Wind was in the east again and sadly my Noble Anglers failed again. Wind as already stated, there was good cloud cover with the odd shower.                                                

29/4/12

Lough Currane was on the wild side with a strong NE wind blowing across the Lake, two boats did venture out but failed miserably in their duties.


I would like to thank Mr. Bernd Rall for sending his pictures from Germany

Bernd Rall Vincent O'Sullivan 11/4/12

Bernd Rall 14/4/12

28/4/12

Mr. James Hinchey of the UK

. Michael Schultz and Neil O'Shea

www.anglersview.tv 

 I will start today’s Notes on the launch of the Sea To Stream a Salmon & Sea Trout season on Lough Currane Video, Narrated by Niall Toibin with Richie Johnston & Charlie Stuart. And I can tell you there was a good turn out in the Butler Arms Hotel, and this video, I can tell you is fantastic and a great advert To Irish Fishing and especially to the Waterville Fishery and if you would like to buy this video you can @ www.anglersview.tv  I believe that Mr. Niall Toibin is a bit under the weather, and on behalf of all we anglers and fans alike we wish Mr. Niall Toibin a fast recovery to full health. Now we head out onto Lough Currane and there was a fine 8lbs Salmon caught on the fly in Copal, by Mr. Michael Schultz of Berlin, fishing with his Gillie Mr. Neil O’Shea and of www.oshealoughcurrane.com now we go down stream to the famous Butler Pool and @ www.watervillegolflinks.ie  Mr. James Hinchey fishing out of www.butlerarms.com caught a fine 7lbs Salmon on the fly with his Gillie Mr. Dominic McGillicuddy. Wind East light to fresh.                                                

27/4/12

Again there was a fresh NE wind blowing down the lake, but this deter, Mr. Michael Schultz of Berlin Germany, catching a fine 6.5lbs Salmon on the troll with his Gillie Mr. Neil O’Shea and of www.oshealoughcurrane.com there were a few boats out this evening so watch this space.                                  

Michael and Neil

26/4/12

Update
on the 24/4/12
Mr. Alister Dunbar of Scotland, caught a fine 6.5lbs on the fly with his Gillie Mr. Vincent O'Sullivan and @ www.vincentsfishing.com

All today's facts

Mr.Mark Knowles and Mr. Dominic McGillicuddy

The wind was in the east again today and the majority of anglers drew a blank, so I will go to quote of day and Salmon of the day, Mr. Mark Knowles of the UK fishing with his Gillie Mr. Dominic McGillicuddy, went into the mouth of the Commeragh this evening and as they entered the Commeragh Local Gillie Mr. Vincent O’Sullivan and of www.vincentsfishing.com  said I have fished all day, and fished my best Salmon flies, and told Dominic there is no way there fish in there, well Dominic being a professional ignored his comments, and with in ten minutes of taking over from Vincent, Mr. Mark Knowles caught a fine Salmon in the 6 to 7lbs class and finished his evening off with a fine Sea Trout in the 3lbs class, and here endeth the lesson. Wind as already stated with showers throughout the day.                              

25/4/12

Mr.Michael Schultz and Mr.Neil O'Shea

There was a strong Easterly wind blowing down the Lake with plenty of heavy showers, but that didn’t stop Mr. Michael Schultz of Berlin Germany, catching a 7.5lbs Salmon on the troll with his Gillie Mr. Neil O’Shea and @ www.oshealoughcurrane.com in the fly nothing to report but to be fair to my Noble fly Anglers conditions were not in their favour.                

24/4/12

There was reasonable action on the fly, Local Gillie Mr. Dominic McGillicuddy and his client lost a fine fish on the fly after 45 minutes, my Noble Salmon got fed up taking the lead and headed straight to the nearest submerged tree and the rest is history, on the evening stint Mr. Alister Dunbar of Scotland, caught a fine 6.5lbs Salmon on the fly, fishing with his gillie Mr. Vincent O’Sullivan and of www.Vincentsfishing.com Wind was all over the place ESE S veered SW light to fresh, and veered back again. .      

23/4/12

Dutch supreme Angler Mr. Tim Van der Laan was in great form again in the Salmon department with a 8lbs salmon caught on the troll with his Gillie Mr. Terence Wharton. Now to the Sea trout department Mr. Mark Knowles of the UK caught a fine Sea Trout in the four to five lbs class, Fishing with his Gillie Mr. Dominic McGillicuddy, and Mark was telling me, that he bent his fly rod into a good Salmon, so they thought, and it was Kelt in the 10lbs class, and staying with the Kelts, yesterday Local Gillie Mr. Tom O’Shea and @ tomfishing@eircom.net  caught a Kelt on Derriana so there still there the rascals. Wind NNW light to fresh. With reasonable cloud cover.        

