For the latest episode of Ireland on the Fly, Tom and Daire are focusing on, what some might say is a bit of an esoteric branch of the sport – tenkara – and the art of fishing on mountain streams with minimum line and no reel that first developed in Japan.
So, what is it, how does one do it and most importantly, how relevant is it to Irish waters?
David Anchell is a passionate fly angler in south Tipperary and knowing he was a keen advocate of tenkara, they decided to find out more from him and why it works so well on Irish mountain streams.
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Thomas Moran was the overall winner of the 56th annual Newport SAC Festival and was presented with the Tom Moran Memorial Cup by members of the Moran family, (Bella, Sorcha and Cian)
This slightly overdue report from Newport SAC on their very successful Annual Sea Angling Festival Competition at the end of July:
After a two year absence due to Covid, Newport SAC were back to host the 56th Annual Sea Angling Festival Competition on Sunday 31st of July. Local angler Thomas Moran was announced as the overall winner of the of the competition after a very close contest, particularly amongst the top 3 anglers (who were only separated by 3 fish!).
What made it even more special was the fact that Thomas received the Tom Moran memorial cup which is dedicated to his late father who passed away in 1997.
Thomas had a total of 22 fish and 130 points on the day to secure the top spot. He also received a set of crystal glasses and a voucher for the Westport Hotel Group (kindly sponsored by the Corcoran Family).
Thomas Moran was the overall winner of the 56th annual Newport SAC Festival and was presented with the Tom Moran Memorial Cup by members of the Moran family, (Bella, Sorcha and Cian)
The runner up was Shane Gilvarry with 19 fish and 115 points and 3rd place went to Darragh McGee with 17 fish and 115 points. Killala SAC anglers Peter Coyne (20 fish & 100 points) and Josie Barrett (12 fish & 90 points) were 4th and 5th respectively.
Other prizewinners and presentations
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Shane Gilvarry was runner up at the Newport SAC Festival and received the Tyrell O'Malley cup and prizes from Bella Moran on behalf of the club.
Darragh McGee received the Kilroy Trophy and prize for his 3rd place finish in the recent Newport SAC Festival competition.
Bella Moran was presented with a bouquet of flowers by club secretary Sue Steer on behalf of the Newport Sea Angling Club.
Siobhan Melvin was the best Lady Angler at the 56th annual Newport SAC Festival and was presented with the Jane O'Malley Cup by Martin O'Malley. Siobhan also received a prize for the largest ray caught in the competition.
Josie Barrett (Killala SAC) was 5th overall at the recent Newport SAC Festival and received the Martin O'Grady cup.
Peter Coyne (Killala SAC) received the Carraigahowley Cup for his 4th place finish in the recent Newport SAC Festival competition.
Best lady angler on the day was Siobhan Melvin with 13 fish & 85 points and Siobhan also received a prize for the largest fish (Ray) on the day. Best skipper was Tom Moran (Westport) who skippered the Whitewater II.
As this was the first outing for the club’s Senior anglers (18+) since the outbreak of Covid in early 2020, demand was high and unfortunately the club couldn’t accommodate all who wished to take part on the day. Our thanks to the sponsors (Westport Hotel Group, Bella Moran, Wyatt Hotel, Martin & Mary O’Malley) for their support. Our thanks also to the anglers, the skippers, those who helped out on the day and to Nevins Bar Newport and The Port Chipper for all their help.
The club also made a presentation to long standing committee member, club trophy officer & treasurer Bella Moran following her retirement from the club. Bella held the position of treasurer and trophy officer for many, many years and helped to keep the wheels turning (along with many others) within the club over the years.
Bella was introduced to angling for the first time in 1972 by her husband Tom and it didn’t take her long before becoming club master angler in 1976 & 1977 (2 years in a row). As master angler in ’77 she went on to represent Newport SAC the following year in the 1978 All Ireland Boat Angling Championship. This All Ireland event was hosted by Westport Centurions SAC & run by the IFSA. During the 1978 All Ireland Boat Angling Championship she competed against 87 other club champions from all over the country.
Bella made history by being the first woman in the IFSA’s history to win this competition.
A presentation was made to Bella Moran on behalf of Newport SAC by club chairman Sean Fahy and skipper of the ‘Lady Helen’ Reg Roynon.
