29/10/16

Secretary of the Waterville Lakes and River Trust Mr. Kevin O'Sullivan reads out the winning ticket
Mr. Neil O'Shea looks on to make sure everything is above board  

Kevin and member of the Bar Staff show the winning ticket 

29/10/16 You can say without any fear of contradiction that the 2016 season has come to an end this Halloween weekend and for good reason the Waterville Lakes and River Trust draw took place in the Lobster Bar this evening and the winning ticket drawn out by a member of the Lobster Bar staff, the Winner was the one and only renowned US and Waterville angler Mr. Donagh McCarthy, so congratulations to him and Tight lines to all anglers for 2017 and lets hope your flies aren’t haunted                                    

12/10/17 News Flash update

Mr. Paul Lawton

As promised here are all the facts of Mr. Paul Lawton and his fishing party and photos on yesterdays catches, the last day of the 2016 season in his own words.

Mr. Ray Burns

Sorry for delay Vincent my phone giving me trouble.
There was 3 us fishing the last day, Donal O Doherty had 1 brown trout 2lbs and 10 juniors to 1.1/2lbs
Ray burns had 7 juniors 1lbs to 3lbs
Myself had 8 juniors 1lb to 6lbs. The majority of the juniors were fresh run fish.
We had great day fishing but sad to see only 2 other boats out.
Finally Vincent I would like to thank you on behalf of the anglers who fish the Great Lake Lough Currane,

for your reports during the year they are great help on weather travel or not. Keep up the good                                                                                      work till next year

12/10/16 On this Last day of the 2016 rising of the wild Game fish of Lough Currane , ie My Nobel Sea Trout, there was only one angler who let his fingers do the talking this day, that was Cork Angler, Mr. Paul Lawton, as he tied a good fly to his cast and striked while the iron was hot and released his catch after his photo has been taken, with his fine catch, he comes out with a wise crack, as he sits back admiring his catch. What can you say for the rest of the anglers, well its simple, not a lot as they looked at Pauls catch. Just for the record there are pictures of Paul’s catch as soon as I have them I will put them up on the Blog. Wind SE. On a personal I would like to thank all the Waterville Fishery Anglers from all over the world for surportnig this site as you all do and I thank you for that. I would also like to thank all the team of the Inland fisheries for their great support to me and the Waterville Fishery this year and last but not least on behalf of all the anglers of Ireland and all the Tourist Anglers, I must say thank you to Mr. Paul Burke who dose all the reports for the Trout and Salmon Magazine. I look forward to reporting all your catches for the 2017 season, so see you on 17/1/17                                  
             
   

11/10/16

11/10/16 Their was a strong SE wind out there on Lough Currane today and if there were any boats manipulating I’m sure their reels were as silent as my phone. You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to know that tomorrow is the final day of the Lough Currane 1916 Rising celebrations and It will be interesting who will register the last Game Fish of 2016.        

10/10/16

My Noble Salmon  waiting for Alcatraz 

10/10/16  Lough Currane was all quiet on the SW front and as I say that the hired out boat department of www.lakelandshouse.com just sent a text in that yesterday, Mr. John Johnson, caught 3 Trout and today caught a basket of 30 Trout all caught on the drift.  Now for all we anglers who detest the dreaded Fish Farms, On my way home to Caherdaniel the other evening, I could see with the naked eye what looked a submarine in the Kenmare Bay, but low and behold when the paparazzi zoomed in with the camera it was one almighty massive Fish Farm being towed into position and as I always say the picture tells you the story and if I’m wrong you could say Alcatraz has come to Kenmare Bay. Weather same as yesterday, the only difference there was more cloud cover.                  

9/10/16

close up

As the eye sees it

9/10/16 Lough Currane was on the quiet side in the Rod bending department? but the same couldn’t be said for the filming   department. Mr. Peter Murnaghan, of Midas productions and his crew were filming The great Irish Fishing Challenge on Lough Currane today with Lough Currane’s Top Gillie Mr. Dominic McGillicuddy and I can tell you they had some challenge to get their catches on camera but sadly can’t give you these facts in other words you will have to wait until Dominic makes his TV debut on the Great Irish fishing Challenge, but I did have the satisfaction of catching them myself on my camera and as you can see by the pictures, I’m no professional because my Challenge was distance. Now for the Weather the pictures tell the story.            

discussing their next move 

Charlie Chaplin steels the limelight 

again

The Great Irish Fishing Challenge film Crew. 

8/10/16

8/10/16 www.lakelandshouse.com take all the head lines and for good reason, in their hired out boat department, Mr. John Johnson, caught well over 30 Trout on the drift in a nice light SE wind with reasonable cloud cover. It just proves if your out there you can catch a few nice trout,  there is nothing like a falling Lake to activate a trout or two and if you click this link, this will give a first class view how fast Lough Currane has fallen in the last 48 hours.      

7/10/16

Lough Currane this evening

Looking across at Tub Island

Looking towards Table Rock

7/10/16 All quiet on the SW front and to be fair to all anglers manipulating their flies, their chances are slim and for good reason, Lough Currane and the upper lakes are still dirty after the big flood. Wind SE light to fresh with good cloud cover.  

6/10/16

Slowly but surely 

6/10/16 Lough Currane was all quiet on the SW front and just to let you know, as you can see by the pictures the 2016 rising of the Currane and the Butler Pool is on the fall. Now for some bad news on the upper lakes, this evening I received a notice from the secretary Mr. Kevin O’Sullivan of  http://watervillelakes.org/  and I quote, Hi Vincent, could you mention on your Blog that due to the extreme height of water & inaccessibility of the boats on the upper lakes we have been forced to cancel all fishing on the upper lakes for the remainder of the season. Thanks, Kevin. Wind SE fresh with good cloud cover,.

A good job done

One can take a rest at last

Still wouldn't walk the plank

5/10/16

Waterville House

5/10/16 No reports of any rod benders and to be fair with that big flood that’s not surprising. So we will head for the record breaking rainfalls and its official, Valentia Observatory in Caherciveen Co Kerry has recorded its highest level of rainfall on a single day since records began over 150 years ago and staying with the weather, yesterday there was 51.4 mm of rainfall and you might be interested to know that in the last four days there has been a grand total of 162.9 mm and Lough Currane was still rising today and here a few photos. Wind SE light with reasonable cloud cover.
             

