News 2010

 The last week in April saw some olives hatching - at last - and a few fish were taken mainly on dark coloured patterns. The first weekend in May proved a bonanza  for Gerry Kelly and friend with 14 trout caught on one day on buzzer - all returned. The pair continued their success with a further 9 fish on the following two days keeping just one fish for the pot. The Mayfly have started hatching and some anglers are having some success but the  fishing has not really got under way (May 10).  It would be nice to see a change to normal wind patterns with winds from the west or south-west but, for now, we continue to have persistent north/north-easterly winds which are cold. The best day so far was one boat with 8 trout on the dap but, unfortunately, not all anglers were as successful and there have been blank days too.

The 2010 season got off to a mixed start with the after effects of an unusually cold Winter lingering in to the Spring and impacting on fly hatches and fish movement. The lough was frozen over from Dooras to the Carrick Shore at one point in January something not seen in decades.

The duckfly hatches were somewhat patchy and were down in number but continued longer than usual. The last ten days or so of March saw strong winds on most days, rain and sleet with fishing abandoned on one day. However, Geoff Challis and Tony Corpes (UK) persisted despite the cold conditions catching a total of 36 fish between them including fish weighing 5.25lbs., 5lbs, 4lbs and 3.75lbs.  All their fish were taken on red/black buzzer or a brown Diawl Bach. Hugh Sinclair (NI) had his best trout from Lough Corrib weighing 4lbs. and Nick Sharp (UK) had 3 good fish on the last day of a short visit.

Moving in to April the catches remained varied with some anglers doing better than others. The highlight of the Easter visit of young Stephen Ho (aged 13 years and 11 months) and his father, David (UK), was the catching of 10 trout in one day - 8 of them keepers.

As we continued in to April, the fine dry weather we have experienced has made for challenging fishing but excellent weather for gardening . Notwithstanding that, a local angling club competition on April 11, saw some nice trout being taken with local man, Peter Walsh, the overall winner and Mike Shanks (2nd) and Roy Peirce (3rd) featuring in the prizes. However, for Mike winning 2nd prize was superseded by the fact that he caught a total of 9 trout on the day (all on buzzer) - his very best day ever on Lough Corrib and one to remember for a long time to come.

There have been a few Mayfly spotted and some olives hatching, the cuckoo has been heard and the primroses are in bloom - can we take it that Spring has at last arrived?

Newsletter 2009

Steve Yeo returned to fish at duckfly time on Lough Corrib for the first time in many years and was rewarded by catching this superb trout of 4lbs (released).  The duckfly fishing has been challenging with strong, cold winds resulting in poor catches in the inital days.  Then the weather calmed down and with it the fishing improved for some. Geoff Challis and Tony Corpes had a total of 31 trout for their 9 days fishing but others struggled to catch fish. There were some exceptions when Nick Sharp and Roy both caught 6 fish each on different days. 

 Michele Fanton and Luca Faroli, Italy, made a return visit to Grasshopper Cottage in May 2009. These were their best fish caught and released (47cm and 46cm respectively).

It was with sadness that we heard in June of  the death of Richard "Barr" Woodall (Cumbria), a regular visitor to Corr na Mona and Lough Corrib.  As many who knew him locally have said, he was one of life's true gentlemen.