30/6/15

Martin of the UK

Greg of the UK

30/6/15 Straight to the Sea Trout department, Mr. Merick Parsons, caught 2 Sea Trout both in the 2 lbs. class, while fishing with his Gillie Mr. Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com Now for a mixture of Salmon and Sea Trout, Mr. Martin  Sutton caught a fine Sea Trout on the drift on a Green Peter Muddler, using a floating line and his Father Mr. Greg Sutton finished their day off with a lightening fresh 4 ½ lbs. Salmon Grilse on the troll and in the words of their Gillie Mr. Tom O’Shea of www.flyfishingatloughcurrane.com we should have had two Salmon for the day, but as they say, that’s fishing. Staying with the fly, Mr. Garry O’Hagan caught a fine 4 lbs. Sea Trout on a Thunder and lightening on a floating line and his Gillie MD was telling me that they lost 5 more good fish of which some were Salmon. Now to the River department, which river I couldn’t tell you and yes you have it, Mike the Bull was in great form with the Black Birds Fancy and his floating line and for good reason, he caught another fine Salmon in the 8 lbs. Class, when I asked Mike where did he catch his fish, he replied that’s like a red rag to a Bull and I have only one thing to say, No comment. Wind SE then veered SW light to calm and overcast.                    

Mike the Bull 

29/6/15

Mike 

Breaking News, just in from Lough Currane, Mr. Andrew Brown, fly fishing with his Gillie Mr. Bob Priestley, caught and released a fine 5 lbs. Salmon / Grilse and yesterday C&R a 4 lbs. Sea Trout.          

29/6/15 Mike the Bull of Waterville and Tralee, takes all the head lines in the Salmon department, when interviewing Mike, I asked where did he catch his fish, he replied all I can tell you, I caught it on a Black Birds Fancy on a floating line and the rest as you would say is classified information, so on that note we head out onto Lough Currane, there was just a few Juniors caught. On the weather front there was very low cloud and misty rain for most of the day, with a strong southerly wind.          

28/6/15

 Dion

Nathan

28/6/15 The Bungalow takes all the headlines and for a great reason, two young Anglers caught their first Salmon, first in my striking zone is Mr. Nathan Bratton, caught a fine 4 lbs. Grilse on the troll, while fishing with his Gillie Mr. Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com and the action didn’t stop there because Nathan’s cousin, Dion Dennehy fishing with his Gillie Mr. Tom O’Shea of www.flyfishingatloughcurrane.com caught a cracker of a Salmon on the troll in the 8lbs.class. On a personal note, congratulations to the both of them and its great to see young Anglers take up the Game fishing mantle. On the Sea Trout front just a few Juniors caught but nothing that would make the Game Fishing journal and if there was, they failed miserably in their duties, as I say that I have just received a Text from the hired out boat and fly department of www.lakelandshouse.com that, Mr. Barry Vaughan and Mr. Leon Smith caught 2 fine Sea Trout in the 2 lbs. Class. Now to the apology department, yesterday I made a technical mess up in the www.lakelandshouse.com notes, I got all the anglers names wrong and for good reason not watching what I was doing sorry for that Barry and John especially after Frankie gave me the facts three times. On the weather front, wind SW fresh reasonable cloud cover at times but mainly sunny and just for the record it made a flood yesterday, amount of rainfall was 15 mm.                  

         

Martin

Barry

John

27/6/15 I start with some great pictures of Salmon and Sea Trout all caught on the fly, by Anglers fishing out of www.lakelandshouse.com will give more facts tomorrow. Staying with the fly, Mr. Andrew Brown, fishing with his Gillie Mr. Bob Priestley, caught and released  2 ½ 4 ½  lbs. Sea Trout and finished their day off by caching and releasing a fine Grilse of 3 ½ lbs. and Andrew was telling me that, yesterday they released 1 Grilse /Salmon of 4 ½ and a Junior. Also in good form today were two anglers fishing on their own, they caught two Salmon and two Sea Trout, the anglers in question don’t want their names on line, all I can say is they had plenty of Game fish on a floating line. Mr. Peter Kiernan caught a fine 3 ½ lbs. Sea Trout on a Bibio, on a floating line, while fishing with his Gillie Mr. John Murphy. Now to the trolling department and catch of the day, Mr. Martin Coveney of Cork, fishing with his Gillie Mr. Tom O’Shea of www.flyfishingatloughcurrane.com caught two fine Salmon on the troll both in the 7 lbs. and 8 lbs. Class. Wind SW fresh to strong and overcast, with heavy rain this evening.              

