10 salmon landed for the week. Best was 14lbs landed by a club angler on a worm.
Go fishing…
The River Ilen is a medium size spate river that fishes best on a dropping flood for both salmon and sea trout. Spinning, worm and fly fishing are the methods used and allowed on club water.
The river is beautiful and a joy to fish, pools along club waters are easily accessible with seats, steps and stiles put in place for the anglers comfort. With selective tree pruning done along the river in recent years fly fishing has become a more available option especially on the lower river with numerous pools opened up to suit fly fishermen, night time fly fishing for sea trout is a pleasure with great stocks of trout entering the river from April.
No catches reported to the office but there is a good head of fish in the lake and the anglers are getting a few.
Killarney Flesk
2 salmon landed for the week. The first weighed in at 8.5lbs landed by a Midlands angler caught spinning and the other was 7lbs caught by a Tralee angler on a worm.
10 May: David Sheils fishing on the Blackwater Salmon Fisherycaught a 10lb fish from the Island Stream on Kilmurry on a Silver Alley’s. Meanwhile at Ballyduff Bridge Salmon Fishery, Jason O Riordan had a fantastic fish of about 15lbs on a size 12 Hicks Bug.
16 May: Well done to Lee Coffey catching his first ever fish on the fly at Ballincurrig, Ballyduff Bridge Salmon Fishery, a lovely fish of 12lbs on a Red Francis.
Go Fishing…
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:[email protected] Mobile: +353 (0) 872351260 Telephone: +353 (0) 5853929 Web: www.blackwatersalmonfishery.com
Ballyduff Bridge Salmon Fishery
Ballyduff Bridge fisheries 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.
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.ieEmail: [email protected] Tel: (00353) 87 8292077 or 058 75299
5 salmon landed for the week on Club waters. Best fish was 11lbs.
Best methods fly and spinning.
INNISCARRA FISHERY
No reports to the office this week but Paul Hanley had a good fish on Monday 7 May.
Catching and releasing a very fresh sealiced salmon while spinning in high water. More info at www.salmonfishingireland2012.blogspot.com. All rights reserved 2018. Fished, filmed and edited by Paul Hanley.
Go fishing…
The River Lee drains a catchment of 484 square miles of which much is taken up by two large reservoirs. Salmon Angling is confined to an 8 mile stretch from Inniscarra dam to Cork city.
Lee Salmon Anglers Club
The Lee Salmon Anglers club was established in 1967. It was formed by a group of anglers interested in protecting and promoting the sport of salmon and trout angling on the river Lee. Day tickets available: http://www.leesalmonanglers.ie/
Inniscarra Fishery
This salmon fishery is located between Cork City and the dam at Inniscarra (9 miles). The fishery is run by the ESB (Electricity Supply Board) and an ESB permit is required. There is a fair run of fish with a very good grilse run dependent on water. Permits can be purchased on site from Dan O’Riordan, ESB Inniscarra; 087-9983879.
There were 5 salmon reported on the river last week, these were caught between Bandon and Enniskeane.
There were a number of sea trout caught also just upstream of the weir.
There was a good bit of water in the river following Friday’s rain, but the river has dropped again since then.
Go Fishing…
Bandon Angling Association have set up a guiding service in conjunction with Jason Nash, Peter Aspinwall and Phil Dewey. Details of the guiding service are provided on the website and they are looking forward to making memories and enhancing people’s fishing experiences on the river Bandon. Day tickets and club membership are also available. Web: https://bandonangling.com/
Kilcoleman Fishery, Enniskeane, is renowned for its hospitality. The owners David and Patricia Lamb make a particular effort to make their guests feel at home. Past visitors have described the atmosphere as ‘laid back’ and the accommodations as ‘cosy’. Kilcoleman is “fly only” throughout the entire season. However, in certain water conditions, spinning is permitted for salmon. Trout angling is “fly only” at all times. web:http://flyfishing-ireland.com
Delan Cooke from our Ballina office reports that trout fishing on Conn and Cullin has kicked off with the Mayfly up…
15 May: Last weekend we welcomed 53 anglers from throughout Ireland but mainly from the Cavan/Monaghan area with a smattering of visitors from Northern Ireland. These anglers had come to fish the annual Albert Berry competition on Lough Cullin. The competition is held over 2 days and tends to focus, primarily, on Lough Cullin as this is where the most reliable mayfly hatches are likely to occur in the early part of the season.
