceptional overnight session from Sunday afternoon into Monday morning:   First, we headed South, where the five anglers onboard Silver Dawn shared 6 Blue Sharks, including 2 specimens. As darkness fell, we headed back inshore to anchor for Skate. It didn’t take long before our […]
First time fish of a lifetime for junior Dublin Pike Angler February 7, 2024 - Senior members of the Dublin Pike Anglers held a competition recently on the Erne system, where they mentored some of the up and coming junior members of the club,  passing on their pike fishing knowledge to the next generation. Fishing under the watchful eyes of old hands Godfrey Donohue, Paddy Burke and Gavin Downey, junior […]
Weather finally breaks for Wicklow Boat Charters February 6, 2024 - After a frustrating month, during which Wicklow Boat Charters couldn’t fish the prime marks due to weather, leading to plenty of cancelled days, things finally came good for the lucky anglers fishing at the weekend. In a short, 2.5 hour session, the guys managed around 30 spurdog, with 11 of them reaching specimen size.  A […]
Spur season in full flow for Wicklow Boats January 10, 2024 - After last week’s first specimen spur of the season, things have kicked on a bit, and it’s fair to say that the spurdog season is in full flow for Wicklow Boat Charters. In recent days, another four specimens were landed, falling to Clyde McElwaine (2), Bert McGregor and Brian Cooke, none of them strangers to […]
85 cm bass Keith Barker 85cm bass for Keith Barker in Waterford October 10, 2023 - Keith Barker is no stranger to big bass but at the weekend he he surprised even himself by beating his PB by 5cm… I would like to report my fish caught at the weekend from a shingle beach in Co. Waterford, taken on light lure gear, on a neap tide on the 6th of October […]
irish specimen fish atlas Irish Specimen Fish Committee Fish Atlas Published October 2, 2023 - 🎁🎄🎁14 Dec 24: With Christmas only round the corner the Irish Specimen Fish Atlas would make an ideal present for that special angler in your life. Click this link to purchase…  The Irish Specimen Fish Committee has just published a new book documenting and analysing specimen fish catches in Ireland from 1955 to 2019. It […]
Specimen smoothhounds hit the beaches as the sun comes out September 4, 2023 - Dawid Kopczynski was back in touch with another great report from the east coast… With the return of long awaiting but late summer to the Irish coast loads of anglers flocked to the beaches. Stuart and Josh Maher were among them. Duo specialise in specimen hound fishing. The spirits were high and the fish didn’t […]
Specimen tope tagging for Kit in Wicklow July 31, 2023 - Its been a tough week in Wicklow for Kit Dunne of Wicklow Boat Charters, with winds making things tricky offshore, but local knowledge and persistence meant that the fishing still came good despite the conditions. Kit reckons that the Tope fishing is still very good at the moment with plenty of pack and young tope […]
It’s windy in Wicklow, but the specimens keep coming. July 4, 2023 - Kit Dunne of Wicklow Boat Charters has found the wind to be a bit of a nuisance of late, hampering his plans to target tope with any regularity. But any time the wind dies away, he’s back on the water, and luckily the tope are still there in good numbers. Earlier this week he managed […]
Specimen sea bass for Craig in Kerry! June 29, 2023 - We received a great report from Craig Murphy, who caught his fish of a lifetime in Kerry. Read his report below… I haven’t shared a report in some time but this fish is a special one for me. Stephen Gibson and myself drove from Dublin  to Tralee Bay for the day’s ray fishing. Crazy I […]

Irish Boat Team in Worlds Action in Croatia

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IFI Staff
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The Irish team

The Irish Boat Team are competing in the World Championships this week in Novigrad, Croatia in the northern Adriatic Sea. The venue, species and tactics will be very different to what the Irish team are used to here at home, and to prepare they have been out in Croatia for the last week practising every day for this week’s competition. The team is as follows: Mark Devir, Padraic Clear, Brian Whelan, Terry Boyle, John Dennehy and Dan Lynch.

Official practice day is today, with 3 days of competition following. Bria Whelan has been posting plenty of updates, photos and videos on the IFSA Facebook page, and we will be keeping a keen eye on how the lads are doing this week. Fingers crossed for a good result, and best of luck to all the anglers!

The Irish team
Mussel and sardine baits are provided, and bait preparation and presentation is essential

Species? Don’t ask us!
A greater weever fish for Padraic Clear. Careful!