Peter

Barry

26/6/15

26/6/15 It was another wild day on Lough Currane, but this didn’t deter two Canadian Anglers, Mr. and Mrs. Mathew Ford from catching and releasing a 5 ½ lbs. Salmon / Grilse, caught on the troll, while fishing with their Gillie Mr. Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com On the Sea Trout front very little action going by the mobile, but to be fair it was very rough with reasonable cloud cover.                      

25/6/15

US Space Shuttle
Skellig Michael

Anglers that have given up
Boot Hill.

25/6/15 It was a raging day on Lough Currane today, with a strong Southerly wind, but this didn’t deter UK anglers, Mr Alex Muir and Peter Liddell, fishing out of www.butlerarms.com catching two fine Grilse ranging from 3 lbs. up to 5 lbs. and their Gillie Mr. Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com also reported to me that they finished their day off with a fine 2 lbs. Sea Trout. Talking of the South, that’s where we head for next and the hired out boat department of www.lakelandshouse.com Mr. Michael  Heary and Neil Gilchrist, caught 5 Sea Trout to their boat, from Juniors up to 4 lbs. and released four of them. Staying in Frank’s hired out boat department, Mr. William Hamilton, caught 2 Sea Trout, both in the 2 lbs. class and all caught on the fly. Wind as already stated and overcast with rain this evening
and heavy at times.




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24/6/15

Peter

Alex

24/6/15 I start with catch of the day and for good reason, UK Anglers, Mr Alex Muir and Peter Liddell, fishing out of www.butlerarms.com and fly fishing with their Gillie Mr. Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com caught three fine Grilse, their weights are as follows, 4 ¼ lbs. 6 lbs. 6 lbs. and just for the record Alex caught one to his fly rod and Peter caught 2 to his rod. Their choice of flies were in the classified information department, the only bit of info I got was they were caught on a floating line and two were caught on a intermediate fly line, all I can say on their fly selection, it was a Neil special with an Italian connection. Now we head for the south side and the hired out Sea Trout boat department of www.lakelandshouse.com Luxemburg anglers Ernie and Bob both caught 1 Sea Trout on the fly each, both in the 2 ½ lbs. class. Also in good form in Franks hired out boat department was Mr. Bill Bullock, who caught two Sea Trout both in the 3 ½ lbs. class  and last but not least, UK Angler, Mr. Barry Vaughan, caught two 3lbs. Sea Trout on the drift. Wind light and variable with reasonable cloud cover.                

23/6/15

Alex and Peter

Robert 

Robert and Bob with their catches at
lunchtime today 

23/6/15 Straight to the Salmon trolling department, UK Angler Mr. Robert Elson, was in good form again, while fishing with his Gillie Mr. Dominic McGillicuddy and at  www.fishingwithdom.com  caught a fine 9 ½ lbs Salmon on the troll and staying with Robert, in the last few days has caught couple of nice Sea Trout on the fly, which he sportingly put back. Also in good form were UK Anglers, Mr Alex Muir and Peter Liddell, fishing out of www.butlerarms.com caught a fine Grilse on the troll, while fishing with their gillie Mr. Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com and last but not least local Gillie Mr. Bob Priestley, caught a Grilse in the 6 lbs. class. Wind SW light to fresh at times with reasonable cloud cover.        