22/4/12

Mr.Sylvester Donnelly and Mr. Axel Zurbugge 

Mr.Paul McGovern

Straight to the action on Lough Currane, First in the striking zone, is Mr. Axel Zurbugge of Germany, fishing out of www.butlerarms.com caught a fine 6lbs Salmon on the troll on the south side of the lake, fishing with his Gillie Mr. Sylvester Donnelly now we cut across to the north side of the Lake where Mr Paul McGovern of Cork caught a fine 8lbs Salmon on the troll fishing with good friend and a regular Angler to the Waterville Fishery, Mr. John Curnow of Kinsale Co Cork, John was also was telling me that when Paul was playing the Salmon the reel broke so John had to cut the line and tie it to the other trolling rod and just for the record they also lost 2 more Salmon, now to the fly department Mr. Tim Van der Laan of Holland caught a 11lbs Salmon in the Mouth of the Commeragh fishing with his Gillie Mr. Terence Wharton. In the Seatrout department, Mr. Liam Ellis of Waterville caught a fine 3.5lbs Seatrout on the drift off the south side of Church Island. Wind NW light too fresh and veered SW this evening with rain coming into night.  

Mr. Tmm Van Der Laan and Mr. Terence Wharton

Lough Currane was on the wild side even though one could fish, and it was all quiet on the Salmon front and in the Sea Trout department there was a 2lbs Sea Trout caught on the troll by Mr. Michael O’Sullivan of Waterville Boats Wind NW fresh too strong with heavy showers throughout the day.

20/4/12

Mr. Jim Sayers

   Breaking News The first 3.970kl  Specimen Sea Trout was caught today on the troll, by renowned local angler Mr. Jim Sayers, so congratulations to Jim on a cracker of a Sea Trout  and great to see Lough Currane keeping its reputation of the greatest Sea Trout fishery in theses Islands and staying with the Sea Trout Mr. Mark Knowles of the UK fishing with his Gillie Mr. Dominic McGillicuddy,  caught a 2.5lbs on the fly which he sportingly put back. Wind NW fresh to strong with heavy Showers throughout the day.      
          

19/4/12

Mr. Noel Clancy and Mr. Sion Brain 

There was some  good action on Lough Currane today, I will start on the early shift at the Ledge in the Mouth of the Commeragh where Mr. Noel Clancy of Dublin caught a fine 8lbs Salmon on the fly fishing with his Gillie Mr. Sion Brain and of www.kbfishingireland.com  now to the trolling department, Mr. Tim Van der Laan of Holland caught a 7lbs Salmon on the Troll with his Gillie Mr. Terence Wharton also in good form was a Guest, who caught a fine 10lbs Salmon on the troll, fishing with his Gillie Mr. Brod O’Sullivan of Stella Maris Guesthouse Waterville and last but not least, Mr. Michael Schultz of Berlin Germany, caught a 8lbs Salmon on the troll with his Gillie Mr. Neil O’Shea and of www.oshealoughcurrane.com Wind NW calm this morning then light to fresh this afternoon with the odd shower and plenty of sun breaking through.

Mr. Michael Schultz of Berlin Germany

18/4/12

Mr.Axel Zurbugge 

You could call today mainland Europe day on Lough Currane and first in the striking zone was Mr. Axel Zurbugge of Germany fishing out of www.butlerarms.com caught a fine 8lbs Salmon on the troll with his Gillie Mr. Sylvester Donnelly now we cut across into Holland where, Mr. Tim Van der Laan caught a 10lbs Salmon on the Troll with his gillie Mr. Terence Wharton Wind NW fresh to strong with showers.

17/4/12

Lough Currane was at standstill this morning with storm force WNW wind blowing down the lake, come afternoon 2 boats did venture out and battled the elements in the Mouth of the Commeragh but alas failed miserably in their duties.

16/4/12

Mr. Frank Donnelly and Mr. Patrick Patrick Duperat of France

All the Head Lines go to Mr. Patrick Duperat of France fishing with his Gillie Mr. Frank Donnelly of www.lakelandshouse.com they caught a fine 8lbs Salmon and finished their day off with a fine 5lbs Sea Trout, all caught on the fly. Wind SSE light too fresh and overcast with light misty rain throughout the day and heaver rain coming into night so lets hope it makes a good flood.    
     

