Munster Coarse Anglers were at Knockananing Reservoir for their latest match in the Munster Team of Four competition…
It was a rather damp day for the match at Knockananing Reservoir and it was home advantage to Fermoy who came away winners today with 8pts with two sections wins and two 3rds, weight were low but everyone had some fish, skimmers and small roach.
Tommy Lawton, Fermoy CAC
Oaklands New Ross is the final match and it is now very close with only 2pts separating Fermoy and Munster CAC who are leading.
Section Winners today;
A section, Clive Slater, Munster (B), 0.460kg
B section, Richard Holmes, Fermoy, 1.740kg
C section Tommy Lawton, Fermoy, 1.360kg
D section Donatas Petreikis, Waterford, 1.220kg
Full results
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Munster Coarse Angling Club are affiliated to the National Coarse Fishing Federation of Ireland and are members of the Angling Council the National Governing Body for coarse and predator angling. www.ncffi.ie
2018 Irish Ladies Captain Ruth Arrell being presented with the Anne Geary Lady Angler of the year trophy by Chairperson Cheryl James
2017 was a hard-fought season of trials which were held in the following venues Lough Lene Co Westmeath, Loughmacrory Co Tyrone, Lough Rowan Co Leitrim, Bleach Louch Co Limerick. We would like to thank all the committees of these venues for their hospitality and for the great days fishing.
2018 Irish Ladies Captain Ruth Arrell being presented with the Anne Geary Lady Angler of the year trophy by Chairperson Cheryl James
When all the scores were tallied from all the trials Ruth Arrell was victorious as the Top Angler for 2017 season thus making her Captain for the 2018 international which is being held in Lyn Cleywedogg Wales in June.
Ruth who hails from Knockloughrim, Co Derry will be representing Ireland for the fourth time and this is her first time as Captain of the team and she will be leading the ladies in pursuit of gold in Wales.
Entry Form below, including joining details if you wish to become a member of the Association and fish with us either socially or competively (to qualify for the Irish Team for 2019).
Closing date for entries is 13.4.18. Minimum age is 18.
For more information on these events or to join the ILFA please visit www.irishladiesflyfishing.com or ring Julie Gerry (ROI) 087 2055094, Pauline McClenaghan (NI) 07841 573089 or email us on [email protected]
E. Chamussy with a good looking fish from the Drowes
Monday 2nd to Sunday 8th April 2018
Water levels were good overall this week. The gauge read 0.48m on Monday but fell to 0.47m on Tuesday but then rain showers meant the river rose steadily from Wednesday on and the gauge read 0.57m by the end of play on Sunday. The river fished well once again with salmon caught on most days.
E. Chamussy with a good looking fish from the Drowes
There were 5 caught on Saturday on spinner and worm and 4 on Sunday on prawn.
On Thursday, John Stevens recorded a 7lb salmon caught and released on fly from the Crooked Hole.
On Saturday, visiting French Angler Eduord Chamussy caught his 1st ever salmon from Briney’s.
Prospects for the coming week look very good once again
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River Drowes
The Drowes Fishery is one of Ireland’s premier spring salmon and grilse fisheries. The river is some 5 miles in length, with over 70 named pools, flowing from Lough Melvin at Lareen Bay and entering the sea at Tullaghan, just outside Bundoran. The Drowes has a wide variety of water suitable for all fishing methods, including several miles of good fly water and deeper slower moving pools suitable for spinning and bait fishing.
For information and bookings on the Drowes Fishery & Lough Melvin see http://www.drowessalmonfishery.com Tel: 071 9841055 (8am to 12 noon). Mob: +353 (0) 87 8050806
For info/Guides/boat hire on Lough Melvin contact Sean Maguire’s Tackle Shop, Main Street, Garrison.Tel. (048) 686 58194
Lough Melvin, Rossinver Fishery: For info/Guides/boat hire/bookings etc. contact Sean Carty. Tel: 083 1197428.
O’Neill romps home a runaway winner in the Easter Two Festival, while the challenge from behind wilted in the arctic conditions of the final day on the wilderness that was Lough Muckno. Dick Caplice reports…. 06 April: Never have two Festivals been fished in such an alien ,bewildering and grossly uncomfortable environment, when water levels,wind,cold temps and every conceivable element bar sun, is taken into account.