22/6/15

Robert 

Renée

Bill

22/6/15 There was some great action in all departments on Lough Currane. We start in the trolling department, UK Angler Mr. Robert Elson, caught a find 5 lbs. Grilse, while fishing with his Gillie Mr. Brod O’Sullivan. Staying with the troll, Gillie Mr. Bob Priestley, caught a 7 ½ lbs. Salmon, also in good form in the trolling department, was Ernie from Luxemburg, who caught a fine Salmon in the 6 lbs. class, while fishing with his Gillie Mr. Frank Donnelly of www.lakelandshouse.com Now we head for the Bungalow and the C&R department, Mr. Paul McManus from Belfast, fly fishing with his Gillie Mr. Tom O’Shea of www.flyfishingatloughcurrane.com caught 3 Sea Trout, 1 lbs. 2lbs. 3lbs. Now to the hired out boat department of www.lakelandshouse.com Mr. Barry Vaughan and Mr. Leon Smith, caught 5 Sea Trout up to 3 lbs. Staying in Franks hired out boat department, Mr. Bill Bullick and party caught 2 Salmon both in the 6 lbs. class and finished their day off with 2 Sea Trout ranging from 2 lbs. up to 4 lbs. Just for the record they released 1 of their Salmon and the 2 Sea Trout. Last but not least Luxemburg angler, Renée caught a find Salmon on the fly in the 6 lbs class. Wind light Variable with good cloud cover at times.  

Mr. John Emes yesterday
C&R Salmon

21/6/15

21/6/15 We start on the South Side of the Lake in the hired out boat department of www.lakelandshouse.com Bob from Luxemburg, caught a fine Sea Trout on the fly of 3 ½ lbs. Also in good form with the fly, was Mr. Barry Vaughn, who caught 1 junior. Now to catch of the day, and that goes to Mr. John Emes, fishing with his Gillie Mr. Mike O’Dwyer, caught a fine Grilse and finished their day off with a nice Sea Trout and just for the record John released both Game fish to fight another day. Now to the Bungalow, Mr. Hughie Reid of Ballinskelligs, drifting into the Church, caught a nice Sea Trout 3. 25 lbs. WNW light with good cloud cover.          

20/6/15

Ernie 

20/6/15 There was reasonable action on Lough Currane, so lets get to the action. UK Angler, Mr Robert Elson, caught a fine 2 lbs. Sea Trout on the drift, while fishing with his Gillie Mr. Bob Priestley. Now to the Salmon and Sea Trout department, Cork Angler, Mr. Pat Mahony drifting along the North shore, saw some great action, Pat caught a fine Grilse and finished his afternoon off with a fine 3 ½ lbs. Sea Trout and just for the record Pat was fishing out of Waterville Boats and at watervilleboats@gmail.com  UK Angler and a regular visitor to the Waterville Fishery, Mr. Jonathan Fish, caught a fine Grilse on the fly while fishing with his Gillie Mr. Vincent O’Sullivan of www.vincentsfishing.com Now we have a European professional touch, Luxemburg Anglers, Ernie, caught a fine 6 lbs. Grilse on the fly, Ernie’s choice of fly was a WH tied fly, I asked their Gillie Mr. Frank Donnelly of www.lakelandshouse.com what type of fly is that, he replied one that catches fish!! Staying with the Luxemburg Party,  Renée lost a fine Salmon on the fly, and his good friend finished their day off with a fine Sea Trout in the 3 lbs. Class, again Frankie was their Guide. Now to the trolling department, Northern Ireland Angler, Mr. Andy Wishart, while fishing with his Gillie Mr. Dominic McGillicuddy of www.fishingwithdom.com Caught two Grilse at the same time and sportingly put the smallest back and dispatched the other which was in the 5 lbs. class. Now to the back date department, yesterday, Mr. Eddie Blanche from Co Laois and fishing out of the Bungalow, caught two Sea Trout on the drift, ranging from 2 ½ lbs. up to 4 ½ lbs. Wind W and fresh at times with good cloud cover with light misty rain at times.          
                 




     

