This page will contain updates on local fishing and any other flyfishing reports we hear off throughout the country. If you have any fishing news to share then please send to daniel.a.sweeney@intel.com and it will be published here. Photos are very welcome too, please ensure less than 120K in size and saved in .jpg format. See latest reports below photos
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John Boyle with a Mask Cracker
Charles Kennedy playing a nice Conn fish
2 Fine Glenveagh Sea-Trout in 2007
A Lovely Bag of Rosses Browns
The Lads Who Are Saving the Gweebarra
Latest Fishing Update - Feb 17th '08
The 2008 Trout Season opened on Friday 15th Feb but no reports of any local fishing in the Rosses as yet. Daniel Sweeney and Charles Kennedy spent a few hours fishing Lough Mask on Saturday 16th but with no success. A South East light wind was blowing and conditions were cold with just very small early hatches of Duck Fly in some of the shallows close to the shore. Approximately 20 boats were seen on the Lough in the Canal to Cushlough area and half of these were trawler men. By all accounts some trout were caught on the Friday with bags of 2 and 3 accounted for by some fortunate individuals.
First Salmon
The first Irish Salmon was caught on the Drowes River from the Money Hole at 12 noon on Saturday the 5th January. Weighing 13 lbs it surrendered to a black Flying ‘C’ spinner. The angler involved was Colin Gardiner from Lurgan, Co. Armagh who had also caught the first salmon in 2005.
First Waterville Salmon
The opening day of the new Salmon and Sea Trout season in Waterville was 17/1/08 on and Mr William Bowles of Cork caught the first Salmon of the 2008 season on the Famous Butler Pool.