World Famous Butler Pool 

4/10/16

Waterville House
under seige

4/10/16 No Fishing reported and not surprising with the massive flood with 105.5 mm of rainfall and if you click this link https://www.facebook.com/SalmonandSeaTrout/media_set?set=a.10211128963568289.1073741861.1482873007&type=3&pnref=story  the pictures and the video tell the full story and just for the record that is yesterdays rainfall and doesn’t include today’s deluge Wind SE and the rest you know.

A good angler Bale's as many boats as possible
is it Mathew,  Mark,  Luke or John  

The Bog
has a Australian feeling 

3/10/16

3/10/16 Lough Currane was at a standstill with a SE gale force wind with heavy rain and I mean heavy as you can see by clicking this link https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10206165522051843&id=1677581848  of the Coppal River, Video courtesy of Mrs. Mary Fitzgerald, this was taken this afternoon and it got worse, because this evening, the Inny Bridge is impassable and closed to traffic due to flooding. So we head for the email department and I quote,




From Lucy Hunt,
Hi Vincent, It would be wonderful if you could share this upcoming event with your network and on your blog lots of great workshops going on and only €20 for them all including a night star walk, an ancient rock art night walk and a trip to church island! some family workshops on too on the sat and sunday! https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/iveragh-learning-landscapes-symposium-place-based-learning-in-beautiful-iveragh-peninsula-tickets-26917260250
Evening Guided Walk: Kerry’s Dark Sky Reserve
Sunday 18th October
10:00-12:00 Workshops
G. Narture, Gordon D’Arcy
H. Building up young place-stewards from your classroom, Brigid Barry from Burrenbeo
I. Family Yoga, Alexandra Carey
12:00-13:00 Debrief and Discussion
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00 Guided Trip: Church Island
             
   

2/10/16

2/10/16 Again my Noble Anglers were left red faced this evening as they entered bars to ponder their misgivings on their performance, as they all failed miserably in their duties in procuring a fine Currane Sea Trout, so on that lackadaisical note we will head up stream to the upper Lakes and Lough Derriana, Dr. Tim O’Connor caught 2 Juniors on the drift, while fishing with his Gillie Mr. Tom O’Shea of www.flyfishingatloughcurrane.com Wind SE fresh with strong gusts at times with good cloud cover.              
               

1/10/16

Catch me if you Can me name is
Paddy,  in 2017

1/10/16 There were a few Boats manipulating with their fly rods, but alas their lines were slack and their choice of fly, leave a lot to be desired, so on that note I have a message for all you doubting Thomas’s, I have had a few emails saying that there was no Bottle of Paddy for the last Salmon caught on the Waterville Fishery for 2016, well the truth of the pudding is in the eating and thankfully Paddy doesn’t have an expiry date so rock on 2017. Wind N light to fresh with reasonable cloud cover at times but mainly sunny.  

30/9/16

30/9/16 My Noble Lords and Lady’s and Anglers alike, The 2016 Salmon Season has come to a close and I have to inform all the followers of the Waterville Fishery that today my Noble Anglers failed miserably in their duties this day in all departments but not all is lost the Salmon Gear has been put to one side as the Sea Trout gear takes over until the 12th of October so let the battle of the Sea Trout continue. Wind WSW light to fresh with good cloud cover with heavy down pours at times          

29/9/16

Donal with his fine Salmon
caught on the Butler Pool

 29/9/16  The Lough Currane Anglers were in a silent mood as were Currane game fish, so on that not we will head for the backdate department or the specsavers department, yes you have it, I failed to double check my email box so apologies again to Waterville house and of www.watervillegolflinks.ie on the 25th of September, Mr. Donal O' Neill, of Co. Meath, caught a fine  7 lbs 12 ozs Salmon on the fly. Wind West light to fresh with reasonable cloud cover with heavy showers this morning. As you all know tomorrow is the last day of the 2016 Salmon Season and its competition Time and its simple, the last Salmon caught on the Waterville Fishery of the 2016 season will win a Bottle of Paddy and all you have to do is text your catch and I will come in and photo your fish with the Bottle. Competition ends when the day is finished on the Butler pool.      

     

28/9/16

C&R Sea Trout

Rupert

28/9/16 All today’s action comes from the south side of the lake, Pierre from France was in top form today, while fishing with his Gillie Mr. Frank Donnelly of www.lakelandshouse.com he caught 6 Sea Trout ranging from Junior class up to 2 lbs. and finished his day off with a fine 5 lbs Grilse. Now to the back date department and apologies  to Waterville House and at http://www.watervillegolflinks.ie for failing to report their action on the famous Butler Pool and yes, I failed miserably in my duties and that’s a fact, so lets put the record straight. On the 25th  September, Mr. Rupert Simonds-Gooding, caught a fine Grilse on the fly. Staying with the backdate department, I had an email today from Mr. Kevin Nagle, and in his own words. Hi Vincent, I forgot to send a photo of a Sunday afternoon 25/9/16 C&R fish.  Very nice trout about 7lbs. Very quick but poor quality photo before release. Had been up a week or two at least. Wind W then veered WSW fresh and overcast all day with heavy rain this evening.  

27/9/16

27/9/16 All quiet on the SW front, this day on Lough Currane and I can hear the topic of conversation this evening as the alcohol is consumed and the exaggerating department takes over and the excuses run as freely as their liquid libations, writing with a sober mind, I can only come to one conclusion, their excuses are just as bad as their ability to catch fish. Wind SSW light with reasonable cloud cover and quite warm.    