19/6/15

19/6/15 My Noble Anglers failed miserably in all departments but to be fair it wasn’t a great day with very low cloud and a light wind from the West and very humid, my Noble Game Fish were as lethargic as the Anglers so on that note I will head for the apology department again and yes you have it another technical cock-up on my part. I start in the Salmon/Grilse department, Local Angler Dr. Jim Commerford caught a Salmon/Grilse on the troll. And in the Sea Trout department Mr. Michael O’Sullivan the Commander-in-chief of Waterville Boats and at watervilleboats@gmail.com caught a fine 3lbs. Sea Trout on the Fly and I can tell you he wasn’t amused, all I can say is sorry for these discrepancies’ just for the record they were caught last week. Now to the personal department I would like to Wish on behalf of all Anglers from Ireland and overseas, Mr. Paul Burke of the Inland Fisheries a great retirement and plenty of tight lines so I will let Paul have the last word on today’s notes
Finally, this is my last Angling Update as I retire today after 40 years in the fisheries service.  I began the Irish Angling Update back in 1989 under the guidance of the late Kevin Linanne and ably assisted by staff of the Central and Regional Fisheries Board staff all through the years.  In Inland Fisheries Ireland this work continues to bring you the best of what Ireland has to offer you on a weekly basis.  My thanks to all the contributors over the years and please contact Myles Kelly( myles.kelly@fisheriesireland.ie ) or Nancy Hearne  ( nancy.hearne@fisheriesireland.ie ) who will continue to bring you the very best of Irish Angling along with my many colleagues and other contributors.
I am off to enjoy the best of what Irish Angling has to offer so please god I will run across you somewhere but please wear a lifejacket at all times when going afloat in freshwater or at sea,
Safe fishing to all and tight lines, especially here in Ireland.
Paul Bourke
                 




     

18/6/15

Alan

18/6/15 In the Salmon department Northern Ireland Angler, Mr. Andy Wishart, caught a fine 4 lbs. Grilse on the troll, while fishing with his Gillie Mr. Dominic McGillicuddy of www.fishingwithdom.com Now we head up the North shore to the Bungalow, DR. Alan Edwards, fishing out of www.butlerarms.com and fishing with his Gillie Mr. Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com caught a fine 3 lbs. 10 oz Sea Trout on the fly fishing an intermediate fly line and for the rest of the angling community the least said the soonest mended. Wind N light to fresh with bright sunshine all day.          

17/6/15

Breaking News I told a lie, some facts of the day from Mr. John Allen of Waterville and UK here are his facts of the day and at least he got a starter,
On Currane again today and I managed one Sea Trout 2. 5 lbs on the fly. Again let her back  safely to fight another day .
Best
John Allen

17/6/15 There were no Runners or starters at the Lough Currane meeting, as my Noble Anglers were more interested in the 3.45 at Ascot and what anglers did venture out they had no winners  either. Wind West light to fresh and overcast with misty rain again today.        

16/6/15

Alan 

Terry

16/6/15 Straight to the Grilse / Salmon department, UK Angler DR. Alan Edwards, fishing out of www.butlerarms.com caught a fine lightning fresh 4 lbs. 7 oz Grilse on the troll, while fishing with his Gillie Mr. Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com Staying with the Salmon /Grilse, we cut across the Lough to the South Side, Mr. Terry Bradley fishing with his Gillie Mr. Frank Donnelly of www.lakelandshouse.com caught a spanking fresh 4 ½ lbs. Salmon / Grilse. Now we head back to the Bungalow on the North Side and to www.flyfishingatloughcurrane.com and his Sea Trout fly hired out boat department, Mr. Henry McCurry of Armagh, caught a fine 3 lbs. Sea Trout caught on the drift. Wind SW light and overcast with light and misty rain throughout the day.        

Terence and Neil

15/6/15  UK Angler Mr. Terence Hewson, fishing out of  www.butlerarms.com caught a 4 ½ lbs Salmon Grilse on the troll, while fishing with his Gillie Mr. Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com In Neil’s Hired out boat department, Mr Sean Brick of Tralee, caught a fine 4 ¾ lbs. Sea Trout, caught on the drift on a Watson’s Fancy. UK Angler Mr. Michael Fish, fishing with his Gillie MD
 had some bad luck this morning, they lost 2 fine Salmon on the troll on Lough Currane and as their luck was out in the trolling department they decided to put the trolling rods to one side and head for the upper Lakes with their fly rod and within an hour they caught 2 fine Grilse on the fly weighing in at 4 lbs. and 5 lbs. Now to the backdate department and in Mr. Chris Fogarty’s words, Hi Vincent, Chris Fogarty here fishing Cloonaghlin Sunday 14/6/15 caught two salmon 13 lbs and 9 lbs put the 9 lbs back all on the fly. Now to the apology department and in the words of local Gillie Mr. Tom O’Shea of www.flyfishingatloughcurrane.com Report for Saturday Niall Greene caught 2 & quarter lb sea trout on the fly. Niall was part of Enrico Fantasia fishing party. I sent you a text but you failed miserably in your reporting duties ha, ha!! No worries, Tom. I only have one thing to say, Guilty as charged and I apologise for these discrepancies.  Wind SW light with good cloud cover.



