7/7/13

Mr. John Baller and his son Richard 

All the headlines go to Mr. john Baller and his son Richard of the UK, 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 for the rest of the angling community they failed miserably in their duties, but to be fair to my noble anglers, there was bright sunshine all day and very warm. Just for the record the photo was taken by Mr. Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com                              

6/7/13

Mr. Gerry O’Sullivan of Cork and Waterville, caught a 4 lbs. Grilse on the troll and Gerry was telling me that he lost two Grilse. Now to the Sea Trout, Mr. Michael Wright of the UK, caught 2 Sea Trout, while fishing with his Gillie Mr. Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com Now for catch of the day and that goes to Mr. Ken Towner of the UK and Waterville, Ken caught a fine 5 ½ lbs Sea Trout on the fly. I will finish today’s notes on a personal note, because of the Radio Kerry Charity cycle race I didn’t go fishing, so instead I took 800 photos at the top of Coomakista and one charitable cyclist made it quite clear what he thought of my reporting and photography, Wind SW light and overcast all day.                            

5/7/13

Bill Doone

Christy McGuckin 

Radio Kerry Charity Cycle race starts early

Straight to the cock-up department, yes you have it, I got the facts wrong on Mr. John Murphy’s Degree, I stated that John had a degree in Marine Biology, when in fact he has a degree in wildlife Biology, sorry for that John, but as they say a man who never made a mistake never made anything. Now to the salmon department, Mr. Dave Cronin, fishing in hired out boat from www.lakelandshouse.com caught a fine 4 ½ lbs. Grilse and in the past 2 days, Dave has caught 3 Sea Trout up to 2 ½ lbs. Also in good form in the Salmon department was Mr. Bill Doone of the USA, who caught a fine Grilse on the troll, while fishing with his Gillie Mr. Frank Donnelly of www.Lakelandshouse.com  Staying in the Salmon department Mr. Christy McGuckin, fishing with his Gillie Mr. Dominic McGillicuddy of www.fishingwithdom.com caught a 5 lbs Grilse on the troll and also caught 2 Sea Trout which were returned. Now to the Sea Trout department and catch of the day goes to Mrs. Rose Herne, who caught a fine 2 lbs Sea Trout on the fly while fishing with here Brother Mr. Liam Ellis. Staying in the Sea Trout department Mr. Michael Wright, fishing with his Gillie Mr. Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com  caught 1 Sea Trout on the fly. In the Sea Trout trolling C&R department Local Gillie Mr. Vincent Appleby of www.salmonandseatrout.com caught 2 Sea Trout both in the 1 ¾ lbs. class. Now we go upstream and to Lough Derriana, Mr. Steven Quin of Northern Ireland, fly fishing with his Gillie Mr. Tom O’Shea of www.flyfishingatloughcurrane.com caught 3 Brown Trout, ranging from 1 lbs up to 1 ½ lbs. and finished their day off with a fine Sea Trout in the 3 lbs. Class. Wind calm this morning but come lunchtime the wind came from the SW light to fresh with reasonable cloud cover at times.                        

4/7/13

C&R Sea Trout

Ralph

I will start today’s notes on congratulating our ex Manager Mr. John Murphy, on getting his degree in Marine Biology and on behalf of all the Anglers of the Waterville Fishery, we wish you good luck in your new adventure. Now down to business. Again Marine Biologist and local Gillie Mr. John Murphy and his client were in good form in the C&R department, when they returned a fine Sea Trout to fight another day. Also in good form in the Sea Trout department was Mr. Ralph Lymer of the UK who caught a fine 5 lbs. Sea Trout on the fly, fishing with his Gillie Mr. John Young. Now for a mixture of Sea Trout and Salmon, Mr. Liam Ellis of Waterville caught a 4 lbs Grilse and finished his day off with a fine Sea Trout in the 2 lbs class, all caught on the fly. Now to the total Salmon department and yes you have it, Mr. Peter Glover takes the honours with 2 Grilse, ranging from 4 lbs. up to 5 lbs all caught on the fly, while fishing with his gillie Mr. Dominic McGillicuddy of www.fishingwithdom.com Wind the same as yesterday and overcast.      

Peter.