28/9/16

26/9/16 Local angler Mr. Jim Sayers, takes all the head lines as the other anglers looked on with envy and for good reason, Jim as you all know is mainly a fly angler, but today he decided to put the fly rod to one side and put the rolling rods out and it wasn’t long before he was rewarded with a fine 9 lbs. Salmon and by all accounts had a good battle and not satisfied with his one fish of the day, Jim decided to go for the C&R trolling department and yes you have it, he came up Trumps again with another Salmon in the 5 lbs. class which he put back and finished his day off with 5 Juniors again all caught on the troll and just for the record Jim would put the 9 pounder back, sadly it was badly hooked. Wind SE fresh with reasonable cloud cover.  

25/9/16

25/9/16 The Lough Currane Anglers lost their stripes today and for good reason, they failed in all departments and if you were in the back Bars of Waterville this evening and listened  into their fishing pros and cons, you would think to yourself  by Jove theses anglers must be some fishermen, well today’s notes puts you in the picture.  As promised yesterdays amount of rainfall was 29 mm. Wind W fresh with reasonable cloud cover.      

24/9/16

24/9/16 Again the weather was on the wild side on Lough Currane with a strong SW gale blowing down the lake, but this didn’t  deter some anglers heading out and producing the goods in the C&R department, Mr. Martin Coveney, while fishing with his Gillie Mr. Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com caught a cracker of a 10 lbs. Salmon on the troll and sportingly released his catch and for the rest of the participating anglers, the least said the better. Wind as already stated. Just for the record www.met.ie was spot on with their forecast, will give you the amount of rainfall in tomorrows notes.    

23/9/16

Red sky in the morning Shepherds warning
 An old wives tale, well think again

23/9/16 Lough Currane was on the wild side with a strong SW gale force wind blowing down the lake and very few boats ventured out from the North side, so on that note we head across the Valley to the River Inny and going by my secret service there was no rod benders reported and if this is not the case you can say without any fear of contradiction my secret service failed miserably in their reporting duties. Now to the weather alert from www.Met.ie There is a yellow alert  for rainfall Warning  for Galway, Mayo, Cork and Kerry, Over 25 mm likely in a 12 hour period, locally up to 40 mm in mountainous areas. Note that this is an update to the previous warning to include county Mayo in the risk area.  

22/9/16

22/9/16 All the action came from the South side and in the words of Mr. Frank Donnelly the Commander-in-chief of www.lakelandshouse.com and I quote, in your backdate department, County down boys left yesterday 3 days fishing, 2 hired boats, averaged more than 20 juniors, to each boat each day.

Mark
May it be the first of many

I myself fishing with 15 year old Mark Whelan caught his first salmon on the fly and two sea trout at one and half each. All I can say is congratulations to Mark and welcome to the big time. Now for the rest of the Lough Currane news, well there isn’t any, except the wind was strong this morning blowing down the Lake, in my opinion strong wind or not a lot of anglers were River Inny bound, all I can say is I hope their reels were louder that my iphone. Here endeth today’s News.



         

21/9/16

Lough Currane in calmer waters 

21/9/16 Local Gillie Mr. Tom O’Shea of www.flyfishingatloughcurrane.com reported that Lough Currane was on the wild side this morning, so very few anglers if any ventured out. But come lunch time the wind had dropped and the sky cleared, a few anglers put their flies across the Lough Currane wave, but to no avail, so on that note we will head across the Valley to the River Inny and one angler takes all the Salmon headlines and that is UK angler Mr. Michael Fish and for good reason he caught himself a fine 12 lbs. Salmon and for the rest of the angling community, lake or river Angler, you all failed in your duties and going by my secret  service the majority of Lake Anglers headed for the Inny this afternoon, because there was a nice drop of water coming down the Inny after the heavy rain this morning. Wind SSW wild then veered NW light come lunchtime.          

20/9/16

20/9/16 There was only one Star angler today on Lough Currane and that was 15 year old Marc Whelan of Dublin, while fishing with his Gillie Mr. Tom O’Shea of www.flyfishingatloughcurrane.com  Caught his first ever Sea Trout / junior on the fly and it wasn’t long before he followed it up with a another fine Junior, so congratulations to Marc and may it be the first of many. Now we head across to the South Side and the hired out boat department of www.lakelandshouse.com Mr. Niall O’Hearcain and his good friend, caught 6 Juniors on the drift. Now for the rest of the angling news, well there isn’t any for the simple reason the rest of the participating anglers failed miserably in their duties in all departments, so on that note we go to quote of the day and that goes to local Gillie Mr. Terence Wharton Jnr, I ain’t out in that pond, I’m fishing for a Lobster, Cheers!! Wind SW light with good clod cover with the odd light shower this afternoon.          

19/9/16

19/9/16 UK fly angler, Mr. Nigel Henshaw, while fishing with his Gillie, caught 1 Junior and finished their day with a  fine 2 lbs. Brown Trout. For the rest of the angling community, they failed miserably in their duties in the procuring of a wild game fish, or were they trying to camouflage their misgivings for the lack of fish, so they could exaggerate their catches in the back bar. Wind NW light with good cloud cover.  

18/9/16

You have a better chance with a floating line !

18/9/16 Lough Currane was on the quiet side as fly anglers changed their flies and their fly lines from floating to intermediate with no immediate effect and by the end of the day you can say without any fear of contradiction, with no effect at all and as I say that I have just received a Text from local Gillie Mr. Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com and I quote, Bob and Roman from Luxemburg caught 3 Trout on the fly with me. So on that note we go to the backdate department of the hired out boat department of www.Lakelandshouse.com yesterday, Mr. Steven Nation and Mr. P Murphy, caught 8 Juniors on the drift. Now for a bit of stand up comedy, today I received a photo of an Angler trying out new supposed life saving gear and going by the photo my advice is stay in the Fishing shed Lads. Wind North light with reasonable cloud cover and the odd shower.
 