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14/6/15

Damian 

14/6/15 The Salmon trolling department was fairly reasonable, first in the Striking zone was Mr. Damian Martin, who caught a fine 5 ½ lbs. Salmon / Grilse, while fishing with his Gillie Mr. Junior Scully and staying with the trolled lure, Mr. Michael Fish was in good form again with a fine 7 lbs. Salmon / Grilse, while fishing with his Gillie MD and finished their day off with fine C&R Sea Trout of with a 1 ½ lbs. MD was also telling me that they saw a good few fish moving during the day. Staying in Juniors, Mr. Kevin O’Sullivan, yesterday caught 1 C&R Junior on the drift which he was delighted with, and for good reason, his Sea Trout Christened his new Boat, may it be the first of many good days on the premier Sea Trout Lake of Ireland. Wind was all over the place light and mainly overcast with the sun breaking through.

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13/6/15

Michael Fish  

Michael with his fine
Sea Trout

13/6/15 The conditions were not exactly in favor of the fly anglers, with bright sunshine with a slack ENE wind, but Mr. Enrico Fantasia of Dublin, fishing with his Gillie Mr. Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com  caught two nice C&R Sea Trout, ranging from 2 lbs. up to 3 lbs. both caught on the fly. Staying with the fly, there were a few smaller Sea Trout caught but nothing that would hit the headlines, so on that note we head for the trolling department and catch of the day and that goes to UK Angler Mr. Michael Fish, while fishing with his Gillie MD, caught a fine Waterville Hatchery Grilse of 5 ½ lbs and finished their day off with a fine Sea Trout of 4 ½ lbs. It just proves even with the elements were against my Noble Anglers, you can catch my Noble Game fish out there if your manipulating your flies or lours.                      

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12/6/15

12/6/15  Lough Currane was on the quieter side, but at least one boat did see some good action. Local Gillie Mr. Donal O’Shea caught two fine Grilse on the troll, ranging from 3 lbs. up to 4 lbs. and for the rest of the angling community there was no comment. Wind East light and overcast with the odd bit of light rain at times. Now to the Holliday Home department, to all you good anglers who are looking for a good place for an all round Holiday, your in luck, located in the Village of Caherdaniel, 5 minutes from the finest beaches in Kerry, with the bars within shouting distance and The Waterville Fishery only 15 minutes away, so when the Kids are Riding or swimming you will know their having a cracking time as your slaving away on the finest Sea Trout Lake in Ireland. For more info go to The Old Barracks, Caherdaniel, Co Kerry
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11/6/15

Garry
with his Grand Slam  

Mike 

11/6/15 Again anglers were today are preferring to drink in the bars and talk about the one that got away instead of manipulating their flies or lures, well gentlemen you lost out again big time. First in the striking zone with a double grand slam was US Angler Mr. Gary Schwandt, fishing with his gillie Mr. Frank Donnelly of www.lakelandshouse.com caught two fine Salmon /Grilse on the troll, weighing in at 7 lbs. and 5 lbs. Frank also reported that there is a good few Juniors in the lake, which is great news even though they are slightly earlier than usual, mind you only by a couple of weeks or so. Now to the evening Shift, Local Gillie Mr. Mike O’Dwyer, caught a cracker of a Salmon on the troll, in the 10 lbs. class and also lost a good fish on his way home. Wind East light and overcast.                            

Liza and Crag

10/6/15 To all you pessimistic Anglers who won’t manipulate your angling skills in bright sunshine and slack winds take note and for good reason, there were two Australian enthusiastic Anglers, Mr. Crag and Liza Wilson of Darwin, fishing out of www.curranelodge.ie fishing with their Gillie Mr. Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com caught their very first Wild Atlantic 4 ½ lbs. Salmon / Grilse on the troll and may it be the first of many and I asked Crag were there many boats out, he replied we were the only boat out and we had a fantastic day out with Neil and the boats that didn’t venture out don’t know what they may have missed, all I can say is well said. Wind West light with bright sunshine all day and warm.

