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Cold and wet weather doesn’t dampen the spirits on the Moy

By
Shane O'Reilly
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Noely Maloney, Ballina with a Salmon for 9lbs on the worm.

Kevin O’Boyle reports on the week’s salmon fishing on the River Moy:

25 Salmon were recorded from the Moy over the past week, with four more reported from Pontoon Bridge and two from Lough Conn.

While it was very cold on the river Moy during the week, with some heavy downpours of rain, the river was in good condition for angling. Water levels recorded at Ballylahan Bridge on Monday morning were 0.505m and by Thursday evening had risen to 0.948m and dropped back again by Friday night and levelled off at 0.723 m on Sunday night. Water temperatures averaged 9˚celsius and peaked at 9.4˚celsius mid-week. The water became slightly coloured towards the end of the week. Still, a good few fisheries produced salmon and saw some salmon running the system.

Ballina Salmon Anglers produced six salmon from 8-10 lbs, mostly on the worm with two on the spoon.

Foxford Salmon Anglers 2 Fisheries produced three salmon best 10 lbs.

East Mayo Anglers Association had 16 salmon for the week to worm, fly and spinning. They averaged from 8 -14 lbs. The best salmon of the week was caught by Kevin Barber, Sligo, for 14 lbs, while Billy McGhee, Ballyvary, had two salmon on the fly for 10 & 12 lbs.

Noely Maloney, Ballina with a Salmon for 9lbs on the worm.

A new fly casting instructor for Wexford

By
Myles Kelly
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Peter Wadding
Paul Brown (Left), Peter Wadding (Centre) and Louis Noble(Right)

Well done to Peter Wadding who passed both the single handed and double handed casting instruction GAIA exams on April 20th 2022.

Peter travelled over to the town of Llangollen in Wales recently and on the 20th of April he took both of the casting instruction exams and passed them in the one day.

Not only did Peter manage this unusual double, but we also think he is one of the youngest casting instructors to be certified in Ireland.

This is an absolutely remarkable achievement and we want to congratulate Peter and wish him the best as he sets out on his casting instructing career.

Go fishing

To organise fly casting instruction or guided fishing with Peter contact him using the details below:

Peter also guides on the Munster Blackwater for the Blackwater Trout and Salmon Fishery.

Peter Wadding
Paul Brown (Left), Peter Wadding (Centre) and Louis Noble(Right)

Great pike fishing at Melview Lodge, with 162 pike for French anglers and PB pike for Austrian guests

By
Shane O'Reilly
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Angling guide Kevin Lyons reports on the good fishing experienced by his international guests in the past week at Melview Lodge:

French anglers Philippe, Bruno, Julien and Bernard had a great six days fishing at Melview Fishing Lodge in Longford. These guys are no strangers to Melview Lodge and the surrounding waters as they have been before and have been looking forward to getting back to Ireland after restrictions were lifted. For these guys, it was all casting using various hard and soft lures in depths from 1.5 meters to 4 meters. They worked hard at it and did very well, given that the weather was changing most of the time, and some mornings started off very cold for them. It was a great week with very enjoyable company, so thanks guys and I look forward to welcoming you back soon.

Bernard gets off to a good start despite the weather conditions
Philippe is all smiles with this nice Pike
Julien finds some nice Pike in the shallows
Bruno happy with his third of the day

Gert from Austria decided this time he would bring his wife and two children for a fishing break to Melview Fishing Lodge, Gert and his son Leo have been before so know what the fishing is all about. The two highlights of their trip were the amazing 107 cm Pike for 12-year-old Leo beating his previous best by 30cm, the second was a first-ever Pike in Ireland for 7-year-old Aurelia. Both were over the moon with their catches and had a great time out fishing with dad. It was a great weeks fishing and very enjoyable to see the kids having fun fishing. Thank you for your company and a lovely week.

Leo is all smiles with his 107cm Pike
Gert off to a good start
Aurelia with her first Pike in Ireland, we have to start somewhere

ALL FISH RELEASED UNHARMED.

Make a Booking

Kevin Lyons – Melview Lodge

Drumlish Road, Clonrollagh, Longford, Co. Longford
Tel:+353(0)43-33-45061 Mobile:+353(0)87-268-7441
E-mail: info@melviewlodge.com 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.