17/9/16

17/9/16 In the last few days, Mr. Jim Marriot and fishing party and fishing with their Gillie’s Mr. Neil O’Shea and of www.oshealoughcurrane.com and Mr. Tom O’Shea of www.flyfishingatloughcurrane.com Between the two Boats they caught 20 Sea Trout up to 2 lbs. All were C&R. Now for today’s action, we start at the bungalow and the hired out boat department of  www.oshealoughcurrane.com Mr. Brian O’Connell and Richie White, caught 5 Sea Trout and Mr. Richie White finished their day off with a fine Salmon. Staying in Neil’s hired out boat department Mr. Mike O’Hanranan caught 4 Sea Trout on the Drift and last but not least, an angler fishing out of www.oshealoughcurrane.com caught 3 Trout up to 2 lbs. and just for the record all the Bungalow catches were C&R. Now we head for the South Side and a Mixture of the hired out boat department and the Gillie at the  helm. We Start in the hired out boat department of www.lakelandshouse.com Bob and Roman from Luxemburg, they caught 14  Trout on the drift. The Steven Brothers from the UK caught 11 Sea Trout from Junior Class up to 2 lbs. also in good form in Frank’s hired out boat department was Mr. DJ Riordan from Killarney, who caught 6 Juniors, another of Franks hired out boats had 9 Sea Trout to his rod and last but not least Mr. Michael  Debrun fishing with his Gillie Mr. Frank Donnelly of www.lakelandshouse.com caught 3 Juniors. Wind W light to fresh with reasonable cloud cover.                                        

16/9/16

Mr. Tom Smith

16/9/16 There was some good manipulations in all department so straight to the action. We start on the South Side of the Lake, Mr. Tom Smith and Mr, Noel Ross, fishing with their Gillie Mr. Frank Donnelly of www.lakelandshouse.com  caught a fine 6 lbs. Salmon on the troll and not satisfied with that, they put their trolling rods to one side and manipulated their Flies across the water, by the end of their day they had caught 6 Sea Trout ranging from Juniors up to 2 lbs. All in all you can say they had a cracker of a day, staying with the fly, UK angler Mr. Nigel Henshaw, while fishing with his Gillie, caught 1 Salmon / Grilse and finished their day off with 6 Trout all caught on the fly. A guest fishing with his Gillie Mr. Bob Priestley, caught 2 Juniors on the drift. A Guest fishing with his Gillie Mr. Ternce Wharton, also caught a few nice Juniors on the drift and staying with Terence in the past few days has caught one Salmon on the troll, while fishing with his guest. Now to the hired out boat department of www.oshealoughcurrane.com Mr. Mike O’Harrlain caught a fine 4 lbs Sea Trout on the drift and in the words of one Gillie and I quote the last few days, the fishing hasn’t  been bad. Wind North Light with reasonable cloud cover.                                

15/9/16

15/9/16 A mixture of yesterday’s and today’s action we start with yesterdays action, in the hired out boat department of www.lakelandshouse.com UK fly anglers, Mr. Nigel Stevens and his Brother, caught 7 Juniors yesterday and today topped that with 22 Juniors and staying in yesterday’s mode, fly anglers, Mr. Noel Ross and Mr. Tom Smith from Dublin and fishing in the hired out Boat department of www.lakelandshouse.com caught 11 Sea Trout, ranging from Junior Class up to 2 lbs. staying with Mr. Noel Ross and Mr. Tom Smith from Dublin, today they caught 3 Juniors. Now we finish today’s action again in the fly department, Mr. Stefan Kuth and his good friend Werner, while fishing with their Gillie, caught 7 Juniors on the Drift. Wind West light with bright sunshine all day.                      

14/9/16

14/9/16 Its Straight to the Sea Trout fly department and we start on the South Side of Lough Currane, Mr. Rob Wilkenson, fishing with his Gillie Mr. Frank Donnelly of www.lakelandshouse.com caught 2 Sea Trout up to 2 lbs. Now we cut across to the North Shore and the Bungalow. In the C&R department, Mr. Arnold Slater, while fishing with his Gillie Mr. Tom O’Shea of www.flyfishingatloughcurrane.com caught 2 Juniors. Staying at the Bungalow and the fly department, Mr. David Burn and his good friend David from France, caught 2 Trout on the drift all while fishing with their Gillie Mr. Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com Wind ENE light with the odd light shower.

13/9/16

13/9/16 Mr. Arnold Slater, while fishing with his Gillie Mr Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com caught 1 Seatrout to his fly rod of 2 1/2 lbs. . Wind N light with bright sunshine all day.

12/9/16 Seatrout update

12/9/16 I Must apologeise for the last 48 hours and sadly the reports will be sketchy for at least another 48 hours ? So lets go back in time to Saturday 10th As you know the annual  2016 ‘Currane Championship’ Waterville’s Sea Trout Catch and Release Fly-fishing Competition, organised this year by The Waterville Lakes & Rivers Trust, was in full swing, you all know the results but her are some photos of the anglers before they set out for theirs days manipulations and the photos of the presentation of the winning competitors. Now we head for the hired out boat department of www.Lakelandshouse.com  Mr. Noel Bennett from Dublin with his Son Conall caught 9 Juniors. Also in good form in his hired out boat from www.lakelandshouse.com was Mr. Martin Kearney caught a nice few Juniors up to 1 ¾ lbs. Mr. Greg Long was in excellent form with 24 Juniors, Mr. John Doyle, who also was in good form with his fly rod, caught 6 Juniors. Staying in the hired out Boat department of www.lakelandshouse.com Mr. Stefan Kuth and his good friend Werner, caught 6 Juniors. Now we head up to the upper Lakes and Lough Derriana, Mr. Graham Elswood and Mr. Bill Hayse, while fishing with their Gillie Mr. Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com caught 7 Sea Trout up to 5 ½ lbs. and all released. So you can say without any fear of contradiction all Anglers were satisfied with their performances especially The Sea Lodge Hotel for their great dinner and looked after all we anglers, so on behalf of the Waterville Lakes & Rivers Trust Thank you for a great night. Now for today’s facts, In the C&R department, Mr. Billy Dickson of Bristol while fishing with his Gillie Mr. Tom O’Shea of www.flyfishingatloughcurrane.com caught 4 Juniors. Staying withe the C&R department, Mr.Graham Ellwood while fishing with his Gillie Mr. Neil O'Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com caught 9 Sea Trout up to 2 lbs. Wind West light to calm. Now we cut across the lake to the South Side and the hired out boat department of www.lakelandshouse.com Mr. Noel Ross and his good friend, from Dublin, while fly fishing on the drift, caught 4 Seatrout ranging from junior class up to 2 1/2 lbs.