 

Jimmy Smith/Maurice Dalton Cup Results

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IFI Staff
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The All-Ireland Open Shore competition for the Jimmy Smith and Maurice Dalton Cups was held on Benone beach, Co. Derry on Saturday, and saw a great turnout of over 100 anglers from every corner of Ireland compete for this prestigious title.

The Irish Federation of Sea Anglers have posted a great update of how the competition went, so without further ado, here’s the report:

Report

When planning the premier national open competition you need to get it all right or there is certain to be back lash. With years of experience, local knowledge and a pinch of luck on the weather front Graeme Blair and his team from Ulster achieved just that.

104 anglers took to the beach on Benone in what was the most keenly contested All Ireland in many years. Indeed there was anglers from all corners of the island and 21 different clubs were represented. Are the glory days coming back? We certainly hope so.
As the remnants of Storm Agnes passed through it was quite obvious that the stir had done the fishing the world of good when fish were landed all along the match stretch in the first few casts. Flounders and turbot made up the majority of the fish but the anglers that gambled on dogs were also handsomely rewarded.
Unfortunately, the crab population were also out in force feasting on the thousands of Tube worm casings that had become dislodged. These became a real pain in the rear end for anglers as they stripped baits in minutes while any bait that survived got a fish. In the end though the cream always rises to the top and at 5pm the weary anglers headed for the presentation. Usually the winner is very apparent but even the rumour mill couldn’t get it right this time.
Top Junior angler on the day was Sally Gilvarry from Kilalla Bay who landed 5 sizeable fish for 130 points. Quite an achievement for any junior angler fishing a surf beach on a big spring tide. Well done Sally on winning the coveted Maurice Dalton All Ireland junior title.
Sally Gilvarry accepting the Maurice Dalton Cup
The ladies all Ireland title was won by Janet Snoddy from Glengormley and District with 6 fish for 142pts. An excellent performance from an unfavourable peg in the low numbers.
Janet Snoddy, winner of the Ladies Prize
Then after the dust had settled the men’s champion was clear for all to see. Nicholas McNeil continued his devastating form on Benone to win zone 3 with 20 fish for 366pts. A blistering start from Nicholas set the tone for the day and left him with an unassailable lead.
Congratulations to Nicholas who can not only call himself the All Ireland champion but can also look forward to captaining Team Ireland at the Home Nations in Scotland in 2024.
Nicholas McNeil accepts the Jimmy Smith trophy

All-Ireland Club Championship

This year saw a fantastic 14 teams compete for the revamped club championship which will now hopefully run in conjunction with the All Ireland Competitions in the future. A strong showing from the local clubs is almost expected but this strong of a showing was brilliant to see.

On the Day though the Castaways selection of Paddy O’Boyle,Drew Ferguson, Willie Weir and Sharon Blair were too strong for all challengers and held off a gallant try from Southshore A’s (3rd) 557pts and Galway Bay 608pts to claim the win with 652pts.

Results

Junior Maurice Dalton placings
1st Sally Gilvarry 5 fish 130pts
2nd Nathan De Kleer 5 fish 109 (tie break)
3rd Kaitlyn De Kleer 4 fish 109
Ladies All Ireland placings
1st Janet Snoddy 5 fish 142pts
2nd Lisa Gormley 4 fish 137 pts
3rd Pamela Stewart 4 fish 100pts
A huge thank you to the Loughs Agency for their sponsorship of the Ladies and Junior prizes.
Jimmy Smith All Ireland
1st Nicholas McNeil 20 fish 366pts
2nd Willy Weir 13 fish 317pts
3rd Pete Davis 14 fish 316pts
Biggest round fish
Bobby Laughlin, Bass 62cm
Biggest flat fish
Lisa Gormley, Flounder 38cm
All Ireland Club Championship
1st Castaways 652pts
2nd Galwat Bay 608pts
3rd South Shore A 557pts
Nathan de Kleer, second in the Maurice Dalton
Kaitlyn de Kleer, third in the Maurice Dalton

Irish Angling Update – 29 September 2023

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IFI Staff
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Flood on the River Dodder @ Tallaght

So, as September slips silently by after the wilds of our first winter storm, Agnes has surely left her mark on fishing plans for many a game angler hoping to wet a line before the season’s end. It will be no surprise to anyone that rainfall amounts were up to 300% of the norm in some parts of the country, riling rivers into raging torrents and no doubt dashing some angler’s dreams of a fruitful season’s finale. But temperatures and sunshine held up well during the week, and it’s pretty nice looking out my window right now. I’ve a couple of friends who are out fishing Corrib as I write this, and I certainly wouldn’t mind swapping places…