Although mayfly were evident throughout the lake, hatches were a little patchy and trout did not appear to be feeding on them. However, there were also good hatches of olive and this is how the winners, Walter and Susan Byrne found success. They fished the mid-lake using small, dry bumble olives and had 15 trout over the two days weighing 18.7 lbs.
In second place were Gary McLure and Alan Lutton with8 trout for 9lbs. The best fish was caught by Davy Ellis and weighed 3.7lbs, a fine fish for L. Cullin.
The total catch for the Albert Berry cup weekend was 77 trout.
Lough Conn has also begun to produce some good fishing and the first of the proper Mayfly hatches have commenced, mainly in Castlehill bay and the North end of the lake.
Orla Walsh had a lovely trout on a dry olive in Cloghan’s Bay on Thursday as well as a few fish on the 30 – 32cm range.
Eamonn Cooke and Gordon Milward from Wicklow had a great day fishing in Tolan’s Bay and the mouth of the Deel. Persistant hatches of Mayfly kept the trout interested and active at the surface throughout the day and they accounted for 13 decent trout, all of which were returned.
John Griffin from Crossmolina had 4 good trout in the 35cm range on a mayfly emerger, also in the bat at the mouth of the Deel.
Go fishing…
The vast majority of trout caught on Lough Conn are taken on wet flies when trout are moving near the surface during the seasonal fly hatches, even in the valley periods, between hatches, it is nearly always possible to attract the attention of a trout to a team of well presented wet flies.
15 May: The good run of Spring fish here at Delphi continues, with fish being landed almost every day. Water conditions have been excellent with the river not falling below 25. Temperatures are still trying to creep up but only slowly. It gets milder one day and then cold the next. We even had a grass min of -2.4 on Friday night.
Ralph Dietrich on Finlough with his salmon of 8lbs 3ozs on a Green Highlander
First fish for May was taken by Ralph Dietrich on the 1st, off Finlough of 8lbs 3ozs on a Green Highlander. Werner also had two, one of approx. 6.5lbs and the other approx. 7lbs. Both were taken in the Waterfall on a Black and Orange Conehead. There were three on the 2ndwith Dominic Cox having two, one of 10lbs and the other of approx. 8lbs. They were taken in the Horseshoe and Finlough respectively, both on Ally Shrimps. Fredo Dittrich also had a fish off Finlough of 7lbs on a Delphi Collie. Werner had two more, one on the 3rdfrom the Waterfall on a Green Highlander of 10lbs 9ozs and one on the 4th, of approx. 9.5lbs, again same pool, same fly. Markus Merz also had a nice fish of 9lbs 13ozs off the Stream on Finlough on a Willie Gunn.
Urs with a lovely looking fish
On the 5ththere was one landed and that fell to Urs, who had made contact with quite a few fish during the week, but none stuck, which is most unusual with Springers. Finally, afish took and stuck in the Rock Pool and Urs having left his net in the car, tried to attract the attention of a passing cyclist by waving and the cyclist duly waved back and kept going, much to Urs’ dismay. Shortly afterwards Jonathan Clesham who worked as a Ghillie here in his younger days was passing and he immediately recognised an angler in distress, stopped, got the net and proceeded to net the fish for a very happy Urs. The fish weighed in at 10lbs 3ozs and was taken on a Delphi Collie.