           

11/9/16

My net is down  but here are the results of yesterday's catch and Release competition. 1st. Mr
Liam Ellis. 2nd. Joe Murphy.
Joint 3rd Mr. Paul lawton and Mr. Eddie Blanch. Also a big thank you to The Sea Lodge for a great meal.
Back to today, Lough Currane was at a standstill with gale force winds from the SSE and if there were any boats out they have failed to report their catches or their losses.

11/9/16

My net is down  but here are the results of yesterday's catch and Release competition. 1st. Mr
Liam Ellis. 2nd. Joe Murphy.
Joint 3rd Mr. Paul lawton and Mr. Eddie Blanch. Also a big thank you to The Sea Lodge for a great meal.
Back to today, Lough Currane was at a standstill with gale force winds from the SSE and if there were any boats out they have failed to report their catches or their losses.

9/9/16

9/9/16 The  2016 annual  Sea Trout Catch and Release Fly-fishing Competition on Lough Currane was brought to an abrupt standstill today and for good reason, there was one almighty storm from the SW, raging across the Lake and all the anticipating  anglers could only do was look on and the decision to cancel today’s action was swiftly taken and because of this it will be a one day event, so rock on tomorrow and the forecast isn’t too bad.  

8/9/16

8/9/16 Lough Currane was like the wild West with strong SW blowing down the lake but this didn’t deter anglers from manipulating their flies across the water and hoping to entice a wild Atlantic Salmon or one of Lough Currane premier Sea Trout but alas at the end of their day my Noble Anglers moral was wilted until they headed for the Bar and the pint floated down and they spoke amongst themselves of the one that got away. Now back to the weather, wind as already stated,  just for the record it made a fair bit of rain today, the total amount of rainfall so far this month is 36.8 mm. Tomorrow is Lough Currane fly competition and sadly I won’t be able t to take photos of all the participating anglers, sorry for this.                  

7/9/16

7/9/16 There was some action reported on Lough Currane so straight to the action and the C&R department. Mr. David Burton, had 3 Sea Trout to his fly rod, ranging from Junior class up to 2 lbs. all while fishing with his Gillie Mr. Tom O’Shea of www.flyfishingatloughcurrane.com Now we cut across the lake to the South side, Mr. John Delap, while fishing with his Gillie Mr. Frank Donnelly of www.lakelandshouse.com  caught 3 Juniors to his fly rod and just for the record, yesterday he caught two fine Sea Trout both in the 2lbs. Class. Now we head back across the Lake to the North side, William, while fishing with his Gillie Mr. Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com caught 6 Sea Trout to his fly rod ranging from Junior class up to 3 lbs. and in Neil’s backdate department,yesterday, Mr. Enrico Fantasia of Dublin, caught 4 Sea Trout to his fly rod. Wind South fresh with good cloud cover and again very humid.

6/9/16

6/9/16 Lough Currane was all quiet on all fronts and not surprising with the fog nearly to the ground this morning and one would have thought as it lifted plus a nice light breeze from the South some anglers would have seen some action even though it was very humid, to give you some idea this evening at 9. 30 pm it was 18c so on that note we head for the Waterville Boats and at watervilleboats@gmail.com backdate department Mr. Marc Luyton from Belgium and party, we start on the River Inny, in the last few days they have caught 3 Grilse up to 6 lbs. and returned 2. So they left the Inny and headed out on Lough Currane and so far Marc has recorded 9 Sea Trout and his good friend Dirk has caught 4 Sea Trout. Just for the record they have seen a good few Sea Trout and the same goes for the Salmon.      

5/9/16

5/9/16 Dutch Angler, Mr. William Woermeijer while fishing with his gillie Mr. Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com caught 1 Sea Trout to his fly rod and for the rest of the angling community they failed in all departments. Now here is a warning to all the anglers that have failed miserably in catching and in reporting their catches if you don’t cop you’re  selves on you will have a taste of the ejections and if you don’t believe in what I’m saying just click this link and all will be revealed, https://www.facebook.com/Thebestvideofishing/videos/1676952399235443/  Wind SW light with misty rain for most of the day.    

5/9/16

. 4/9/16 Straight to the Sea Trout fly department, We start with the Killarney Salmon and Trout Anglers, which had their annual outing on Lough Currane and fishing out of www.lakelandshouse.com by all accounts they had good sport, with Sea Trout up to 2 lbs and the Angler of the day was Mr. Seamus O’ Laughlin, who caught 4 good Sea Trout and met well over 40 more. Now we cut across the Lake to the North side and the Bungalow, Dutch Angler and no stranger to the Waterville Fishery, Mr. William Woermeijer, caught 5 Sea Trout on the fly while fishing with his Gillie Mr. Neil O’Shea of  www.oshealoughcurrane.com  we Stay at the Bungalow, Mr. David Burton, fishing with his Gillie Mr. Tom O’Shea of www.flyfishingatloughcurrane.com caught one Junior on the drift, which was sportingly put back. Wind variable with good cloud cover and very humid.  

3/9/16

3/9/16 Before we get today’s manipulations a Important Notice from Mr. Rod Robinson. We have finally managed to get a date for the IFI Economist to come down and give a presentation on the joint survey WL&RT and IFI carried out last year on the economic benefit of angling tourism to the Waterville economy. It will be at 7:30 on the 9th September at the Waterville Inn, all welcome. Now for today’s action or the lack of it I should say, we start with first thing this morning, it was calm and come lunchtime it was like the wild west, with a strong SW wind blowing down the lake, some anglers stuck to their battle stations and some anglers headed for calmer waters, ie the Bars and going back to the anglers that kept manipulating their flies, one angler said it was like a Chinese takeaway out there, all I kept getting was a Birds nest.            