When Bella’s name was called out as the overall winner in the 1978 All Ireland Boat Angling Championship, she received a standing ovation and was carried on the shoulders of local skipper Reg Roynon (Snr) of the ‘Lady Helen’ to receive her prize. In keeping with tradition the current skipper Reg Roynon (Jnr) walked Bella to accept a presentation from all at the club.
As Bella was the 1978 All Ireland Angling Champion, she went on to represent Ireland in the International Sea Angling Championships on 19th August 1979. Bella made history again by becoming the first woman to captain the Irish national sea angling team and represented Ireland in the International Sea Angling Championships in ‘79 (fished in Youghal) .Although the Irish team weren’t victorious, it certainly helped to put Newport SAC on the map and in particular brought national attention on women’s participation in sea angling long before many other sports.
Bella finally decided to retire this year and the entire club would like to take the opportunity to thank her for her many years of dedication and hard work for Newport SAC. Thank you Bella from all at the club past & present.
The club would also like to pass on our sympathies to Maureen, Darragh & Fiona, Shane, Christopher, Holly, Colum and extended McGee family on the recent passing of Peter McGee (RIP). Peter was a former chairman of the Newport Sea Angling Club and was instrumental in laying a solid foundation for the club in the late sixties and early seventies. Peter left no stone un-turned in ensuring the club was successful and in later years he skippered many a day’s fishing out the bay when he purchased his own sea angling boat. Peter was always at hand to help anglers in any way he could and was never found wanting when it came to supporting the club or sponsoring prizes. As one of life’s true gentlemen, he will be sadly missed. May his gentle soul rest in peace.
The annual Lough Ree International Pike Classic takes place at Ballyleague in Roscommon this coming weekend, September 10th & 11th, 2022.
This event is supported by Roscommon County Council and Inland Fisheries Ireland and will see hundreds of anglers from all over the country and abroad fight it out for the top prize.
Competitors should remember that each boat must collect their pack and measuring board on the Ballyleague side from 8am. There will be a briefing on day one (Saturday 10th) at 9am at the Ballyleague marina. One member of each team MUST attend this.
Each boat must have a DIGITAL CAMERA. Mobile phone pictures WILL NOT be accepted.
The wearing of life jackets is mandatory and will be strictly enforced by the stewards.
The competition area will be closed from the 5th of September from 9:00pm. This means that anyone fishing the competition seen within the competition area on the lake is subject to disqualification – competition map below.
Anybody with queries on the rules or looking to book one of the few places that are left in this lucrative even, call Jason on 087 6742580.
Mick ‘the Fish’ Flanagan of Midland Angling and Shooting has been out on Derravaragh with old pal Mick McShane. The pair haven’t fished together for a couple of years because of Covid, so both Micks were delighted to get out on the water and catch up, as well as catch pike and perch.
The weather was mixed, with heavy showers and gusty winds making it choppy at times, but perseverance paid off and they both got some good fishing on deadbaits and the troll in the few hours they were out.
This report from the CM Lakelands Feeder Fishing Club, organisers of the Ireland’s Feeder King Qualifiers and Final, which will be held on Lough Sillan in a couple of weeks’ time.
The last round of the FeederKing Qualifiers was held last weekend on Loughs Sillan and Annahieran.
Conditions were bad with continuous rain all day, however Artur Dudek had the days biggest weight with 17kg of skimmers on the Caravan Park, Darren Fairhurst had a big 16kg of skimmers on Annahieran and Andy Chapman was top of the pile with 9kg on The Deeps, Lough Sillan.
THE LAST 3 GOLDEN TICKET WINNERS ARE AS FOLLOWS.
BRENTON SWEENEY
ANDY CHAPMAN
ARTUR DUDEK.
SECTIONS.
A ANNAHERRIN – Niall McKitterrick / Darren Fairhurst
B DEEPS – Johnny McKinley / Andy Chapman.
C CARAVAN PARK Artur Dudek /Seamus Winters.
We now know the 24 finalists .
We will publish the list of names and extended prize money soon.
It’s going to be some final, with just under 11.5k in prizemoney.
IRELANDS FEEDERKING has been a huge success and to make this happen, we need plenty of help from other clubs throughout the country.
Thanks to the following, who helped us with the venues for the qualifiers.
Derek Buckley, Rory and Shane Dunne, Nigel Holdsworth, Richard Pratt, Peter Walsh, Richard Caplice, James O’Doherty, Darren Fairhurst, Paul Leese, C/M Lakelands committee and anyone else that helped with the weigh in.
