HELLS KITCHEN NOT A PATCH ON OWEL ANGLERS.
Yes we were cooking on Owel last weekend in brilliant sunshine. Not the best for fly fishing, still some nice fish were caught as we competed in the popular Patti Doolin Memorial Shield. It was a savage hot day on the lake, and I was joined by good pal Marty Smith for this competition. It was that warm we had to drop down to Wallace’s in Mount Street that evening and get some refreshments, as we were actually dehydrated. Earlier in the week we spent a few days on Lene and boated some fine trout and perch, mind you it was my younger brother J.J. who really done the business on the Perch front. J.J. fishing with Paul Moran on Owel landed a perch of 2lbs, yes we have the photo. Also this week a cracking photo of Kenny Kiernan, from Greenpark Meadows with a super trout from Owel on the Peters. The fish was up on 5lbs. Speaking of photos Hells Kitchen is not a patch on our local chefs from the Angling World. We will try our best to include a few pics of local anglers cooking on the wild side. On the pike scene Brendan Murray produced a huge double to win the recent family day on Ennell. The club will have some trout action at the end of August.
RAINBOW DELIGHTS FROM LENE. We trashed a few flies out on Lene last week with some success. The bigger rainbows are proving hard to catch on the fly, but plenty of brown trout are keeping anglers interested. Last week I spent two days on Lene with Marty Smith and we boated a few lovely fish. As we fished over the shallows at Winters Point Marty latched onto a cracking rainbow well over 2lbs. The fish was in mint condition, and really gave Marty a bit of sport on the fly. Just as we drifted onto the Point I pushed the boat in on the reeds and a good Perch took on the surface. Not the norm for daytime fishing, still you never know in the Angling World.
THAT’S A PERCH. Speaking of perch last Saturday my younger brother J.J. boated a real beauty from Owel. Fishing with pal Paul Moran J.J. took into a Perch all of 2lbs. This is a super perch and its well worth a trip on Owel if you fancy a bit of perch fishing. The lads were trawling with small lures for trout when the colourful character took the bait.
KENNY CRACKS OWEL. Staying on Owel, Mullingar angler Kenny Kiernan of Greenpark Meadows produced the trout of the season last week while Peter fishing on Owel. Late into the night Kenny hooked up with a super brown trout on the 5lbs mark. Kenny is planning a few more nights on the lake and all going well will latch onto a few more Owel beauties.
PATTI DOOLIN MEMORIAL SHIELD. What a day, brilliant sunshine and flat calm conditions. Yes on Sunday last it was tough on Owel for the Patti Doolin Memorial Shield. This is one of the most popular L.O.T.P.A. fly-fishing competitions and main sponsor Marty Smith was over from England. Unfortunally his angling pal and joint sponsor David Hinkles could not make the trip this year. It was a long day with fishing from 11am-7pm, and right from the start the sun block came out. The heat on the lake was unbelievable, and we had no shelter as we lashed flies out in calm conditions. From time to time a slight breeze crossed the lake and during this some nice fish took the fly. Early in the morning Martin McGorian from Dublin latched onto a fish of 1.32kg and this was good enough to take top rod. I managed one small trout and actually featured in the prizes. The highlight of the day was the cooking, as we dined at Portloman. Anglers put on a display of cooking right out of Hells Kitchen. Greaf stuff, your wives and partners would be proud of you. Yep we are going to publish a few of these pics. Full results and photos from the Patti Doolin Memorial Shield in our special feature.
ENNELL FAMILY DAY. I was down West last week and missed the Lough Ennell Anglers family day out. Mullingar angler Brendan Murray rattled the scales on the day with a pike of 20lbs to take top rod. Retired Postman Mickie Tyrrell finished 2nd in the senior section. Keeping it in the family young Niall Tyrrell topped the junior section with a fine pike of 11lbs, and J. Mahedy won the prize for the best perch on the day.
MULLINGAR COARSE ANGLERS. Dessie Gorman and son Evan teamed up with one of Mullingars top coarse anglers Ned O’ Reilly. The deadly trio landed some fine tench from the Royal Canal, plus some nice roach. Young Evan certainly has the “fishing bug” and landed a beautiful tench weighing 3lbs. The Mullingar Coarse Angling Club are hosting a match competition on Lough Sheever this coming weekend, and a good turn out of anglers are expected on the day. Last weekend Declan Byrne topped the match competition, with Steve Cotter taking 2nd place and Lukas Goraus 3rd.
CREDIT FOR PARKING. Top marks to the angler who parked his car last Sunday morning at Tullaghan on Owel. Yes no less than 5 parking spaces were taken up with his car and boat trailer. Top marks for this one.