2/9/16

2/9/16 There was some good Sea Trout fishing on the Waterville Fishery again today so straight to the action. Mr. Arnold Slater, caught 1 junior to his fly rod, while fishing with his Gillie Mr. Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com also in good form in the C&R fly department was Mr. David Burton of Yorkshire, while fishing with his Gillie Mr. Tom O’Shea of www.flyfishingatloughcurrane.com caught 3 Juniors to his fly rod. Now for Lough Currane’s catch of the day and that goes to Mr. Liam McKnight of West Meath, while fishing with his Gillie Mr. junior Scully, caught two Juniors and finished his day off with a cracker of a Sea Trout weighing in at 6 ½ lbs. Now we head up to the upper Lakes and Lough Derriana, US Angler Murry Beets, fishing with his Gillie caught 7 Trout to his fly rod and for the rest of angling community they either caught nothing or too dam lazy to let their fingers do the talking, either way they have failed and let the angling and local community down. Wind SW with reasonable cloud cover.

1/9/16

1/9/16 There was some good fishing on the Waterville Fishery today so straight to the action, in the hired out boat department of www.lakelandshouse.com Mr. John Delap caught 5 juniors on the drift. Now we cut across Lough Currane to the North side and the bungalow, US angler Murry  Beets caught 3 Juniors, while fishing with hisz Gillie Mr. Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com Now we head up the Commeragh River to the upper Lakes and Lough Derriana and my catch of the day and that goes to Mr. Paul Clark, who caught 10 Trout on the drift and fishing out of www.oshealoughcurrane.com Wind W strong and overcast with mist rain throughout the day. Now to the backdate department and just for the record this could double accountancy on my part so I apologise. I had an email from Mr. Burton and I quote, Hi Vincent,
This came into my fishing.ie website as a report on Currane today. I
display your reports, which is why I'd say they sent it to me. Regards John Burton. Toby Gibbons and friends were paying their annual visit to
Currane, fishing from Neil www.oshealoughcurrane.com and having caught a specimen Sea trout last year Matt Whitelaw again came tops with a 4.5lb Sea trout closely followed by a 4 ¼  lb one by Dave Cazabon enough to bring them back again next year.
                   

31/8/16

31/8/16 Lough Currane was mainly quiet, just the odd Junior being caught, so on that note we go back to yesterday and the C&R department. Mr. Paul Clark, fishing out of www.oshealoughcurrane.com and fishing with his Gillie, caught 5 Sea Trout in the Junior class and finished his day off with a cracker of a Sea Trout of 9 ½ lbs. I must apologise to Mr. Paul Clark and all the readers of this Blog for not putting this fine catch in yesterdays notes. Wind W light to fresh with reasonable cloud cover.  

30/8/16

That's some catch
photo by ITA  Hannon
https://www.facebook.com/groups/458497960957656/

30/8/16 Well my noble anglers had a good excuse for not procuring a wild Atlantic Salmon or a Lough Currane specimen Sea Trout today, because it was wild out there with a strong SW wind blowing down the Lake so on that note don’t forget to book your seat for the annual 2016 ‘Currane Championship’ Waterville’s Sea Trout Catch and Release Fly-fishing Competition, organised this year by The Waterville Lakes & Rivers Trust, it will be held on Friday 9th and Saturday 10th September. The entry fee €150 including
Dinner at the prize giving on the Saturday evening. All are welcome to enter! Contact, Mr. Kevin O'Sullivan at 0876889775            

29/8/16

caught on the 27/8/16
by Dr. Tim Gleason 

29/8/16 UK angler Mr. Arnold Slater, while fishing with his Gillie Mr. Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com  was in good form again with his fly today with 4 Sea Trout, ranging from Junior class up to 3 lbs. Now we head for the backdate department, In the hired out boat department of www.lakelandshouse.com on Saturday the 25th.  Mr. John Burton caught 5 Juniors on the drift. Now to the apology depart, I was severely criticised by a local Gillie for failing to check my email for a photo that was sent by his client Dr. Tim Gleason, all I can say is Guilty as charged and again I apologise to Tim and his Gillie for this discrepancy. Wind W light to fresh and overcast with misty rain at times this morning.

28/8/16

28/8/16 There were no records broken on Lough Currane Salmon and Sea Trout department, or in the https://www.facebook.com/CharlieChaplinOfficial/?fref=ts  and you can say without any fear of contradiction they have made themselves look like right Charlie’s in all departments and its as simple as Black and White and not much could be said for the Green and Gold either, so the least said the soonest mended. Wind W light with bright sunshine all day.              

27/8/16

27/8/16 Straight to Sea Trout fly department, Dr. Tim Gleason fishing with his Gillie, caught 3 Trout to his fly rod. Staying on the drift, Mr. Arnold Slater caught 3 Trout to his fly rod, while fishing with his Gillie Mr. Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com and in Neil’s hired out boat department, in the past few days fly anglers from Co Mayo, caught 10 Sea Trout, ranging from Junior class up to 5 lbs. Wind SE fresh with good cloud cover.

26/8/16

26/8/16 All quiet on the SW front as the anglers looked to the heavens praying for a rod bender but their prayers weren’t answered, one can only come to the conclusion either they lack the skill in their choice of fly selection or drift or they weren’t praying hard enough and in my opinion they failed in both departments. Wind SW with reasonable cloud cover at times.  
 Its that Time of year again and to all you competitive Anglers, just to let you know, you can book your boat or seat for the annual  2016 ‘Currane Championship’ Waterville’s Sea Trout Catch and Release Fly-fishing Competition, organised this year by The Waterville Lakes & Rivers Trust, it will be held on Friday 9th and Saturday 10th September. The entry fee €150 including
Dinner at the prize giving on the Saturday evening. All are welcome to enter! Contact, Mr. Kevin O'Sullivan at 0876889775
         

25/8/16

25/8/16  My Noble Anglers went out on Lough Currane this day with anticipation with their fly rods at the ready but by the end of their day they headed for the Bars, all they were looking for was Commiserations for their lack of their ability to produce a wild Atlantic Salmon or a Lough Currane specimen Sea Trout and all I can say is you’d want to pull your act together in all departments. Wind SW fresh with reasonable cloud cover with the odd shower.        