15/4/12

All quiet on the SW front on all departments. Wind NE light too calm then veered NW light with bright sunshine this morning, then come afternoon there was good cloud cover but alas my Noble Salmon kept his head down, and yes for all you Lady Anglers, Her Ladyship the Salmon were on the same wavelength.

14/4/12

Tim O'Connor

Straight too the action, Tim O’Connor of Cork and Waterville caught a fine 10lbs Salmon on the fly at the Ledge, fishing with his Gillie Mr. Tom O’Shea and @  tomfishing@eircom.net  and staying in the Mouth of the Commeragh, German Angler Bernd Rall fishing with his Gillie Mr. Vincent O’Sullivan and of www.vincentsfishing.com  caught a fine 5lbs Salmon fly. Wind NE then veered SE and veered back NE late this afternoon with very little cloud cover. And for the rest of we Anglers no comment.

13/4/12

Lough Currane was on the quiet side today, even though some anglers had a crack from my noble Gentlemen the Salmon wind NW with reasonable cloud cover plus the odd heavy shower.

12/4/12 Update

Now to the poaching department, I was reading  on www.loughcurrane.com  that, The Upper lakes are fishing well for brown trout at the moment with good bags of fine conditioned trout up to and around the 1lb mark.
John Curnow and his nephew Archie had an excellent day on Cloonaghlin Lough with well over twenty fish caught for the day.
We tend to forget that these upper lakes provide some of the best quality brown trout fishing in Kerry to say nothing of the peace and quiet and the magnificent scenery. The Upper lakes are fishing well for brown trout at the moment with good bags of fine conditioned trout up to and around the 1lb mark.
John Curnow and his nephew Archie had an excellent day on Cloonaghlin Lough with well over twenty fish caught for the day.
We tend to forget that these upper lakes provide some of the best quality brown trout fishing in Kerry to say nothing of the peace and quiet and the magnificent scenery.  
       

Lough Currane was on the slack side, but I can tell you one of Lough Currane’s  renowned Gillie's Mr. Brod O’Sullivan of Stella Maris Guesthouse would disagree and for good reason he caught a fine 8.5lbs Salmon on the troll. Weather the same as yesterday.

The launch of a new film by Anglersview Media about angling in Waterville called "Sea to Stream, a salmon and sea trout season on Lough Currane" will take place in The Morgan Hotel, Fleet St, Dublin 1 on April 26th  at 8pm. Anglersview Media will also be having a viewing of the film here in The Butler Arms Hotel in Waterville on Sat April 28th at 8pm. All are welcome and refreshments will be provided!! There is a clip of this film on www.youtube.com/anglersview"

11/4/12

Mike and John

Gillie and his Net

There was good action on Lough Currane today, I will start in the fly department and catch of the day, that goes to Mr. Bernd Rall of Germany, who caught 2 Salmon ranging from 8lbs up to 10lbs Bernd was fishing with his Gillie Mr. Vincent O’Sullivan and of www.vincentsfishing.com Now to the trolling department Mr. John Bojter  of the UK and fishing with his Gillie Mr. Mike O’Dwyer, and fishing out of www.lakelandshouse.com  caught a fine 8lbs Salmon on the troll, staying in the trolling department, Mr. Tim Van der Laan of Holland caught a fine Salmon on the Troll with his Gillie Mr. Terence Wharton Snr and last but not least a guest fishing with his Gillie Mr. Brod O’Sullivan caught a fine 10.5lbs Salmon on the troll. Wind N light too fresh with the odd shower.  On the Video Front Visit The launch of a new film by Anglersview Media about angling in Waterville called "Sea to Stream, a salmon and sea trout season on Lough Currane" will take place in The Morgan Hotel, Fleet St, Dublin 1 on April 26th  at 8pm. Anglersview Media will also be having a viewing of the film here in The Butler Arms Hotel in Waterville on Sat April 28th at 8pm. All are welcome and refreshments will be provided!! There is a clip of this film on www.youtube.com/anglersview"

10/4/12

Straight to catch of the day and that goes Mr. John Bojter of the UK fishing with his Gillie Mr. Mike O’Dwyer and fishing out of www.lakelandshouse.com who  caught two Salmon on the troll ranging from 6lbs up to 8lbs. In the fly department all quiet on the SW front but to be fair the wind was NE light to fresh for most of the day with heavy showers, and veered NW this evening for a while veered back NE later on.