As we won’t be hearing much from them over the next few months, we’ll begin this week’s report with the salmon anglers, and we head first to the far southwest, where the Hampshire Hogs made their annual visit to Lough Currane. They had a decent week of it, with salmon, sea trout and brownies all featuring before Agnes rolled in to whip the lake into a frenzy. Staying in Kerry, Frank Maunsell reports that the Owenmore is looking in good order for the end of the season, and one angler had a nice double on the White Lake during the week, landing a grilse and a sea trout within a couple of casts of each other. And if anyone has a spare €1.5 million, it was announced yesterday that the whole Owenmore fishery is up for sale. I’ll certainly be buying a Euromillions ticket this evening… Up on the River Moy, angling took a bit of an upswing, as 165 fish were reported for the week, with one angler having a red letter spell, getting 7 fish over two days on the fly. And in podcast news, as we wave goodbye to a salmon season most anglers will be quick to forget, the Ireland on the Fly team speaks to Garrett Ruigrok, angling instructor & guide, about how the 2023 season went on the Moy.

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Hampshire Hogs celebrating with their Ghillies in the Villa

To trout fishing now, and down on the River Nore, Dan O’Neill found the river running very high, but a pheasant tail nymph suspended below a foam indicator helped him winkle a trout or two from the torrent. Peter Driver from Piscari Fly also reported high water on the Nore, but anglers that travelled up into the headwaters near the Slieve Blooms found some clearer water that produced a few fish. In lough fishing, there was a bit of action on Lough Conn during the week, with one angler catching 15 trout on wets, five above the size limit; all were released. The Irish Ladies Flyfishing Association held a very successful ‘Introduction to Flyfishing for Women’ day last Saturday at Laois Angling Centre. They helped a number of women learn the basics of fly casting and hopefully set them on their way to becoming independent anglers.

Ladies practising their fly casting at the ILFA training day
Ladies practising their casting at the ILFA training day

To coarse angling news now, and the Naas & District Anglers headed to the River Barrow for their John Prescott Memorial competition. It was a match of two halves, as all the fish were caught in the first couple of hours before some wild weather rolled in that put the fish right off the feed. It was a very similar story for the VDE Baggers up on the Newry canal, as things got off to a flyer, with quality roach coming thick and fast. But it all changed when something akin to a hurricane ripped along the canal, throwing anglers and fish into disarray. To wrap up the coarse angling news, we head to Oaklands Fishery, where the Killinarden Angling Initiative held its yearly charity event. With a little help from the Irish Outgoing Pikers, they rounded up a great posse of anglers to compete and managed to raise €3365 for good causes. So this week’s Catch of the Week goes to all those involved in making the event such a success.

Anglers compete at the KAI charity event @ Oaklands

To pike angling now, and the Limerick County Pike Anglers held the latest match of their winter series on a local venue last weekend. They were faced with high water and heavy rain, which put a bit of a dampener on things, and the fish didn’t really play ball either, but Tommy Williams kept the fish coming in at a steady pace and topped the rankings on the day. Up in Monaghan, Peadar O’Brien had a group over from Belgium for their annual pike trip. They managed a handy number of fish, all caught on lures, fishing on a range of lakes in the northeast. To wrap up the pike section, the organisers of the Pike Master Ireland fishing competition would like to remind anglers that there are only days left to enter this year’s event. So, if you fancy your chances at some competition pike angling, you better get your entry in.

Angling guide Peadar O’Brien guiding a happy client

We wrap up this week’s angling report on the saltwater and head to Clare, where anglers fishing on the Clare Dragoon were singing the blues, with a rare triple of blue shark, blue whiting and bluemouth all caught on the same day. Down further south, on beaches around Dingle, the Daiwa Pairs event marked its 40th year. After a week of intense but friendly competition, the pairs competition was won out by Dave Falk and Brett Cotter with a combined score of 22 points. The top individual angler was Kerryman David O’Sullivan, with 6 points and 22 fish for 504 points. And we end with a word of warning, as a nasty sting from a weeverfish prompted Rob Grennell to get in touch to remind all sea anglers to be careful when unhooking these small but potentially painful little fish. Rob’s thumb wasn’t right for two weeks after he got a spine embedded in it while fishing.