Muckno had it all, over the last 10 days and despite over 40 visitors attending over the two festivals, it seems likely that these two Festivals are now being withdrawn, due to the uncertainty that accompanies them, including of course the unpredictable weather and icy high water levels, when fishing is never near its best. Credit to all of our competitors over the last 8 days, when it sometimes descended to pure survival and most of the competitive and enjoyment elements were all but lost, or at best tested to their very limits.
Storm force winds today with massive water swell, forced anglers off seat boxes on certain sections for a time and threatened many with early respite in the comfort of the Old Coach inn. To their immense credit however, everybody to a man weighed in, some no doubt in the earnest hope that the weather might be affecting their opponents more than them. With a big 3kgs today and an average daily weight of 3.5kgs, Rory O’Neill assured himself, a 28th lifetime Festival win and with an extended lead, he was never threatened today. Steve Harwood battled in deluge conditions on White Island for Just under 3kg, which saw him force his way into 2nd spot overall and overnight incumbent Graham Worley slipped to third, after a valiant effort. Mick Carr held on for 4th spot ,which he shared after 4 crazy days, with the ever pleasant, non-complaining Derek Buckley, who made the most of his lot, while battling up 3 spots today, to end in the frame. Kaye,Winters and Smith did what they always do,in battling hard to the end but just came up short, in that order. Our three traveling contestants from Italy did not really feel climatically at home and despite at least one not ever having feeder fished, they competed in a commendable spirit of total camaraderie, above and beyond what the conditions might have allowed, or called for. (ben fatto e vi ringrazio )
1st R O’ Neill
2nd Steve Harwood
3rd Graham Worley
4th joint Mick Carr and Derek Buckley.
Congratulations to the winners all, who shared a fine prize fund of well over €3000 including Main,sections and pools.
Many thanks to Peter and Cathy Nicholson at Irish Tackle and Bait and also to Raymond and staff at the Old Coach Inn, who looked after all our people brilliantly, throughout these testing Festivals.
Spring definitely sprung last weekend, with temperatures up to 14C on Saturday and Sunday, but bright sunshine and flat calm conditions made angling difficult over the busy weekend, which was the first to see many anglers back on the water. Since then the wind has turned east, and although it is milder than previous weeks, it still feels pretty chilly out on the water. Indeed I met several anglers coming in early yesterday due to the cold. I did see plenty of duckfly, though, and watched a few trout feeding on the surface from my frustrating spot on the shoreline!
Larry McCarthy from Corrib View Lodge (www.corribangling.com) reports that last week saw the duckfly hatch in full swing, and he recorded 33 trout to the boat over 7 days for his clients.
A lovely Corrib trout taken on duckfly (C&R)
The Oughterard Angling Club held the annual Bartley McGauley Cup competition on Sunday week last, and the winner was Jim Glynn. This is Jim’s third time winning this event, and he also won the heaviest fish trophy on the day as well.
Jim Glynn, winner of the Bartley McGauley Cup 2018
Cong Angling Club held their Annual Wetfly Competition on Sunday, in a mostly flat calm to a slight ripple kind of day! 21 anglers took to the lake and despite promising fly life, with plenty of duckfly and milder weather than of late, only 4 fish were caught – from the same boat! So congratulations to Mark Gibbons and Robbie Conneely who came first and second respectively, Mark with 2 fish for 5.5lbs and Robbie with 2 fish for roughly 3lbs. Mark also takes home the Ashford Castle Trophy Cup, to look after and polish till next year.
Daithi Ryan (left) and Thomas Ryan (right) present Mark Gibbons with the Ashford Castle Trophy
Ballindiff Bay Angling Club held a competition on Sunday for the Michael Smyth Cup, with a new trophy – the Denis O’Keeffe Cup for the heaviest fish, in memory of Denis who passed away last year and was a longtime and very popular visitor to Corrib. The competition was won by Anthony Trill, with Robert Reilly 2nd and Ciaran Reilyl 3rd. Anthony also won the Denis O’Keeffe Cup, which was presented by Denis’s grandson Jack Egan. Jack almost won the trophy himself with a fine trout but was just pipped by Anthony.
Anthony Trill receives the Denis O’Keeffe Cup from Jack Egan
Denis in happier times with Sue Wherry and a fine Corrib trout on his beloved boat Sheelin Lady.
Advance Notice: The Corr na Mona Anglers will be holding their Annual Hospice Pairs Competition, which raises funds for Galway Hospice, a very worthwhile charity, on Sunday April 29th. There will be over €2,000 in sponsored prizes on offer, with entry just €50 per angler, and all proceeds going to charity.