Ken Williams on Doo Lough with his wild fish, just before release #CPRsavesfish
Sunday brought another busy week and a new batch of enthusiastic anglers. First, off the mark was Joseph Martin who had a lovely fish of approx. 10.5lbs in the Whin Pool on a Zonker. This was followed later that evening when I landed a fish of 9lbs 13ozs in the Whin Pool on a Delphi Collie. Shortly afterwards Tim Sprakes landed his first ever salmon in the Bridge Pool. The fish weighed in at 8lbs and was taken on a Sunray Shadow. We had nothing on the 7thand then on the 8th, Frank Byrne landed his first ever salmon, weighing in at 5lbs 4ozs from the Goat Pool on a Mini Tube. Jakob also had a fish of 7lbs 8ozs on Finlough on a Delphi Collie.
We had three on the 9th, the first, a first ever taken by Justin Ferran in the Whin Pool on a Cascade, weighing in at 11lbs. Michael Wade had a nice fish of 8lbs 4ozs off Finlough on a Collie Dog and Robert Gillespie finished off the day, with a fish of 8lbs from the Bridge Pool on a Delphi Collie. There were four landed on the 10th, with Bernd being first off the mark, with a fish of approx. 7lbs from Morrisons on a Cascade. In the afternoon, Jakob and Josef Bauer had fish a fish each off Finlough, of 9lbs 5ozs and 6lbs 7ozs respectively, both on Delphi Collie’s. This was Josef’s first ever salmon! Ken Williams also had a good fish of approx. 11lbs off Doolough. The following two days despite very good water saw only one landed each day. James Finn had one of 8lbs 10ozs in the Whin Pool on a Delphi Collie and Christian Raissle had one of 8lbs 2ozs off Finlough on a Silver Wilkinson Tube.
Sunday saw the arrival of the week 20 brigade, sadly with the notably exception of John Tappin and co. John was ill recently and unable to travel. John has been here in week 20 for over 25 years now and there are many great memories not all fishing related I might add. All here wish him a speedy recovery and hope to see him back shortly.
Water levels are tapered down to 30 on Sunday. Brendan Wilson landed a lovely fish in the afternoon in the Meadow Pool of approx. 9.5lbs on a Collie Dog. Yesterday was unusual in that we had four, all in the morning and all off the river. Mike Hammes on his first trip to Delphi landed two fish. The first was in the Whin Pool on a Cascade and weighed in at approx. 8lbs. He followed this up shortly afterwards with a fine fish of 11lbs 2ozs from the Bridge pool on a Corps Nymph. Mike was in dreamland and was rather happy to say the least! Hugh Brennan then had a fish of approx. 5lbs, also From the Bridge Pool and, also on a Corps Nymph. Ian Carroll finished the morning with a nice fish of approx. 10lbs from the Meadow Pool on a Collie Dog.
Another wild fish ready for release
The river is now at 25 and we do have some misty rain this morning which may put it up a little. Having said that all fish landed yesterday were sea liced, so there are fish still running. Total for the year is now 103.
Just a reminder that our new Syndication Scheme is selling well, especially the spring weeks so anyone that is interested should contact us, here at Delphi.
At Delphi Lodge, with many years of experience with the timing of the best runs of fish, we have in place a price system that offers both great value fishing and lets our anglers know when they have the best chance to catch a fresh run spring salmon or a summer grilse or Delphi sea trout.
New for 2018/2019
We are delighted to announce an opportunity to purchase prime Irish Salmon Fishing with accommodation in a country cottage. Each new member will have the option of a one week stay, a four day stay or a three day stay fixed for five years. For more information see https://delphilodge.ie/2018/04/10/the-new-delphi-salmon-club-and-syndicate-connemara/
14 May: Over the past week the river Laune has come into good order and fishing has continued to improve. During the past week a number of good salmon have been reported caught, lost and seen.
11lb Salmon caught by Colm Heffernan at Crowley’s fishery.
On Wednesday last Danny Joy had a fish of 12lbs and on Thursday Colm Heffernan has a fish of 11lbs, both were caught spinning. There was also a good fish of 14lbs caught at Johnson’s fishery last weekend by a visiting angler, the same angler also lost a good fish on the same day. There were several other fish landed ranging from 5.5lbs to 9lbs.