Proper pike for Derg guides and guests

By
Paul O'Reilly
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Lough Derg is one of the premier pike fisheries in the country and many of our visiting overseas anglers value pike fishing above all. Luckily for them, some of the best pike guides in the country operate on Lough Derg and this week the stars aligned to give the visiting anglers some world class Irish pike fishing.

Alain Lawisky opted to fish from the shore and his guide, Cedric Charpentier, ensured that he was not disappointed with a plump 106cm fish. The previous week, Cedric guided Yves and Stéphane who caught 75 pike, 40 of those were over 90cm and 10 were 100cm+.

Alain and his fish

Posting similar numbers was Paul Bourke, who caught 96 pike with his two anglers in the space of four days. Paul reported some really exciting fishing on one day in particular – double hook ups, lost fish and crazy attacks on lures – when the dust finally settled, his guests had 10 fish over the metre mark for the day’s fishing, the best of which tipped the 108cm mark on the measuring mat. On another day, his guests had 26 pike, with 4 of those over the magic metre mark and plenty more in the 90s.

Richard Voegelin from France was guided from TJ’s Angling Centre and he was delighted with his Derg pike.

Richard and his super fish

Visiting from Rathdowney were Jack and Eugene also fished with TJ and Eugene caught this cracker of 113cm.

Eugene’s pike

Listen to Keith McDonnell on the latest ‘Casting with Ceri Jones’ podcast

By
Shane O'Reilly
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Well known Irish fly angler, fly tyer and photographer Keith McDonnell features in the latest podcast from Ceri Jones this week:

‘This week’s episode I chat with Keith McDonnell who like me has a passion for ferox and big brown trout. Living in Dublin, he travels the length and breadth of Ireland in search of his quarry, using his favourite method of articulated streamer fishing. He has had success in both rivers and loughs and talks of the River Slaney and Boyne and Kylemore Lough. He recently set up ‘Impact Flyfishing’ sharing his knowledge and selling his personally tied articulated streamers.’

https://castingwithcerijones.com/castingwithcerijonespodcast/episode78

 

 

Sea trout about, looks like good season ahead for Owenmore

By
Myles Kelly
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Owenmore upper lakes

Frank Maunsell reports from the Owenmore Fishery in Kerry where the season opened earlier this month:

19th April 2022: It’s the start of a new Season. It wasn’t long coming around. There are a lot of trout in the Estuary. There are some coming into the river but due to the lack of rain we didn’t get a decent run of them yet but nice to see them. We had some seatrout enter the system very early in the year, something I haven’t seen for years so hopefully is the sign of a good Season ahead.

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There are approximately five miles of fly fishing along the main part of the Owenmore River in Kerry, with 33 named pools and an additional 180 acres of lake fishing in this Kerry beauty spot. The salmon, grilse and sea trout begin to run in April. The runs continue through spring and summer into early October.

Telephone: 066 7139408 Mobile: 087 9476309

Email: enquiries@owenmorefishery.ie
Web: www.owenmorefishery.ie

Very quiet on Currane, few anglers and no fish

By
Myles Kelly
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lough currane

Vincent Appleby reports from Lough Currane…

13/4/2022 The Currane anglers were all quiet on the Waters of Lough Currane. Wind SW light, followed by reasonable cloud cover.

14/4/2021 Just for the record there were two Salmon caught on the troll yesterday which is great to hear of some good action on Lough Currane. Now back to today, just one boat out and all quiet on all fronts. Wind SSE fresh and overcast all day followed by April Showers.

15/4/2022 There were five boats out this Good Friday and by the sounds of it the only thing that sounds good this day is that the Bars were open, so on that note I wish all the Currane Anglers and you good readers a very Happy Easter. Wind SW light and sunny all day.

16/4/2022 Just two boats out on the waters of Lough Currane this Easter Saturday, the Wild Atlantic Salmon were as elusive as were the tourist Currane anglers, as one tourist angler said to his Gillie and I quote, sorry mate not coming down, I don’t have that elusive Brown Tag and that sums up the Waterville Spring fishing. Wind South light to fresh and overcast all day, followed by rain, talking of rain Kerry is on a yellow rain warning, Lough Currane is forecasted to get 24 mm.

