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Near 40kg haul wins American Pairs on Garadice

By
Paul O'Reilly
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This report from the organisers of this year’s American Pairs event:

That’s another year of the American Pairs wrapped up, and we’re delighted to say it was another huge success! Despite the less-than-ideal conditions, we had an incredible turnout with 23 pairs (46 anglers!) all showing up, fishing hard, and making it a brilliant match.

The fishing itself didn’t disappoint either plenty of bites across all banks, which is more than we could ask for. A massive thank you to everyone who came along and stayed right through to the presentation.

Section Winners

Deeps

  • 26–32: Dairus Sakalys & Tomas Lisauskas – 25.930kg
  • 34–40 (Default): Liam Bedford & Richard Bedford

Haughtons Shore

  • 51–57 (Default): Irish Feeder & Mariusz – 11.080kg
  • 59–65: Piotr Horbinski & Darren Fairhurst – 9.840kg

Church Shore

  • 3–7: Pablo Dykun & Donatas
  • 9–11 (Default): Aivaras & Vaidas

3rd Place – From Haughtons Shore with 11.080kg: Richard Pratt & Rorry Dunne (Nytro Boys)

2nd Place – From Church Shore with 12.800kg: Pavlo & Yugin – two rising stars!

Winners of the American Pairs 2025 – Rimantas Kondrackas & Robertas Ziliatis with an astonishing 33.950kg !

Huge congratulations to all the section winners, framers, and of course our champions!

A word of thanks as these events wouldn’t be possible without our sponsors:

  • Hiszpan Feeder – kindly sponsoring the trophies for the second year in a row! Hiszpan is not only a top angler but also shares brilliant content on his YouTube channel. Be sure to check him out and show your support!
  • Nick & Susan are some of the nicest people you could meet, and their groundbait is simply top class! If you haven’t tried it yet, you definitely should one of the fastest-growing and most respected baits out there. Champion Feed Ireland
  • A huge thank you again to our sponsors, and to everyone who helped make this year’s match such a success.

See you all in 2026 where we’re already planning to make the American Pairs even bigger and better!

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Close call for Dave Edwards of West Cork Charters

By
Myles Kelly
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David Edwards, skipper of the Silver Dawn at  West Cork Charters, reports on a near blank on sharks…

Had a really tough, long day at Sharks on Tuesday this week.

With weather playing havoc for our Dutch anglers’ plans for the week, we decided on a 12 hour trip to make the most of a rare settled day.

A handful of fresh Mackerel and Scad were added to our baits and we headed offshore.

I was being kept busy fishing the ground while the lads set their Shark lines out.

Plenty of fish were being hauled from the depths, including some fine Whiting, Megrim and even a small Spurdog & Octopus.
The Shark lines were quiet…VERY quiet.

A couple of enquiries from Porbeagles, including one good sized fish, that followed the remains of a large Whiting live bait to the boat, was all we had to show for our efforts.

I was staring down the barrel of my third ever Irish Shark blank, and my first for 3 years, when finally we had a run that stayed connected.

Robin had the lightest set up and it took some time to get his good sized Blue Shark onboard.

A fine fish and a very welcome one.

Today was the definition of why it’s called fishing, not catching.

Go fishing…

West Cork Charters

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Troy Francis wins WCAD match at Ardmore

By
Myles Kelly
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rainbow Ardmore

West Cork and District SAC fished their latest fixture at Ardmore on Sunday…

Caliso Bay was the original venue for our latest club match but the high winds and weed forced us to change to the sheltered Ardmore and this proved to be a good decision.

The match time was 7 – 11pm and fish showed up from the get go, with most anglers getting a few in the first hour. Going into the second hour quite a few ray had been landed, with the best ray a 72cm thornback from Troy Francis, which also won the pools. Troy followed this up with a treble shot of dogs to give him a commanding lead, leaving the rest of the field playing catch up.

On peg 6, Dave Keating took the round fish pool with an 89cm smoothhound – one of 3 hounds on the night for Dave. Well done Dave.

Going into the last hour of the match Troy added another couple of dogs to finish with a total of 18 fish, giving him a comfortable win. His winning card had 4 ray (Painted/Thornback) and 14 dogs – well done Troy.

Stephen O’Donovan took second place with 13 fish consisting of dogs, huss, gurnards, bass and whiting, while Dave Keating took third place with 9 fish with another mix of species including hounds, dogs, flounder and ray.

Results:

1st – Troy Francis: 18 fish, 982 pts
2nd – Stephen O’Donovan: 13 fish, 599 pts
3rd – Dave Keating: 9 fish, 580 pts

Go fishing…

Next up for us is the Munster Shore League in Ventry, Co. Kerry. This takes place next Saturday the 6th of September and is open to all IFSA members.