This huge trout was an unexpected fish for pike angler Daire Coyle
Daire Coyle from Lough Gara Angling Club was pike fishing with David Shannon on Lough Key yesterday, when they had something a little unexpected. Daire takes up the story..
Myself and David set off on the short journey to the Boyle River at 7:00. The weather was dry and overcast. There was a cool easterly which veered to a north easterly for a time. The wind was light. The water temperature was 9 degrees.
We fished 4 different baits between the two of us. This consisted of herring, mackerel, trout and roach. The roach and herring were popped up with the others fished on the bottom.
The morning proved to be quiet. We did see a pike spawning at a shallow reed shore close to us. We tried a few different area’s when eventually I got a run. After a short fight I landed a pike of around 5lb.
We decided to have lunch an relocate for the afternoon.
In the afternoon we spent some time on the lake with the fish finder. We found a spot which showed up plenty of shoal fish and some interesting features. We marked it with a marker float and then attempted to set anchor, but found our lead mud weight could not penetrate the lake bed which was obviously a hard bed of stone as shown on the fish finder. We had to move about a bit to find a break in the stone and eventually got anchored.
Again we set up four rods with same baits and fished them towards the marker float area. After 3/4 of an hour I had a slow run on one of my rods. I probably struck too soon and it felt like I pulled the bait out of the fish’s mouth. I examined mackerele bait and as it was only alittle damaged, I cast the bait in the same spot again. One the baitrunner was set I reeled in my second rod. I had decided that mackerel was the bait of choice and I was going to fish all mackerel.
This huge trout was an unexpected fish for pike angler Daire Coyle and wins Catch of the Week #CPRsavesfish
As I put my hand into the bait bag to get a bait, my first rod started to run. It was a more powerful run than the previous. I reeled in the slack and struck into something considerable. We were over about 20ft of water but the fish seemed to instantly surface. When it leapt clean of the water I got my first look at the fish. I then realised it was a trout. It gave a good battle but it was no match for a 3lb test curve rod loaded with 20lb Suffolks line. Within 5 minutes we had the fish landed. Luckily as it only had on barb of the two trebles caught in its upper lip. The fish weighed in at just under 10lb. It was revived and returned.
We continued in this spot for another hour before moving again.
That was it for the day we had no more fish. I didn’t mind as i had just caught my personal best trout. We will be heading to the Corrib in May, for the Mayfly it would be nice to catch something similar on the fly. Then you would have a battle.
Lough Gill had its first salmon of the season a couple of weeks ago after the lake failed to produce a fish for the hardy anglers who turned out to fish the St Patricks Competiton in March. Peter McKenna was the lucky angler to score first this year and he did so with an 8lb 2oz salmon.
A couple of more salmon were added to the tally from the lake on 02 April. George Conway had an 8lb 6oz salmon and Peter McKenna had a fish of 7lb 6oz.
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Lough Gill is about 8 km or 5 miles long and 2 km or 1 mile wide. The Lough Gill system consists of the river Bonet that flows into the eastern end of the lake and the River Garavogue which drains the lake to the west near Sligo Town.
Lough Beltra has continued to produce a few spring salmon in the last couple of weeks. On 31 March Dave McCloon had a 13lb fish at Tommy’s Wall on a Silver Badger.at Tommy’s Wall on a Silver Badger. This was followed by a salmon of 8lb for Martin Hughes on 01 April.
Just yesterday Godfrey Holden had a beautiful salmon of 11lb at Clarkes Point. This time the fly was a Beltra Peter.
Go fishing…
The Glenisland Anglers Co-operative was set up to provide anglers access to salmon and sea-trout fishing on the East side of lough Beltra. Membership of the Glenisland Anglers Co-operative is currently open and the club is actively enrolling new members. Day tickets are also available. For more information see http://www.loughbeltra.com
If you are interested in fishing Beltra West or the Newport river please contact Newport house.
Eileen Carroll Murphy reprots that there were no catches reported from the Laune or Killarney lakes in the last week. Water levels have been high and water temperatures cold. There is very little fishing effort at present.
Reporting from our Macroom office, Eileen Carroll Murphy tells us that there were 5 fish caught for the week on club waters, best was 11lbs. Best methods have been spinning and the fly. Water levels were high.
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.