17/4/2022 Two Boats out this Easter Sunday and all quiet on the Currane front and very sad to see just two boats out, where have all the Anglers gone this holiday weekend. Wind SW and veered NW late in the afternoon with good cloud cover. Amount of rainfall Yesterday 8.3mm.

lough currane

18/4/2022 All quiet on this Bank Easter Holiday Monday in all departments. Wind NW and veered WNW light to fresh followed by the odd April shower. Yesterday’s weather amount of rainfall 5.7 mm. on the yellow warning over the weekend, I was out by 11mm.

19/4/2022 All quiet on the Currane front this day. Wind NNW light and variable with reasonable cloud cover and followed by the odd April Shower.

20/4/2022 The Currane Anglers were as scarce as the Wild Atlantic Salmon this day. Wind South, light and overcast.

Vincent Appleby
www.salmonandseatrout.com

Go fishing…

Vincent Appleby

Eureka Lodge, Caherdaniel West, Co. Kerry.
Telephone: +353 (0) 87 207 4882
E-mail:salmonandseatrout@gmail.com
Web: www.salmonandseatrout.com

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

Pollack aplenty in Galway Bay

By
Kevin Crowley
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Skipper John gets in on the action too, taking this pollack on light spinning gear.

John Fleming has been out a bit over the Easter break, and his guests have enjoyed some excellent pollack fishing at times. Mackerel have been plentiful enough, providing good bait, although John says the speed jigs have been working very well too. Good wrasse and whiting are also showing up in catches.

A nice pollack comes aboard
A nice wrasse aboard the Brazen Hussy

Skipper John gets in on the action too, taking this pollack on light spinning gear.

 

Go fishing…

To book fishing with John aboard the Brazen Hussy II, give him a call on 087 7571320

A regular day is between 9am- 6pm from either Rossaveal, Spiddal or Galway depending on species being sought after. Fishing on the inshore reefs for pollock, cod, ling, wrasse, conger eel and mackerel can be reached in 10 minutes from departure, while our offshore reef marks are within 45 minutes of departure. Our ground fishing for tope, spurdog, ray, bullhuss, turbot, plaice and the giant common skate can all be reached within the hour which ensures the most amount of time is spent fishing.
The shark season usually starts at the end of June and runs into late October, this is the ultimate angling adrenaline rush with these hard fighting blue and porbeagle sharks all being tagged and released safely.
Package deals available

Address: Baile an tSagairt, Spiddal, Co. Galway.
Telephone: +353 (0)87 7571320
Facebook: www.facebook.com/BlueSharkAngling

Blue Shark Angling Galway,
Phone John Fleming : +353 (0)87 7571320

Spring tides and a splash of rain bring some silver to the Finn

By
Shane O'Reilly
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A Finn bar of silver goes back

The week started well for Jarlath Winters up at Glenmore on the River Finn as he heard the first cuckoo of the year and landed his first salmon on the same morning.

First of the season for Jarlath

And, with some rain forecast over the following days to coincide with some spring tides, it had the feel of being a fishy week on the Finn… The river didn’t disappoint and as the water came right after the rain, some nice bars of silver slid over the nets.

A beaut for Willy Walker

 

Another bar of silver slips over the net

Good salmon angling on Munster Blackwater before weekend’s rain

By
Myles Kelly
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River conditions during the first part of last week were good for Salmon angling (low and clear), but this changed towards the end of the week as rain on Sunday led to small flood conditions.

Blackwater Trout and Salmon Fishery

Cable Island produced some great fishing last week and at the weekend. On Saturday Scott and Gary had 2 lovely salmon from the Island, estimated at 12lb and 6lb. A fair amount of rain hit the upper catchment on Sunday. This saw a bit of a flood (about 1m) on Monday which should have pushed fish through the system.
Web: www.blackwatertroutandsalmon.ie

water level graph
This week’s water levels on the Munster Blackwater

Blackwater Salmon Anglers, Mallow

Two reports of fish from our beats taken on fly last week. One of 14½lb and a second of 12½lb, superb springers the two of them. Well done to both Anglers. There is a good head of fish reported throughout the beats. Don’t forget to go to Vincent Downes Menswear, Mallow for membership renewal and day tickets.
Facebook: Blackwater Salmon Anglers

Go fishing…

Blackwater Salmon and Trout Fishery

Blackwater Salmon and Trout Fishery control a number of beats of the Munster Blackwater. The Ballyduff Bridge beat is almost a mile long offering a huge variety of water and is particularly suited to fly fishing. Upstream near the village of Ballyhooley (a few miles outside the town of Fermoy, Cork) we have two beats. The Ballincurrig Beat is one of the most beautiful locations along the river and has an excellent piece of fly water flowing into a deep pool. Just downstream on the opposite bank we have a short but productive beat, called Magners. This beat fishes also well in high water.