Thirty two boats took to the waters of Lough Ree on Sunday, September 4th, for the Lough Ree Predator Challenge 2022 – expertly organised by the Romanian C&R Angling Association. Conditions were brighter than the competitors would have liked for good pike fishing, cooler than of late with heavy overnight rain and with some gusty winds. There were still some really good fish caught though – with the longest fish measuring in at 104cm.
Over one hundred fish were caught and released on the day, including trout to over 60cm and perch to 35cm. This year the event organisers made it obligatory for competitors to provide videos of each fish being released – a further conservation measure to protect the lough’s fish.
The Disco team of Jacek Gormy and Tomi Kurman once again came out on top of a talent packed field of predator anglers – well done to them and the other prizewinners on the day.
Congratulations to the top 3 teams!
1st Disco Team 390cm
2nd Anglers Paradise 311cm
3rd Wildhunter 299cm
A special mention to the Romanian C&R Angling Association for all their efforts in support of lure angling sport.
Brian Curran, fishery manager at Costelloe & Fermoyle, reports on the month’s fishing:
With some small increases in water levels as we only have short rain bursts over the past number of days, it has been enough to bring the fish alive again after a few sultry weeks of high water temperatures.
The O’Rorke party fished weekend of 27/28 had 5 small seatrout for 6 rods during what was a slow period. With wind and some showers David McDonagh, home from England and a native of Spiddal/ Furbo had 3 seatrout on Glen on Friday 2nd Sept, 3 on Crumlin ‘s Ugga Beag and 9 on Clogher on Monday 5th with many more lost.
The Carraroe Club fished Glen on Sunday and best angler was Myles Costello with 8 seatrout followed by Jason Folan with 4, the other 6 rods had 9 between them .
Expectations are high for better fishing, both salmon and seatrout will become more active with increasing water levels and winds throughout the system.
Rudy van Duijnhoven reports from the Kings Classic in Co. Leitrim…
Prior to the four days of the competition, the King’s Classic, started on Tuesday last week, as the Lol Higgings Memorial 2022 was fished on the Monday on the same pegs as the Classic. The sectors were on Lough Scur, Garadice Lake and Eonish. Theresa Kennedy’s Glenview House was this year the epicentre for both competitions, here the nets were being disinfected and the draws and the prize giving took place here as well. Participants were staying at different B & B’s and hotels in the area. The directions to the different sectors were put up by the staff of the Inland Fisheries Ireland. The King’s Classic is supported and/or sponsored by Shimano (main sponsor), Tourism Ireland, Inland Fisheries Ireland, Berlok Groundbait, Tackle Guru and Country Leitrim.
The Lol Higgings Memorial competition lasted five hours, from eleven o’clock to four o’clock, after which staff from Inland Fisheries Ireland took care of weighing the catches. The weather had been almost un-Irishly beautiful, dry, sunny or only slightly overcast, about twenty degrees and a little wind which only occasionally picked up. On the different sectors the fishermen sometimes switched between the pole and the feeder rod. If the takes on the pole dropped off for a while, perhaps because a pike was active on the swim that sometimes managed to steal a fish, a feeder was placed at a distance again. The pole seemed to produce the highest catch weights, although the bigger fish were often caught on the feeder rod. The results of the Lol Higgings Memorial would be announced on the Friday, at the same time as the results of the King’s Classic. Steelworks (www.steelworks.nl) sponsored a plateau for the winner of the Lol Higgings Memorial.
Big Tench from Lough Scur
On Monday evening at Glenview House around 6.30pm a draw took place for the order of the sectors for the different competitors. The draw for the peg numbers would take place each day at eight o’clock in the morning, also at Glenview House. On Tuesday it was even warmer than on Monday. After the draw at Glenview House at 8am, the competitors soon left for the various sectors. The sectors on Eonish seemed to be producing good fish, especially with the pole, including for Willem Multem. On Connoly Shores, on Garadice Lake, the feeder rod in particular produced the most fish. Andrew Higgins, wearing shorts and with his boots full of water, gathered a nice weight of 9,500 grams. Only Francis McGoldrick came close with 7,920 grams.