3/7/13

Dave Eccelstone

Dominic Mcgillicddy and Peter Glover

My Noble Salmon take the head lines, first in striking zone, were 2 Guests, they caught a fine Grilse on the fly and finished their day off with a Sea Trout also caught on the fly, while fishing with their Gillie Mr. Terence Wharton Jnr. Staying in the fly department, Mr. Peter Glover of the UK was in great form again with 3 Grilse to his fly rod, and in the words of his Gillie Mr. Dominic McGillicuddy of www.fishingwithdom.com it was hard work out there, it was six hours before Peter got his first salmon of the day, all I can say is, worth waiting for. Now to the Sea Trout department, Mr. Dave Eccelstone of the UK and Waterville, caught 2 Sea Trout, ranging from 1 ¾ lbs. up to 5 lbs. Also in good form was local Gillie Mr. John Murphy, who caught 2 Sea Trout ranging from 2 lbs up to 4 lbs.Wind all over the place this morning and eventually went in to the SW light and overcast with light misty rain throughout the day.

2/7/13

Frank, Renée, Ernie, Bob.

Peter, Dominic 

It was hot in both fly and trolling department, so straight to the striking zone. In the fly zone, Mr. Peter Glover of the UK caught 6 Salmon on the fly, and sportingly put back 3, while fishing with his Gillie Mr. Dominic McGillicuddy of www.fishingwithdom.com and just for the record, the 3 Salmon that were put back were witnessed. Now for a mixture of fly and troll, Luxemburg anglers, Ernie and Renée, fishing with their Gillie Mr. Frank Donnelly of www.lakelandshouse.com caught 3 Salmon, ranging from 5 lbs up to 8 lbs. All caught on the troll, and Ernie finished their day off with a fine 2 lbs Sea Trout caught on the fly. Now to Frank’s hired out boat department, Mr. Even Dwyer from Wexford, caught a fine 2 lbs Sea Trout on the fly. Staying with www.lakelandshouse.com hired out boat department, Bob from Luxembourg, also caught a 2 lbs. Sea Trout on the drift. Wind SW fresh and overcast with light misty rain, heavy at times throughout the day. Now to the back date department, yesterday 1/7/13 In the hired out boat department of www.lakelandshouse.com Mr. Liam O’Connor caught 2 Sea Trout on the fly, both were in the 2 lbs. class.
                                             

Even

1/7/13

Mr. Jim Cooke 

Ernie

Waterville on a high in their fishery department, so lets get down to today’s facts. We start on the North side, Enrico Fantasia 0f Italy caught 2 Sea Trout the best of which weighed in at 4lbs, while fishing with his gillie Mr. Neil O’Shea of www.oshealoughcurrane.com The Charles party from France, fishing with their gillie’s Mr. Eric Jouen at Waterville and at watervilleboats@gmail.com caught a Grilse on the fly, and their good friends, fishing local Gillie Mr. Terence Wharton, caught a fine Grilse on the troll. Staying on the north side, Mr. Peter Glover of the UK caught a fine Grilse and a Sea Trout on the fly, with his Gillie Mr. Dominic McGillicuddy of www.fishingwithdom.com  Now we cut across the lake to the south side, Mr. Liam Ellis of Waterville, caught 4 Sea Trout ranging from 1 ½ lbs. up to 4 lbs all caught on the drift by 1 pm, and in the words of Mr. Liam Ellis, we are going out this evening if you don’t receive a text you will know we have failed miserably on the evening shift, well I can confirm they did fail miserably. Staying on the South side and my catch of the day goes to Mr. Jim Cooke of the UK, who caught a cracker of a specimen Sea Trout on the fly, weighing in at 8 ½ lbs while fishing with his Gillie Mr. Sylvester Donnelly. Staying on the south side, Ernie of Luxemburg, caught a fine Grilse on the troll with his Gillie Mr. Frank Donnelly of www.lakelandshouse.com and Ernie was telling me that he caught a few Juniors last night on the drift, on his Appleby fly, plus his good friend Bob caught a Grilse on the drift, in their hired out boat from www.lakelandshouse.com and last but not least a Guest fishing with his Gillie Mr. Brod O’Sullivan of Stella Maris guesthouse Waterville, caught a fine Grilse on the troll. Wind W light with reasonable cloud cover.        
                                               
     
                                             

Mr. Peter Glover