24/8/16

Tom strikes again

24/8/16 My Noble Anglers again failed miserably in their duties in all departments, so on that note we head for the upper Lakes and Lough Derriana and I will let Cork angler Mr. Tom Murphy have the last say on yesterday’s fishing and I quote, fished Lough Derriana yesterday with Stephen Galvin. Picked up and released this well reddened cock fish late in the evening. Plenty of resident brownies. Wind West light with plenty of sunshine.      

23/8/16

23/8/16 As you all know that Lough Currane is on the rise and as you well know that doesn’t make for good fishing and with another 11.9 mm rain fall yesterday, it will take two or three days to settle down. On the River front again my Noble anglers are either still scared of the that Mighty Bull or their keeping their catches to themselves, on that note we head for the Waterville Inn and I would like to on behalf of all the anglers and good people of Waterville, wish the Landlord Mr. Damian Duff a speedy recovery. Wind next to nothing with bright sunshine all day.

22/8/16

22/8/16 The Lough Currane wild Atlantic Salmon and Sea Trout were in a subdued mood today and that’s not surprising with filthy water coming down the Capal and the Commeragh River, it’s a good job we Lake anglers always have a good excuse! On the River Inny front all quiet on the western front and the only conclusion I can come to is, that Limousine  Bull must have been on duty on both banks of the River Inny, need I say more. Wind W light to fresh with reasonable cloud cover. Amount of rainfall yesterday was 17.7 mm.

21/8/16

21/8/16 Sadly the weather takes all the headlines as my noble Anglers headed out for their days manipulations on Lough Currane and Lough Namona, all you can say their boats were lighter this evening as they burnt their fuel and ate their lunch baskets empty and hoping to find that allusive fish, be it on the fly or the troll. Now for their excuse for failing miserably in their duties, in the words of local Gillie Mr. Neil O’Shea and of www.oshealoughcurrane.com Wind SW mad, on Lough Namona, local Gillie Mr. Tom O’Shea of www.flyfishingatloughcurrane.com reported much of the same in all departments. Staying with the weather, its made a good flood so all eyes will be on the river front tomorrow be it the World famous Butler Pool of www.watervillegolflinks.ie the Mouth of the Commeragh, the Commeragh River and last but not least the great River Inny so let the fly and Spin take the headlines tomorrow.

This what the anglers thought of today's fishing
and this what the Limousin Bull thought of my
photography 

20/8/16

20/8/16 Kerry had a yellow alert today but yellow alert or not this didn’t deter a few anglers venturing out and there is one angler, glad that he did and that was Northern Angler Mr. John McGee, while fishing with his Gillie Mr. Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com caught a fine 3 lbs. Grilse/Salmon on the troll in a strong and wild NW wind with heavy showers and for the rest of the anglers they either failed in all departments or they had their fine day fisherman’s hat on. Wind as already stated, amount of rain fall yesterday 11 mm.

19/8/16

19/8/16 There was a strong SW wind blowing down the lake which made fishing difficult, but this didn’t deter a few anglers with their Gillie’s heading out, so we start in the fly department, UK angler Mr. Phil Staniforth, caught a fine Grilse, while fishing with his Gillie Mr. Dominic McGillicuddy of www.fishingwithdom.com Now we head for the trolling department, Mr. Guy Hollis, caught a fine Salmon/Grilse of 4 ½ lbs. while fishing with his Gillie Mr. Neil ’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com and for the rest of the angling community there is no criticism this day, reason being My Noble Anglers have a good excuse! I have spoken.                

18/8/16

18/8/16 The fly takes  all the headlines on Lough Currane and on Lough Derriana, we start on the Big Lake/Lough Currane, UK Angler Mr. Garry Kirby while fishing with his Gillie Mr. Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com caught 2 nice Sea Trout on the drift. Now we head up the Commeragh River and Lough Derriana, Scottish Angler Morag MacLean from Aberdeen, fishing with her Gillie Mr. Tom O’Shea of www.flyfishingatloughcurrane.com caught two fine Sea Trout both in the 1 ½ lbs. class as her Dad looked on with satisfaction as she manipulated her flies to perfection. Wind SE fresh with good cloud cover and heavy rain this evening.
To all you anglers who like manipulating your flies across the water don’t forget to book your boat or seat for the annual  2016 ‘Currane Championship’ Waterville’s Sea Trout Catch and Release Fly-fishing Competition, organised this year by The Waterville Lakes & Rivers Trust, it will be held on Friday 9th and Saturday 10th September. The entry fee €150 including
Dinner at the prize giving on the Saturday evening. All are welcome to enter! Contact, Mr. Kevin O'Sullivan at 0876889775

17/8/16

17/8/16 Now to all you anglers who like winning, don’t forget to book your boat or seat for the annual  2016 ‘Currane Championship’ Waterville’s Sea Trout Catch and Release Fly-fishing Competition, organised this year by The Waterville Lakes & Rivers Trust, it will be held on Friday 9th and Saturday 10th September. The entry fee €150 including
Dinner at the prize giving on the Saturday evening. All are welcome to enter! Contact, Mr. Kevin O'Sullivan at 0876889775
Now for today’s manipulations and Straight to the Sea Trout fly department, Northern Ireland angler, Mr. Guy Hollis, caught a fine 2 ½ lbs. Sea Trout on the drift, while fishing with his gillie Mr. Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com staying with the Sea Trout, Cork angler Mr. Tom Murphy gives his fly fishing report and I quote, fished last evening and today for one small juniors and a few brownies. There was another boat out early morning for two small juniors and a few brownies. Wind North light to fresh with reasonable cloud cover and very humid.      

16/8/16

16/8/16 Lough Currane was on the wild side and just a few boats ventured out and that’s not surprising,  with a strong SE wind blowing down the Lake, there was good cloud cover and very humid. If  an angler said that he caught a fine Salmon, I think the picture below will put you in the picture!!  