The second day brought some more wind and at least on Garadice Lake some lesser catches, but the other sectors seem to remain constant or even improve. In sector A, Marco Hofman had a lot of perch on his fishing spot, but these fish gave him the sector win in the end, while André Schipper took the second place in this sector with the pole, followed by Martin Snijders on 50 grams. In sector D, also on Eonish Lake, Willem van der Helm got off to a great start, collecting almost twice as much weight with the pole than Leo Koot, who had a slower start, and young Charlie Richards came third. Simon Willsmore won his sector on Garadice Lake this day as well, second was André Multem, third Sipke Goldstein. Arjan Klop lived up to his Dutch name and beat everyone on Lough Scur. Francis McGoldrick came in second, Rien Verhoeckx third.
Fish and weed for Marco Hofman on Garadice Lake
The wind was again much lighter on the third day of the King’s Classic, but the catches were clearly better than the day before! After the presentation of the sector prizes from the previous day and the drawing of the peg numbers, the calm soon returned to Glenview House. Simon Willsmore was again unstoppable on Lough Scur, The Rocks. With over fourteen kilograms, he was well ahead of Sepke Golstein and André Multem, who had over eleven kilograms each. Anne-Jurgen Golstein’s three tench, plus many fine roach and hybrids, helped him to a fourth place with over ten kilograms. On Connoly Shore, Marco Hofman now had to acknowledge his superiority to Peter Kruithof, the difference being only 140 grams… Third place here was for Tom Sexton with five kilograms. Francis McGoldrick did well in sector D on Eonish Lake with almost eight kilograms of fish, Andrew Higgins came in second and Martin Marico third with over six and five kilograms respectively. Willem van der Helm also won his section this day, sector A on Eonish Lake, with almost fifteen kilograms of roach and hybrids. Peter van de Walle came in second and Leo Koot third, both with over twelve kilograms.
Simon Willsmore in action on Lough Scur
On the fourth and final day of the King’s Classic, the road to the final victory was still open to several participants. Martin Marico won sector A on Eonish with 8,700 grams, second was Luk Lubbers with 8,500 grams and third Francis McGoldrick with 7,600 grams. Willem van der Helm won his sector B on Garadice Lake again, with 12,800 grams. Leo Koot came in second with 10,800 grams and Johan Backaert third with 7,700 grams. Sector C on Lough Scur, The Rocks, was again won by Marco Hofman with 14,500 grams, second was André Schipper with 13,400 grams and third Willem Multem with 10,600 grams. Sipke Goldstein did good business in sector D on Eonish, with 7,200 grams he took first place, second was André Multem with 6,550 grams and third Simon Willsmore with 3,800 grams.
On the Friday evening, the results of the Lol Higgings Memorial and the King’s Classic (for which the worst result of one of the days was cancelled) were announced and the prizes presented.
Willem van der Helm, the festival winner, shows a roach from Eonish
Lol Higgings Memorial:
Willem van der Helm, 15,300 grams
André Multem, 15,250 grams
Marco Hofman, 13,950 grams
Peter van de Walle, 13,750 grams
Marnik Vekeman, 10,950 gramsFinal results King’s Classic 2022:
1. Willem van der Helm, 3 points, 47,900 grams
2. Simon Willsmore, 3 points, 42,590 grams
3. Marco Hofman, 3 points, 38.450 grams
4. Leo Koot, 5 points, 34.500 grams
5. Francis McGoldrick, 5 points, 30,820 grams
6. Sipke Goldstein, 6 points, 25,300 grams
7. André Multem, 6 points, 25,210 grams
8. Andrew Higgins, 7 points, 22,700 grams
9. Martin Marico, 7 points, 18,660 grams
10. André Schippers, 8 points, 29,800 grams
For more information about the next edition of the King’s Classic in 2023, which is provisionally scheduled for the same week, please visit the website www.bbi-travel.nl.
Madeleine Kelly reports on the 3rd International Women’s Fly Fishing Day which is due to be celebrated on 10 September 2022…
The third ever International Women’s Fly Fishing Day (IWFFD) will take place on Saturday 10th September 2022. It’s planned that at 11am, in every time-zone across the world, that female fly-anglers will post photos or videos of themselves to Face Book or to Instagram that will show their enjoyment of flyfishing.
Posts to celebrate International Women’s Fly Fishing Day may be made to https://www.facebook.com/groups/573597536965118/
Don’t forget to add #IWFFD onto your posts please or post to Instagram (IntlWomensFlyFishDay)
This is an initiative from two women in two very different parts of the world – Maddy Kelly from County Down in Northern Ireland and Pamela Caldwell Dunlap from Hurricane in West Virginia, USA. They met on a women’s Flyfishing site – Women Wine & Waders – (https://en-gb.facebook.com/groups/1496931843942254/) that was set up by Pamela and they’ve been sharing fishing tales and life stories for the five years since.