Mr. Mike O'Dwyer and Mr.John Bojter

John Young and Dave Ecclestone

Lough Currane saw some reasonable action I start with the early shift yes you have it, Mr. Dominic McGillicuddy was in good form again when he caught a fine 11lbs Salmon on the troll, now we head for the fly department where Mr. Dave Ecclestone of the UK caught a fine 7 lbs Salmon a the Bridge with his number 2 Gillie Mr. John Young of Waterville. Wind NW fresh too strong with heavy showers, and just for the record it made a small flood but the land took most of it.        

8/4/12

Mr. Patrick Duperat of France with his Gillie Mr. Frank Donnelly

Mr. Collin Lynham

Mr. Vincent Appleby

Waterville Fishery saw some good action in all departments this Easter Sunday, I start with the Sea Trout department where Mr. Patrick Duperat of France caught a fine 4lbs Sea Trout on the fly fishing with his Gillie Mr. Frank Donnelly and of www.lakelandshouse.com and in the Salmon department Mr. Collin Lynham of Dublin fishing with his Gillie Mr. Mike O’Dwyer, caught a fine 7lbs on the fly at the Reeds in the Mouth of Commeragh, and catch of the day goes to Local Gillie Mr. Vincent Appleby and of www.Salmonandseatrout.com  who caught a fine Salmon of 10.5lbs on the troll they say self praise is no recommendation and I agree but those are the facts as see them. Now head upstream Lough Derriana where Mr. Noel Clancy of Dublin caught 24 Brown Trout and he was telling that he also caught a few Kelts. Wind NW Light too fresh and overcast with light mist rain at times. With heavy rain coming in to night.              

7/4/12

Mr. Michael O'Sullivan

Lough Currane may be on the low side but fair play too Lough Currane its coming up with my Noble Gentlemen the Salmon and catch of the day goes to Mr. Michael O’Sullivan of watervilleboats@gmail.com who caught a cracker of a Salmon on the troll, weighing  in at 13lbs and talking of big fish one Angler today got into Salmon at the Bull Rock and drifted across the Lake too Water Lillie Bay, and I believe they didn’t  see the Salmon for the first 20 minutes but as they approached Water Lillie Bay the line went slack and the rest is history, how big the Salmon was I will leave too your imagination      

6/4/12

They say the early worm that catches my Noble Gentlemen the Salmon and today was a perfect  example of that, when renowned Gillie Mr. Dominic McGillicuddy headed out early this morning and caught himself a fine 8lbs on the troll before 9am and headed home as the other anglers were just arriving for their blank day, need I say more. Wind NNE light to fresh and overcast.  

5/4/12

Again we had that NNE wind blowing across the Lake, but at least we had a catch of the day, and that goes to Local Gillie Mr. Dominic McGillicuddy, who caught a fine 10lbs Salmon on the troll and in the words of Dominic, you can’t take a photo of the Salmon it is already cut up and in the deep-freeze,You could call it a frozen asset.

4/4/12

There was a strong NNE blowing across the lake and there were only two boats manipulating in the wild conditions and I can say thing, both failed miserably in their duties.

3/4/12

Mr.Kevin Toale and Mr. Philip Smith

It was a hard day out on Lough Currane with a strong NNE blowing across the Lake, but this didn’t deter My Noble Anglers from venturing out, and all the head lines go to Mr. Philip Smith of the UK who caught his first ever Salmon weighing in at 10lbs caught on the troll fishing out of  www.butlerarms.com and with his Gillie Mr. Junior Scully, so congratulations to Philip and may it be the first of many, and as his good friend, Mr. Kevin Toale said to me there is nothing like your first Salmon and there is no argument to that. Wind as already stated.

2/4/12

Mr.Tham Hitmiangsong  and Mr. Vincent O'Sullivan

All the Head lines go to Mr. Tham Hitmiangsong , who caught a 7lbs Salmon on the troll with his Father-in-law and renowned Gillie Mr. Vincent O’Sullivan and of www.vincentsfishing.com and for the rest of we anglers the least said the soonest mended. Wind N light and overcast with the odd shower.

1/4/12

Paddy Walsh and John Griffin

Today may have may have been April fools Day, well there were two Anglers that had the last laugh and that was Local Gillie Mr. John Griffin and his good friend Mr. Paddy Walsh, of Waterville, and for good reason they caught a fine 6lbs Salmon on the troll fishing on the south side, wind NNW light to calm with reasonable cloud cover.