Lough Sheelin Trout Protection Association
Protecting "The Wild Brown Trout" in Lough
Sheelin for over 100 years.
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A youth angling day has been arranged for Saturday 17th July from 11.00am to 5.30pm starting at Kilnahard pier. This event is being organised in conjunction with Recreational Angling Ireland and Inland Fisheries Ireland. All young people between 7 and 17 are welcome. The day will include some fly-casting, fly tying and fishing. There will be a prize for all those who participate. Anglers must have eye protection and warm clothing. If anglers have lifejackets they should bring them along. We will endeavour to provide some for those who do not have lifejackets. There will be some refreshments but you may wish to also bring a packed lunch. Volunteer boatmen and competitors should contact Thomas Lynch on 087 9132033or myself on 087 9436655. The McDonnell cup will be fished this year on Saturday 7th August starting at Kilnahard pier. see Events 2010
Some good fishing again this week on Lough Sheelin.
Please find this weeks fishing report July 12th.
The unsettled weather this past week has produced plenty of fish up
to 4lbs.The main hatch of sedge’s begins around 3pm onwards. A place
must be found for the ‘Little Brown Sedge’ in the flybox for any fly
angler wishing to enjoy some outstanding fly fishing on the lake. The
best places to fish with dry sedges (size 16 & 14) are off and
around church island to the curry rocks. Large fish can also be watched
bashing fry off these points throughout the day.The perch fry which
make their appearance around mid June become an important food item
on a trout’s menu.The trout appear to feed exclusively on the shoals
of small fry and the anglers attention is generally attracted to the
scene of the action by a succession of noisy splashes. Bashing trout
lash the fry with their tails in an apparent effort to stun the tiny
fish.They then feed on the dead fry lying on the surface. This activity
usually occurs early in the morning and again in the early afternoon.
The areas noted for it are from Plunkett’s Point to Kilnahard Point,
and along the Derrysheridan Shore and into Goreport Bay. Silver and
gold bodied flies or white lures fished very slowly or even stationary
can get good results.
Kind regards,
Damien Willis
The Mayfly is now in its third week and some exceptional fish are being caught and thankfully many being released. Best reported so far is a 8.75lb caught and released by Denis Moss and an 8lb fish caught by Pat Bannon
Joe Curran with a 5lb fish caught on the spent.
Click to see other Mayfly Pictures
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Angling Report March 2010
Fly Fishing on Lough Sheelin has been good so far despite low water temperatures. There is very little fly on the lake at present and the best method is wet fly fishing along shores with an intermediate line. Best flies are Sooty Olive, Dunkeld, Claret Dabbler, Black pennell As temperatures continue to rise we can expect to see good hatches of Duck fly with large buzzer hatching in April. As always we ask all anglers to practice catch and release where possible and limit the number of trout killed