This is Kerry
No Spin No Fly's Just Facts 

15/8/16

15/8/16 You can say without any fear of contradiction that Lough Currane was purely a French Connection today in the Salmon department and for good reason, French angler, Mr. Pierre Loyer, caught a fine 4lbs. Grilse on the troll and he lost another good fish. On a personal note I must apologise to Pierre for not going down to the lake to take the photo after he took the time to text me, again sorry for that and for the rest of the anglers they failed miserably in their duties in all departments as I did in the photography department but with any luck Pierre will send me a photo of his Fish. Wind SE fresh to strong with plenty of sunshine.  

14/8/16

14/8/16 Straight to the Sea Trout fly department. We start out from the Bungalow, Kildare Angler, Mr. Gerald Ford, caught 2 Sea Trout on the fly, while fishing with his Gillie Mr. Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com Staying with the fly, Cork Angler Mr. Tom Murphy will have the last word on today’s notes and I quote, Hi Vincent,  fished until dark last evening for a few brownies. Today, with low expectations, I had four Juniors  to 14 inches in two hours and just for the record I was fishing a intermediate fly line and all my fish were returned.  Wind SE light to fresh and very sunny with cloud at times. Now to all you anglers who like winning, don’t forget to book your boat or seat for the annual  2016 ‘Currane Championship’ Waterville’s Sea Trout Catch and Release Fly-fishing Competition, organised this year by The Waterville Lakes & Rivers Trust, it will be held on Friday 9th and Saturday 10th September. The entry fee €150 including
Dinner at the prize giving on the Saturday evening. All are welcome to enter! Contact, Mr. Kevin O'Sullivan at 0876889775

13/8/16

13/8/16 Lough Currane was on the quiet side in all departments, ie Fly, lour, worm, Prawn, last but not least and not surprising my mobile phone, so on that note we look to the sky’s and yes you have it, the Lough Currane weather, Wind W light to fresh with reasonable cloud cover.
Its that Time of year again and to all you competitive Anglers, just to let you know, you can book your boat or seat for the annual  2016 ‘Currane Championship’ Waterville’s Sea Trout Catch and Release Fly-fishing Competition, organised this year by The Waterville Lakes & Rivers Trust, it will be held on Friday 9th and Saturday 10th September. The entry fee €150 including
Dinner at the prize giving on the Saturday evening. All are welcome to enter! Contact, Mr. Kevin O'Sullivan at 0876889775

12/8/18

12/8/16 Its that Time of year again and to all you competitive Anglers, just to let you know, you can book your boat or seat for the annual  2016 ‘Currane Championship’ Waterville’s Sea Trout Catch and Release Fly-fishing Competition, organised this year by The Waterville Lakes & Rivers Trust, it will be held on Friday 9th and Saturday 10th September. The entry fee €150 including
Dinner at the prize giving on the Saturday evening. All are welcome to enter! Contact, Mr. Kevin O'Sullivan at 0876889775

Lough Currane was on the wild side with a strong SW wind blowing down the Lake, a few boats did venture out but my old iphone was as silent as their fly reels and that sums up today’s action, all I can say is it’s a good job my Noble anglers can blame the weather for the lack of producing a Wild Atlantic Salmon or a Lough Currane Specimen Sea Trout or Junior wouldn’t go a miss either. Wind as already stated there was good cloud cover and a nice drop of rain this evening.  

11/8/16

11/8/16 Its that Time of year again and to all you competitive Anglers, just to let you know, you can book your boat or seat for the annual  2016 ‘Currane Championship’ Waterville’s Sea Trout Catch and Release Fly-fishing Competition, organised this year by The Waterville Lakes & Rivers Trust, it will be held on Friday 9th and Saturday 10th September. The entry fee €150 including
Dinner at the prize giving on the Saturday evening. All are welcome to enter! Contact, Mr. Kevin O'Sullivan at 0876889775

Now to today’s news or the lack of it, so on that note I will let renowned Cork Angler, Mr. Tom Murphy, give his prospectus of today’s manipulations. Perfect conditions today on Currane. All I have to report is a softened cough and a dry net.
An enigmatic lake, and that keeps it interesting. Wind SW light to fresh with reasonable cloud cover at times.              

10/8/16

Tom

10/8/16 They say you can’t keep a good angler from rising to the top, well today was a perfect example of that and yes you have it, Cork Angler Mr. Tom Murphy’s words of wisdom were brought out in practice today and I quote, the trout were off today so I tried a bit of Salmon Fishing and I can tell you one thing it wasn’t long before his fly rod was bent double into a almighty Salmon and Tom had won hell of a battle with his 10 lbs. Salmon and as his Salmon came to the surface he had one swipe with the Net and the rest is history. Tom’s next port of call was the Waterville Inn to celebrate his catching of his 10 lbs. Salmon and I will let his good friend, Mr. Brendan Spillane have the last word on Tom’s day out on Lough Currane and again I quote, Your fishing well Tom, No Spin No fly’s just facts. Now for the rest of the News and the news is the rest of my Noble Anglers failed miserably in their duties what they need is a few lessons in the art of presentation both in the Salmon and Sea Trout department. Wind North light to fresh with reasonable cloud cover at times but mainly sunny.              

9/8/16

Tim and his
14 lbs. Salmon

Tom's
Fine Sea Trout

9/8/16 Straight to the action and Catch of the day and that goes to Dr. Tim Gleeson, Tim caught a cracker of a 14 lbs. Salmon on the troll, while fishing with his Gillie. Now we head for Sea Trout department, Cork Angler, Mr. Tom Murphy was in good form with his fly rod again today on Lough Currane, so on that note I will hand you over to Tom and his story of his day, in his own words and I quote, Went out for a few hours this afternoon. Fishing was slow but picked up with the wind. Had a few juniors that were undersize, list a very good fish but managed to hold on to this one. Brought up a few nice boils as well. If conditions stay the same for the rest of the week, fishing could be good. Now we head up stream to the upper Lake and Lough Namona, A Swiss Angler caught a fine 3 lbs Sea trout on the drift, while fishing with his Gillie Mr. Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com and for the rest of the angling news there isn’t any, you can say without any fear of contradiction that is your ration and if I’m wrong you can take it as red that the anglers that didn’t report their catches failed miserably in their duties but we will give them the benefit of doubt. Wind North with reasonable cloud cover,