Contact  Jason Corcoran:
Ballyduff, Co. Waterford.

Tel: +353 (0)586 0146
Mobile: +353 (0)87 720 5690
Web: www.blackwatertroutandsalmon.ie

Blackwater Salmon Fishery

Blackwater Salmon Fishery has 3 beats downstream of the weir and 2 upstream of the weir. Blackwater Salmon Fishery offers fishing on approximately 5 miles of the river Blackwater. The fishing is spread throughout the middle section of the river to offer good sport throughout the fishing season. Due to the location of the beats, fishing can still usually be offered in low or high water.
Contact Glenda Powell: Lismore, Co Waterford,
Email: info@blackwatersalmonfishery.com
Mobile: +353 (0) 872351260 Telephone: +353 (0) 5853929
Web: www.blackwatersalmonfishery.com

Fortwilliam Fishery & Self-Catering Cottages

Fortwilliam Fishery offers two miles of double bank salmon and trout fishing over five beats on the river Blackwater.
Our salmon include – Springers, May Salmon, Grilse, Back End Salmon, and in Summer sea trout.
Our beats provide a wide variety of water, suitable for both beginners and the more experienced fishermen.
Fortwilliam Fishery, Glencairn, Lismore, Co. Waterford, Ireland
Web: www.fortwilliamfishing.ie Email: fishing@fortwilliamireland.com
Tel: (00353) 87 8292077 or 058 75299

Careysville Fishery

Careysville Fishery offers some of the best salmon fly fishing in Ireland and includes 26 named pools. It is considered by many to be one of premier beats for salmon fishing in Ireland. Wading is excellent and among the numerous streams, pools and glides there is a great variety of fly fishing to suit both complete novice and challenge the most competent of fly casters.

Careysville, Clondulane, Fermoy, Co. Cork, Ireland
Email:  fishing@careysville.com Mobile: +353 (0)86 2378788
Web: http://careysville.com/careysville-fishery/

Lismore Castle Fishery

At Lismore Castle & Golf Course Fishery, we offer nearly two miles of two inter-linked beats, the Castle Beat & the Golf Course Beat.

The legendary Castle Beat consistently ranks as one of the top Salmon beats on the River Blackwater, for the number of Atlantic Salmon caught per rod. The Golf Course Beat offers about 1.5 miles of fishable water through meandering majestic countryside. The Golf Course beat offers a number of bewildering pools suitable for unmatched spinning and bait fishing.

For bookings contact Joe Willoughby on Mobile no. 00353 87 8295449 or Email: info@lismorecastlefishery.com

Website: www.lismorecastlefishery.com

Blackwater Salmon Anglers, Mallow

We provide Day Tickets for some prime Salmon fishing in Mallow Co. Cork. We have excellent fly water, shrimping worming and spinning also. We also have very competitive Day rates and we have very recently upgraded our fishing.

Tickets available from “The Bridge House” and “Vincent Downes Menswear” Mallow.

Facebook: Blackwater Salmon Anglers

Upper Bridgetown Salmon Fishery

Located on the Munster Blackwater in the south of Ireland. Situated mid river between the towns of Fermoy and Mallow. A productive left bank beat in stunning surroundings.

For bookings contact Conor Arnold: +353 87 755 4682

Facebook: Upper Bridgetown Salmon Fishery

Loungueville House Salmon Fishery

For details on availability and conditions of fishing for salmon and trout on the Longueville House waters please contact them at
Contact : Longueville House Hotel, William O’Callaghan
Address : Mallow, Co. Cork.
Telephone : 00 353 22 47156
Email: info@longuevillehouse.ie
Website: www.longuevillehouse.ie

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