James Raymond with a 109cm huss caught at the Daiwa Pairs event

Other News

Finally, as the game angling season draws to a close, anglers will be looking for something to keep them interested over the dark winter months. And so they will be happy to hear that the exhibitor list for the Irish Fly Fair has been announced, giving them something to look forward to this November.

And now the weather

It will remain mostly dry throughout Friday, with just a few well-scattered showers in places. Cloud will thicken overnight, and wet and breezy conditions will spread countrywide on Saturday morning, bringing a risk of spot flooding in Munster and south Leinster. Sunday will bring a mix of bright sunny spells and scattered showers, clearing in the afternoon but becoming more widespread again on Monday. The weather looks like it will stay in this changeable pattern for the rest of next week.

Safe fishing to all and tight lines, especially here in Ireland.

IFI Staff
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Lough Conn produces some nice end of season trout

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IFI staff
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A beautiful Lough Conn trout caught and released by Peter Roche

Steve Schreck reports from Lough Conn…

Angling Report week ending 24/09/23

Castlebar Anglers Association were intending to re-run the Jackson Cup on Lough Conn on Sunday 24th September, but the poor weather prohibited this unfortunately. It will now be held on Saturday 30th September. For further information contact Tony Baynes, Chairman on 087 3128263.

Kelly’s Boat Hire report:

Padraic Kelly and Denis Michaels had another successful session last Saturday the 23rd catching 3 nice trout of about 1.5lbs and a few smaller ones.

Ian Wise reports from the Cloonamoyne Fishery:

One angler, being out on his own, caught a grilse while trolling on Lough Conn.

Peter Roche only fished Thursday last and while the morning was very quiet, by the end of the day he had managed to boat and release 15 trout. 5 of them were above the size limit, with the biggest fish weighing 1.5lbs. The most successful flies were Red Arsed Green Peter and a Bibio Hopper.

Slight upswing in catch numbers on the Moy

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IFI staff
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Steve Schreck reports from the River Moy…

Angling Report week ending 24/09/23

Last week saw a bit of an upswing in catch numbers in the Moy catchment again, even though conditions were a bit of a mixed bag with low water followed by a big flood. Water levels at Ballylahan read 0.36m on Monday, rose to 1.78m on Wednesday and tapered off to 0.73m on Sunday.

Ian Guegan from Foxford had two red letter days on East Mayo waters, catching and releasing 3 salmon on Monday and 4 salmon on Tuesday, all on the fly. The best fish was a 12lber.

In total 165 salmon have been reported caught for the week, including one reported caught on Lough Conn.

Ballina Salmon Anglers reported 15 salmon mainly caught on the fly and the prawn.

Mount Falcon recorded 3 fish, 1 of which was released. The best fish weighed 6lbs.

Knockmore Salmon Anglers reported 14 salmon for the week, 8 of which were released.

Attymass Angling Club recorded 4 fish for the week caught on the prawn.

Coolcronan Fishery reported 3 salmon caught.

Byrne’s Fishery recorded 6 salmon for the week.

Gannon’s Fishery reported 15 salmon caught, 3 of which were released.

The Foxford Fishery recorded 17 fish, 14 of which were released. Successful methods were bubble and fly and the prawn.

Foxford Salmon Anglers reported 42 salmon for the week, of which 23 were caught at Rinnaney and 19 at Baker’s.

Local reports suggest that 6 salmon have been caught at the Foxford Rocks Fishery.

Cloongee Fishery recorded 4 salmon, two of which were released. Two fish were caught on the worm and two on the spinner. All fish were in the 5-6lbs range.

East Mayo Anglers reported 35 salmon for the week, of which 24 were released. Five of those fish were double figure salmon between 10lbs and 15lbs. The most successful method proved to be spinning.

 

“Ireland on the Fly” discuss the 2023 salmon season on the Moy together with guide & casting instructor Garreth Ruigrok

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IFI staff
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Before we say goodbye to the 2023 salmon season this week – and many anglers will like to say good riddance we’re sure – Tom and Daire wanted to find out how Ireland’s most iconic salmon river, the Moy, has fared, and what good news, if any, can be gleaned from that part of the country? Garrett Ruigrok, who they spoke to back in May, is a casting instructor and guide, as well as a committee member of the East Mayo Anglers Association and he joins them on this week’s Ireland on the Fly to tell them more about the 2023 season on the Moy.

A Moy salmon before release

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