All the information for this competition will be posted on our Facebook page.

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: facebook.com/pages/West-Cork-and-District-SAC/

John Browne wins second last match in Oaklands Summer League

By
Myles Kelly
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John Browne reports on the second last round of the Oaklands Summer League fished at the weekend…

On Sunday at Oaklands lake we had the second last round of the Summer league.

It was a very tight match with John Browne coming out on top by 1.310kg netting 68.410kg running in a very close second was Ronan Minogue bagging 67.100kg.

Today’s Results

1st John Browne 68.410 kg
2nd Ronan Minogue 67.100 kg
3rd Adrian Browne 57.660 kg

Sections

A Martin Kent 44.330 kg
B Kirean Reeves 41.010 kg

Big thanks to all the lads that fished final round is September 21st.

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  • SEPTEMBER 21ST OPEN MATCH GALOAK CHALLANGE.
  • OCTOBER 4TH & 5TH 2 DAY FEEDER ONLY.
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  • NOVERMBER 9TH OPEN MATCH WINTER LEAGUE ROUND 2.
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Day ticket anglers please check for availability on these dates.

Go fishing…

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Good mix of fish and a lobster for shore anglers in Donegal

By
Myles Kelly
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Jonathon O’Keeffe sent us in this report from his recent outing in Donegal…

Eoin Dunne and myself had a great weekend shore fishing in north Donegal this weekend.

Conger, Wrasse, dogfish, mackerel, pouting, pollack and a surprise, beautiful, blue/black lobster all landed and released.

The best fish was this pollack on a float rod from the rocks, it put up a cracking fight

Go fishing…

Sea angling in Donegal

Steady fishing on the Nore – PiscariFly Update

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IFI Staff
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Peter Driver of Piscari Fly is back with his weekly roundup of the fishing scene

How’s The Fishing?

River Nore

Fishing is still steady enough even though this rain is not making too much of an impression on river levels. However the fishing is ok overall. Ricky and a few other customers out on the rivers of late picking up some nice fish and hopefully we will get another good bit of water soon which will really give us a good run into the end of September. Ricky got this cracker while out on the rivers.

Keith was fishing on the Nore he said it fished well with the little bit of fresh water. He managed to capture a couple of sea trout as a bonus.

Slovenia

Mark, Dave, Jamie and a few of the lads are in Slovenia at the minute for a weeks fishing. They are having some good fishing in between the thunderstorms. There are lots of thunderstorms at the moment so some of the rivers are a bit higher than they were expecting. However, they are still managing to get good fishing and having a good time out there in Slovenia. They are back on Thursday.

All Ireland Youths

The All Ireland Youths that was scheduled for last weekend had a little bit of a change with the weather that was coming in. The Federation cancelled the river event, however, the lake event went ahead. Congratulations to everyone that took part and stuck it out in those bad conditions and it wasn’t easy going. Congratulations to all the winners and well done to everyone who qualified for team Ireland next year.

​Tafi Ulster 55 fish 142 place points​

​Tafi Munster 18fish 241 place points​

​Connaught 20 fish 262 place points​

​Leinster. 7 fish 276 place points.

 

Launch of Irish Spring Angling Fair

The Launch of the Irish Spring Angling Fair 2026 will take place down in Ardaire Springs on Saturday the 4th of October. So if you’re around and want to see a bit of flytying, flycasting or get some instruction on the day, there will be lots of people around. Peter will be there for part of the day so make sure to pop in and say Hello at the launch. We are really looking forward to the Irish Spring Angling Fair next May.

Piscari-fly Club

About Piscari Plus Club

****Watch out for a video drop on the Mountain Lakes from last Sunday*****

Piscari-Fly Club is all about creating a community of like-minded anglers who have a passion to evolve, educate, and progress in the world of Flyfishing and Fly-Tying. The Piscari-Fly Club will be hosted by its owner and passionate fly angler Peter Driver.

All members get an automatic 10% discount on all products in our store and huge reductions on the Piscari Venator fly rods so check it out today.

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.

As a small business we depend on the satisfaction of our customers and their word of mouth reference, google reviews are important to our online presence and we sure would appreciate your review. Just head over to this link and give us a quick review.

Thanks for the support, its greatly appreciated.

Peter Driver.

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

Bass & Gurnards feature for South Shore SAC at Roney Point

By
Shane O'Reilly
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18 members of South Shore SAC headed to Roney Point for the latest round of their Master Angler competition. The strong winds were throwing up some decent surf, and there was some colour in the water. On seeing the good surf, they expected some bass to be active, and that’s how it turned out, as the bass started to feature in catches. But they were surprised when numbers of small gurnards were also actively feeding in the surf and happy to take angler’s baits.