Maddy Kelly enjoying lunch on the shores of Lough Melvin, Ireland.Pamela Dunlap getting ready for a days guiding on the Potomac Rover, WV, USA.
The Mission Statement of International Women’s Flyfishing Day is “To bring women together from all over the world, virtually, for one day in mid-September to celebrate their fly-fishing life and to encourage them to be role models who will support new women who take up fly fishing.”
Unfortunately the effect of Coronavirus is still being felt around the world and although some women will be flyfishing, some plans will have been curtailed. There’s always the chance as well that weather may interfere with fishing plans and as International Women’s Fly Fishing Day is a world-wide event there will be some women in the part of the world that is currently out of the fly fishing season. To allow for those circumstances the photo or video posted can be of anything related to fly fishing e.g. practicing casting, tying a fly, or even reading a book on the topic or watching a fly fishing video etc. Or for women unable to be doing anything related to flyfishing at 11am on 11th September 2021 they can post a photo or video that shows that they do indeed enjoy fly fishing.
Julie Cook from the Southland Fly Fishing Club in Invercargill New Zealand is, at the minute, the most easterly woman planning to take part which means she’ll get the first opportunity to post her 11am photo, and Catrina (Cat) White from Los Angeles is the most westerly. She will close the day of celebrations.
Julie Cook from Invercargill New Zealand enjoying fishing on Lough Lene in Co Westmeath, on a 2019 trip to IrelandCat White from Los Angeles enjoying fishing on the Henry’s Fork River in Idaho.
With photos being posted at 11am from all over the world the day will unfold from New Zealand to the west coast of the USA over a 20 hour period.
Fly fishing, and angling in general, gives so much to the angler. Mindfulness is very popular now-a-days but anglers have known the mindful effects of angling for a long time. And it’s not just peace of mind, there’s also the fitness aspect. Wading into waist-deep water will work your core as will scrambling five miles up a riverbank and back down the five miles to your car with your rod and essentials for the day – that competes with any gym workout. And to complete the scene there’s nothing like lunch alongside the water’s edge with a nice cup of tea and a slice of lemon cake.
A lot of anglers will also start to care for their rivers and waterways. They organize work parties to clean up litter, fix river banks, create and improve access, build bridges and stiles, remove fallen trees, and clear water blockages that prevent the movement of migratory fish – all very physical work and a great work out.
Then there’s the workout for the brain. Anglers will say that they switch off while fishing and are in another world and that worries and problems just slip away. But the day is spent watching, really seeing what’s there and analyzing everything – the bug life, the water movements, the feeding patterns, watching for clues that might be as simple as feeding birds.
Angling is a work-out in nature. And women are catching on to the secret and they’re passing on the information to other women. More and more are becoming qualified as coaches and instructors or are attending women’s fishing days as volunteer-helpers.
Maddy Kelly has been flyfishing for over 30 years and has fished throughout Ireland. Since 1993 she has been a regular member of the Irish Ladies Fly Fishing team which takes part in the Ladies International Flyfishing Championships fished against teams from Scotland, Wales and England. She has recently gained coaching qualifications and has been organising events to introduce women and young people to flyfishing.
Practice Day at Straid Fishery in Co Antrim Ireland for Maddy Kelly and a monster-trout comes up from the deep.
Pamela Caldwell Dunlap is a more recent convert to flyfishing. Prior to discovering the joys of flyfishing she was not keen on the outdoors at all. She was introduced to it on a first date 6 years ago and enjoyed it so much that since then she has organised camps for women to learn and has been responsible for a number of women becoming anglers.
The internet friends, Pamela and Maddy, have spent five years sharing stories of the days that they organise for women to enjoy flyfishing. Though separated by 3,590 miles, most of it ocean, it turns out they’ve a lot in common. They are both committed to encouraging and supporting new women into flyfishing.
The International flavour – Maddy Kelly (centre) with Diane Roberts (left) and Sandra McTear (right) both from ScotlandFishing in all weather for the women. A training session on a winters day for an early Irish Ladies fly fishing team at Tildarg Fishery in Co. Antrim NI. Maddy Kelly front left. Noel Lowry, Team Coach, back left.