9/6/15

Simon

Waterville Pro Mike O'Dwyer 

9/6/15 There was Bright sunshine all day and the suntan lotion was being splashed on, so you know what today’s results are, well your wrong, because first in the striking zone in the hired out boat department of Waterville Boats and at watervilleboats@gmail.com were regular Anglers to the Waterville Fishery, were Mr. Simon White and his Dad John from Bristol in the UK, who caught a fine fresh 8 ½ lbs. on the troll on a Blue and Silver Toby. Now to the evening shift Local Gillie Mr. Mike O’Dwyer caught a fine 8 lbs. Hatchery lightening fresh Salmon caught on the troll. On the weather front Wind calm this morning then there was a light
Westerly in the afternoon.            

8/5/15 www.surveymonkey.com/s/WatervilleLakesandRiversTrust

8/6/15 Lough Currane was a lot quieter today, but at least one angler  recorded a Salmon in his Log Book and that was Local Gillie Mr. Bob Priestley who caught a fine 5 lbs. 8 oz Grilse, caught on the troll. Now we head up to the upper Lakes. Mr. Sean Brick of Tralee fishing with his Gillie Mr. Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com fishing on Lough Namona, caught two Brown Trout, ranging from 2 lbs. Up to 3 lbs. both were caught on a Watson’s Fancy size 10 fly on a intermediate fly line. Staying with Lough Namona, yesterday I failed miserably in my duties to report a fine catch of two 4 ½ lbs. Grilse caught on the troll by Mr. Martin Coveney and Mr. Dave Holmes, sorry for that I have no excuses but at least the record has been put right. Bright sunshine all day with a light wind N but variable.  www.surveymonkey.com/s/WatervilleLakesandRiversTrust      

7/6/15

Mr. Frank Donnelly 

Inland fisheries Officers with Donal and his catch of  the day.
Mr.Andrew Quigly and Mr. Danny Breen 

Enrico and Neil 

Enrico and Neil and their C&R

7/6/15 There was good action on the Waterville Fishery today, we start on Lough Currane at the NW West end. Mr. Shay Lynam of Dublin caught a fine Grilse on the troll, while fishing with his Gillie Mr. Michael O’Dwyer. Now we head down Stream to the Bungalow where I might add there was some fine action in the catch and keep department and the C&R department was well represented. We start in the C&R fly department, Mr. Enrico Fantasia fishing with his Gillie Mr. Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com caught and released a fine Grilse in the 5 lbs. class. And just for the record they also lost 2 fine Sea Trout. Staying at the Bungalow Neil’s Father, Mr. Donal O’Shea had catch of the day with 2 fine Grilse caught on the troll and lost another  and thankfully the paparazzi had their phone in working order as were the Inland fisheries Officers, as you can see in the photos. Now we cut across the South side of the Lake. Local Gillie Mr. Frank Donnelly of www.lakelandshouse.com  caught a fine 7 lbs. Salmon / Grilse on the troll and in Franks hired out boat department, Mr. Larkin Buckley and Mr. Colin Mayben caught two Sea Trout both in the 2 ½ lbs. class, If I have got your names wrong Gentlemen please email me and I will put the record straight. Staying in www.lakelandshouse.com hired out boat department Mr. John Flannery, caught a fine 2 ½ lbs Sea Trout on the drift. Now we head down the South shore to Coffee’s Bay. Mr. Liam Ellis and Mr. Ray Burns, caught and released 2 fine Sea Trout their best was 2 lbs. 8 oz caught by Ray. Also in good form fishing out of Coffee’s Bay was Cork Angler Mr. Michael Quilligan , with a fine 4 lbs, Sea Trout which he sportingly put back. and last but least,Hi Vincent,
Just got back over from the UK and launched my boat this afternoon at Coffey's so  thought I would give it a run out and spend a few hours drowning some flies. As luck would have it second drift I latched into and landed a super fresh hen SeaTrout. Boy it gave a fine scrap.  As it was just a short trip I did not have the damn camera but luckily  I did have my tape measure it went 52cm not sure what weight that equates to but I am pleased to confirm she went back safely to complete her cycle.
All the best John . Wind North light with reasonable cloud cover at times.

         

Michael

Liam C&R

Liam C&R

Donal