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River Moy
Alan Brown from the UK with his 3.1 kg (7 lbs) Moy salmon, caught on the worm.
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The Moy had its best week so
far with a total of 56 salmon reported. The Ballina Salmon
Anglers Water produced 12 for the week while the East Mayo Anglers stretch
accounted for 13. However, the best salmon recorded was taken
on Gannon’s Fishery where Jimmy Hutchinson, Northern Ireland, landed
a fine fish of 5.4kg (12 lbs.) on worm. Elsewhere, the fly
was successful and, on the East Mayo Water, Con Hyland, Straide, had
a fine salmon of 4.9kg (11 lbs.) which took his fly. On
the same stretch, Paul McGrath, Swinford, had a 3.2kg (7 lbs.) fish
on fly while Hans Ulrich Bender, Germany, had one of 2.7kg (6 lbs.)
on fly. On Cloongee, Michael Conway, Dublin, had a 2.3kg (5 lbs.)
fish on the fly. On the Scott-Knox-Gore Fishery, at Coolcronan,
Alan Brown from the UK (pictured below), had a 3.1 kg (7 lbs.) salmon on the
worm while Hugh McCormack, Drogheda, also had one at 3.1 kg (7 lbs.
which took a spinner.
Loughs Conn and Cullin
Cold northerly winds and frequent
showers resulted in poor trout angling conditions during the week with
little fly life evident. Nonetheless, the Dick Gillespie Memorial
Cup which was fished by Castlebar Anglers Association, in conjunction
with Healy’s Hotel, resulted in 15 trout being taken by 25 rods on
Sunday with a 12” (30.48 cms.)limit applying. It was won by
Joe Quinn, Cloghans, Ballina, with 2 trout weighing 1.02 kg (2.2 lbs.)
while Kevin Byrne, Castlebar, was in 2nd place with 2 trout
weighing ∙97kg (2.1). Liam Curry, Ballinrobe, took 3rd
prize with a fish of ∙61kg (1.3 lbs.). On the same day, Foxford
Angler’s Association, fished for the Frank Devanney Memorial Cup with
a 13” (33.02 cms.) limit in force. The competition was
won by John Burke, Toomore, with 4 trout weighing 1∙8 kg (4kg) while
2nd was Billy McGhee, Ballyvary, with 1 trout weighing ∙68
kg (1.5 lbs.). Elsewhere on the lake, Xavier Gonnet, Austria,
was fishing out of Pontoon Bridge Hotel, had 2 trout weighing 1∙8
kg (4 lbs) while fishing on Lough Cullin. Daragh McDermott, Laois,
had a salmon of 3∙62 kg (8 lbs.) while trolling on Lough Conn and,
on a subsequent day, had 2 trout for 1∙36 kg (3 lbs.) on Lough Cullin.
Fishing out of Gortnorabbey, Francie White, Sligo, had 2 trout for ∙68kg
(1.5 lbs.) on a Green Peter while Padraic Traynor had 1 for ∙45 kg
(1lb.) on a Dabbler. Congratulations to local young angler,
Ryan Binley, Foxford, who qualified for the Irish Youths Team this year
after winning the Youth Championship on Lough Leane, Mullingar recently.
Ballysadare River
The Ballysadare River enjoyed
another good week with a total of 41 salmon reported which 25 were released
and 16 retained. Seanie Maye, had a fine fish of 4.5 kg
(10 lbs.) on a Silver Wilkinson and the same angler had another fish
of 5kg (11 lbs) later in the week which fell to a Cascade.
Glencar Lough
Glencar produced two salmon
for the week with Jim Fox and Jim Henry each landing fish of about 3.17
kg (7 lbs.)
Lough Doon
This small trout lake, near
Dromahair, Co Leitrim, yet enjoyed and excellent weeks fishing with
Patrick Ward, Co Westmeath, fishing and returning a total of 12 trout
for just fours hours fishing while several other anglers also enjoyed
a good success. The Bibio and various Buzzers appear to be the
most successful flies.
Carrowmore
The harsh weather conditions
discouraged angling on Carrowmore Lake last week but several anglers
still braved the elements and fished the Beltra part of the lake where
several enjoyed good success. The lake produced a total of 16
salmon for the week with most in the 3 kg – 3.5 kg (6∙5- 7∙75
lbs.) range.
Ballin Lough
This rainbow trout lake, near
Westport, continued to fish well this week with several anglers reporting
excellent fishing. Michael Swartz and friend, Ballina, got a total
of 13 trout of which they released 10. Murphy, Castlebar, had
nine of which they returned three, best at 1.3 kg (3 lbs.)
Pat Murphy and friend, Castlebar, had a total of 20 trout for their
day which they returned 16, best fish at 2 kg (4∙5 lbs.)
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