Get involved…
The third ever International Women’s Fly Fishing Day (IWFFD) will take place on Saturday 10th September 2022. It’s planned that at 11am, in every time-zone across the world, that female fly-anglers will post photos or videos of themselves to Face Book or to Instagram that will show their enjoyment of flyfishing.
Posts to celebrate International Women’s Fly Fishing Day may be made to the following. As it may not be possible to post at 11am they can be made all day.
It’s been another very dry, very sunny, warm week. With blue skies dominating and so much sunshine it’s no wonder that temperatures were 1-2°C higher than you expect. On top of that a number of stations reported just 1% of the normal rainfall for the time of year. So, although water temperatures have dropped recently, low water prevails on our rivers and lakes and fishing conditions can still be pretty tough. Mind you, sea anglers have been enjoying the settled conditions, though the weather man says that’s all about to change…
Back to the week that was for now though, and in salmon angling news anglers on the Moy reported 50 fish caught despite the low water and warm temperatures. Fishing in the estuary has improved as the sea trout are feeding hard on herring fry hunted inshore by mackerel shoals. Very few other rivers reported much at all. The Currane system struggled with calm weather and bright skies. A few sea trout were caught and released on the drift and one grilse was reported. We also have a lovely video from Andrew McGall who has some great insights into his approach to salmon fishing.
Geoff with his first trout from the Maigue
Trout fishing has been very quiet. Very few rivers are fishing well, even for the evening rise but we did get one interesting report in from the Maigue. The lakes have also been tough. We do have a few reports in though from Lough Owel, Conn, O’Flynn and the stocked lakes Barfinnihy and Fadda in Co. Kerry.
Cathal Hughes won the three day Coachford Centra Festival with a total of over 66kg
Things are hotting up on the coarse angling festival scene with matches being held at numerous venues over the past week and plenty more planned for the coming weeks. Some decent nets of fish have been weighed in with a one day catch of 65lb registered in the Strokestown Festival and winning bags of 66kg and 67kg caught at the recent 3 day festivals on Inniscarra. For this and more see Coarse angling festival season in full swing.
Lovely Longford pike
Pike anglers have been catching some decent fish as water temperatures cooled. Lough Derg produced pike to over 100cm for TJ and Son for TJ’s Angling Centre in Killaloe. Further up the Shannon system, French anglers staying at Melview Lodge had super fishing around Longford with plenty of pike in the 90s and a few over the metre. Meanwhile, Connacht Predator Anglers had a competition on Lough Corrib where trout to 70cm, perch to 35cm and pike to 109cm were caught and released.
Last week recently launched the Draft Great Western Lakes Management Plan. Loughs Corrib, Mask, Carra, Conn, Cullin, Arrow and Sheelin are some of the best wild brown trout fisheries in Europe and are collectively known as the Great Western Lakes. Inland Fisheries Ireland wishes to develop a long term management plan for these lakes to address many of the factors currently impacting on the ecological wellbeing of native fish stocks in their catchments.
For more information, including the draft plan, a comprehensive list of Frequently Asked Questions, “open evenings” and how to participate in the public consultation and have your voice heard, check out the web page here: Western Lakes Plan
The next open evenings will take place on:
Tuesday 6th September: Monsignor Horan Memorial Centre, Partry Commuity Centre, Co Mayo F12 KF86
Thursday 8th September: Courthouse, Oughterard, Co Galway H91 CC96
Tuesday 13th September: Crover House Hotel, Mount Nugent, Co Cavan A82 P2D9
No tickets or registration is required and all open evenings are operating on a ‘drop-in’ basis from 4pm to 8pm.
And now the weather…
The current run of fine weather is due to break and the outlook is for conditions to become unsettled with plenty of wind and rain on the way. The rains will arrive tonight and Saturday will be mostly wet and windy. Highest temperatures of 14 to 18°C in a fresh south or southeast breeze. More rain overnight and strengthening winds sweeping northwards with a possibility of localised flooding.
Please note – there are Yellow Rain and Small Craft warnings in effect from Saturday night through Sunday afternoon.
Another breezy wet day on Sunday, but warmer with temperatures reaching 17 to 21°C in fresh and gusty southeast winds. Monday will start with bright spells and scattered showers before persistent rain sets in again. Another warm day at 17 to 22°C in fresh and gusty southeast winds. Much the same on Tuesday with the outlook for the unsettled conditions to continue. Freshwater systems will do well out of the weather and hopefully the winds won’t hit the sea anglers too hard…