As high water approached, bites slackened off, but things picked up again once the tide had turned and some better quality fish, including dogs and a smoothy, started to show. But the fishing never really kicked into top gear as fish were hard to get, and that meant it was a close competition. Alby Allan took Zone B by the margin of a single centimetre, but the competition winner on the night was Jarek, who had a decent bag of bass and gurnards from Zone A.

Switch of venue works out for Ulster Krakens

By
Shane O'Reilly
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The Ulster Krakens SAC was back in action last weekend for the latest round of their Master Angler series. The venue was originally planned to be Cushendun Beach, but on arrival, the conditions were poor and a quick decision was made to switch to Waterfoot Beach, which was in much better order.

The beach was quickly pegged and the 14 anglers got down to business as lines went in at 7.30. The top end of the beach started off fishing very well, with plenty of flats coming in, but weavers were also prolific, necessitating some gentle handling… As low water approached, most anglers began to target dogfish that were lurking a little further out, and they helped fill up the scorecards. At the end of the evening, Ally Nicholl’s haul of 22 counters was just enough to get him over the line as the winner on the night.

Full results as follows:

1st Ally Nicholl 22 counters +5 unders for 704points
2nd Andrew McCallion 21 counters +5 unders for 618 points
3rd Raymond “just lucky” McCann 19 counters +5 unders for 608 points
4th Craig Henderson 20 counters + 4 unders for 557 points
5th Stephen Kinning 17 counters + 5 unders for 483 points

Big Corrib Perch for Tom

By
IFI Staff
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Galway angler Tom Canavan was in touch with a report on a fine perch he caught recently. Tom, who describes himself as a leisure angler with a growing interest in freshwater fishing, was spinning on the River Corrib in Galway City, around the Quincentennial Bridge on the university campus.

Using a Mepps spinner, he hooked and landed a cracking perch, the biggest he had ever seen. Other local anglers confirmed it was one of the best perch ever caught along that stretch. A good Catch of the Week too.

Unfortunately, Tom didn’t have a scales or measure with him, but the photo shows the size of the fish – we believe the technical term is a “cracker”! The fish was of course released after the photo.

Well done Tom on a fine catch!

 

August on the Erriff, too hot, not enough rain

By
Donavin Brinklow
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Ian Ferris, Coronation pool, River Erriff
Ian Ferris, Coronation pool, River Erriff

With little to no rain, fishing has been difficult with a few salmon landed and lost at the net.

9 August

Alastair Purdy landed a 6lbs and a 5lbs salmon in the Guage pool on a black Francis and Eugene McCarthy landed a 5lbs salmon in the Garden pool on beat 9.

10 August

Kevin Mitchell landed a 4 ½ lbs salmon on beat 9 using a Monroe and Lairgnen McDermot landed a 7lbs salmon in the garden pool on beat 9. William Maire landed a 4lbs salmon in the Guage pool on beat 9.

11 August

Andrew Wilson landed a 7lbs salmon in the yellow banks on beat 5 on a black shrimp pattern and Luke Drea landed a 6lbs salmon on a green butt cascade in the falls pool on beat 9. Colin Lynam landed 2 sea trout around the 1lbs mark in the school house pool on beat 3.

12 August

Niall Lynch landed a 6lbs salmon in the Upper Garden pool on beat 9.

13 August

Conor O’Leary landed a ½ lbs sea trout in the garden pool and Jake Delaney landed a 4lbs salmon in the falls pool on beat 9.

15 August

Erriff river closed due to high water temperatures.

25 August

Erriff river reopened for fishing.

Conor Graham landed a 3 ½ lbs salmon in the falls pool on a willie gun on beat 9.

26 August

Conor Graham landed a 8lbs salmon in the Falls pool on a stoat’s tail on beat 9.

27 August

Henry Cosgrove landed a ¾ lbs sea trout and Eoin Cosgrove landed a ½ lbs sea trout and a 4lbs salmon on beat 9. Archie Macauley also landed a 4lbs salmon on beat 9.

29 August

Brian White landed a 5lbs salmon in the Humps and hollows on beat 6. Jack Mannion landed a ½ lbs sea trout and John Ryan landed a 1lbs sea trout on beat 9. Richard Harvey landed a sea trout and a 8lbs salmon in the Yellow banks pool on beat 5. Ian Ferris landed a 7lbs salmon in Black banks on beat 6. Mark Helmore landed a 5 lbs salmon on beat 5.

30 August

Ian Ferris landed 5 sea trout around the ½ lbs – 1lbs mark on beat 6 .

31 August

Ian Ferris landed a 6 ½ lbs, 3 ½ lbs and a 5lbs salmon in the Coronation pool on beat 8.

Ian Ferris, Coronation pool, River Erriff
Ian Ferris, Coronation Pool

Go fishing,,,

River Erriff

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