13/3/2023
It’s a very sad day for me to report that the Great Currane Angler Mr. Brod
O’Sullivan R.I.P past away this morning, so on that sad note I will go back 60
years on his skilful manipulations on the Waterville Fishery. In 1963 as you
can see by the picture Brod helped me play my first Wild Atlantic Salmon and as
you know Brod caught the Salmon and I played it,( great memory’s) Now we head down stream to Lough Currane, as
we all know in 1964 Lough Currane got the Salmon disease and the first outboard
motor was put on the lake by Mr. Brod O’Sullivan and I can tell the senior
boatman were not in favour of the outboard motors but fair play to Brod he kept
to his outboard motor and I can tell you it wasn’t long before his fellow
Gillie’s put their oars to rest. Now we head across to the River Inny, the year
was August 1965 in those day’s it wasn’t what you were going to catch but it
was how many, if the conditions were right and that year they were, Brod and
his clients caught 103 Salmon on the Inny in two weeks, a record in my opinion
will never broken. Now we head out onto the Wild Atlantic, in the early
seventies there was one hot summer, the lake was rock bottom so Brod headed out
into Ballinskelligs Bay with his clients with their Mackerel feathers and
caught 1500 Mackerel and Pollock in 3 hours, another record. Well Brod R.I.P you
may have parted from the Waterville Fishery to the Heavenly waters fishing with
your Son Anthony/ Tony R.I.P and your good wife Mary R.I.P making Her fine Soda
bread. So on behalf of all the Currane Anglers and the good people of Waterville
and all your clients we send our Sincere Sympathies to Sadie, Colette and Mary Denise;
sister Mary & Family and his brother Paddy & Family; sons-in-law Pan,
James and Mike; grandchildren Stephen, Keith, Kelly, Poppy & Laura;
great-grandchild Killian; extended family, friends and neighbours. I
would like to finish on a Quote from Brod’s good friend and Currane angler Mr. Gary Humphrey.
Firs Salmon caught in 2015 |
On yje Lake late 1969? |
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