GREEN PETER AND MURROUGHS HAVE TROUT ANGLERS IN A FRENZY
It’s all happening on the fly fishing scene as we publish to the web this week. Lough Owel has started to produce terrific trout on the Green Peter and Murrough. We have a cracking photo of one of Lough Owels top anglers back in action after an illness. Andy Boyle better known in the Angling World as the “Nodger” is back fighting fit and fired up for the coming Lough Owel competitions. Great to see you back on the lake Andy. I spent a few late nights on Owel, and photographed some local and visiting anglers with fine catches. Also news of a few nice wild trout coming from Ennell late into the night. This is heart warming as L.E.T.P.A. have the Lough Ennell Perpetual Cup coming up in August. Yes it’s hard to believe we are into August, soon we will be mentioning end of season trout competitions. Not to worry we will have some net bursting pike action, and also will keep in touch with some of our top Rainbow Trout fisheries which open all year round. News also this week of another Invasive discovered in an Irish River. We include in this weeks report, the press release and photo. If you come across it in the Midlands let us know.
LOUGH OWEL. Last week we ventured out onto Lough owel and checked out the Peter and Murrough situation. Sure enough some fly life was buzzing around late at night. It was a case of hit and miss some nights, but if you were in the right place just at dark and the Sedge hatch started you were in business. One of the nights I fished Owel I was joined by Pat Liddy of Mullingar Golf Club. Pat is a dab hand at the fishing game and we boated 7 trout on the night. No real monsters but plenty of action even before dark. On Friday night Thomas McMullen dropped down and we had a few real Owel crackers. That night fly hatches were scarce, but the fish we caught made up for it. Earlier in the week Andy Boyle and Mick McCormack also hit it right, and produced some super trout. Many anglers are flocking to Owel for the Peter fishing, and in the coming week more good trout will come on line.
DAN MULLALLY TROPHY. On Wednesday night August 4th Lough Owel Trout Preservation Association will host the Dan Mullally Trophy. This evening competition fished from 7pm-11pm, is penciled in to clash with the Peter and Murrough season, and its looking good. If the lakes continues to fish as in previous nights, you will need good trout to be in the prizes. The club has a 3 fish bag limit on all trout competitions, plus a 13-inch size limit. Anglers wishing to fish this competition are more that welcome to join L.O.T.P.A. on the night. The club also has the Patti Doolin Perpetual Shield on August 15th, and this 11am-7pm will draw a great turn out of anglers. More on this in the coming weeks.
MICHAEL HEALY MEMORIAL CUP & ULSTER BANK CUP. On Friday next August 6th another one of our top clubs are in action. Yes Lough Lene Angling Association will host the Michael Healy Cup for senior anglers, and the Ulster Bank Cup for junior anglers. This is another evening trout competition, so charge up your flash lamp batteries. Fishing once again is from 7pm-11pm, and a huge entry is expected on the night.
ENNELL ANGLERS. We are receiving reports of some good fish coming from Ennell also late at night. It’s a hard lake to crack at the best of times, but the trout are top class. Lough Ennell Trout Preservation Association have the Lough Ennell Perpetual Cup coming on line end of August. This is a day time trout fly fishing competition, hopefully a few good fish will take the fly in day light hours on the day. The starting Point will be Whitebridge Bay, and in the coming weeks we will have fishing times.
ENNELL FAMILY DAY. Lough Ennell will be in action this Sunday August 8th weather permitting. On the day the family all species competition will take place. Fishing is from 11am-5pm, and some good pike and perch, and even maybe a trout will come on line.
GONE FISHING. That’s it we leave you with press release on the new Invasive Clam. I am sure we will here more on this. Also next week photos and report from the World Cup fished on Lough Mask. We have a few photos of locals down on Mask. Watch this space next week. In the coming days I hope to have a special Peter season feature on our Web site. Its going well, and we are in a position to up-date daily from here on thanks to our Web Master Brendan Flanagan. Nothing like keeping on line. Take care and best of luck in the Peter competitions this week.