Seatrout have been slow to make an appearance this year, however there have been a few reports of seatrout to 3lbs caught spinning at Heffernan’s fishery.
The river is currently at 1.4m after rising again slightly from the rain made last Friday, however it is once again dropping fast and with the forecast looking settled and dry the coming week looks promising.
Laune Salmon & Trout Anglers’ Association Permit Charges for 2018
€25.00 a day Up to 31st July. A 7 day permit €140.00. (Weeks Fishing.)
€35.00 a day in August and September. A 7 day permit €210.00. (Weeks Fishing.)
Fishing with a Member
€20.00 a Day to July 31st – Fishing With a Member
€30.00 a Day, during August and September – Fishing With a Member.
N.B. Permit Holder must be in the company of member when fishing. Members name must be printed on the permit stub.
Availability of Permits in August and September will depend on demand; number of permits sold may be restricted. After September 15th permit holders not allowed fish Charlie Johnston’s.
Permits Available From: Lander’s, Tralee – O’Neill’s, Killarney – O’Sullivan’s Shop, Beaufort Bridge – Billy Cotter, see below. – Michael O’Shea, see below.
Kevin Lyons took some Dutch guests on their first trip to Ireland pike fishing in Co. Longford …
Albert with his First Irish Pike.
Albert and friend Bertus from Holland were over for their first ever fishing trip to Ireland and decided to stay with us at Melview Fishing Lodge. Nt only this but they had never fished for Pike before either. They managed some good Pike during their stay, using both Lures and dead baits.
All Smiles For Bertus with his first ever Pike.
They enjoyed their visit to Ireland and said how lovely the country and people were and I’m sure we will see them again fishing in Ireland it was a great week with good company. Thank guys, hope to see you again soon.
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.
Ronan Cusack reports on a big week on Lough Mask, where the Spring International Competition was held on Friday.
Massive congratulations to captain Mike Keady and his team for their outstanding performance in the ITFFA Spring International on Friday last. The lads beat Wales into second place by a huge margin of 20 trout. The Irish team recorded a total of 45 trout measuring a total of 1552.3cm. In second place were team Wales with 25 fish measuring 905.8cm. Third position went to team England with 23 trout measuring 805.3cm and in fourth place were team Scotland with 20 trout measuring 681.2cm.
The Irish team that won the ITFFA Spring International
The top rod and winner of the much sought after brown bowl was the well-known Co. Clare angler David Egan. David had the company of top international and former world champion Mr Iain Barr of team England in his boat for the day. The day got off to a shaky start with David falling behind with 2 trout to Iain’s 6 by 13:00. In David’s own words “when the sun came out after lunch I knew I had him” and he surely did. David finished off the day with 8 trout to Iain’s 6. Unfortunately Iian had to settle for second place this time. David is no stranger to silverware, as he won the interprovincial on Mask in 2017 and a national title on Corrib in 2004. The event was a huge success on all fronts and congratulations to Ballinrobe and District Anglers for hosting the competition.
Dave Egan with the Brown Bowl Trophy
The lake is fishing well at the moment with plenty of olives and buzzer to keep trout interested. Mick Dunne from Tourmakeady had 8 trout pulling wets among the islands on Sunday last (best fish 1.75lbs). Toby Gibbons and Sean Moogan from Westport had a red-letter day on Saturday with 13 trout exceeding the 13” limit (best fish 3lbs, all released). Regular visitors to our shores Mr John Webb and Mike Donaghy from Scotland fished with Ronan Cusack on Tuesday and they had 6 trout on a combination of wet and dry olives (best fish 2.25lbs, all released). UK anglers Howard Smith and his fishing partner Mike fished buzzers on Sunday in very bright conditions and they finished with 4 (best fish 2.75lbs, all released).
Mike Donaghy‘s new olive patterns even fool the Terns
There have been reports of the odd Mayfly this week, so hopefully by the weekend the party will kick off.
Lough Conn & Lough Cullin Game Angling Guide (2.38 MB)
