Juvenile Angler wins Boat Congratulations go to Dylan Ennis on winning a 19’ McA boat in the Irish Trout Fly fishing Associations (ITFFA) youths fundraising competition, which was held at Lough Owel on 27th April 2014. Seventeen year old Dylan, who is from Moate in County Westmeath, was always going to be a hot favourite having represented Ireland at juvenile level on numerous occasions. With a 19’ boat, an electric engine and many other fantastic prizes up for grabs this competition attracted eighty two anglers and raised much needed funds for juvenile anglers. Angling conditions were only fair with a moderate easterly wind and a lot of extremely bright sunshine. Dylan and his partner, Sean Dempsey, concentrated on the “kettle” area of the lake and managed to boat in excess of 25 trout between them. Dylan also boated the heaviest fish which weighed 1.54 kg, but because he finished in the top three he was precluded from claiming the prize for the heaviest trout, which went to Liam McKnight with his trout of 1.27 kg. As usual Lough Owel lived up to her reputation as a great brown trout fishery and produced hundreds of fish, most of which were returned to the water unharmed. This is a fantastic venue and is a must for visiting anglers who should try fishing shallow water with a team of wet flies comprising of some fry type patterns. The olives are also beginning to make an appearance on Owel and there is bound to be some great top of the water action. Other Results were as follows:- 1st Dylan Ennis (Juvenile Angler) 3.230 kg 2nd Paddy Ward 3.130 kg 3rd Mark Dunne 2.270 kg 4th Jimmy Cahill 2.520 kg 5th Liam McKnight 2.460 kg 6th Ciaran Reilly 2.440 kg 7th Eddie Harte 2.375 kg 8th Declan Smith 2.285 kg 9th Stuart Marry 2.260 kg 10th Sean Dempsey 2.235kg 11th Cathal Rush 2.180 kg 12th Chris Butler 2.155 kg 13th Chris Meadows 2.075 kg 14th Owen Dunne 2.045 kg 15th Brian Stanfield 2.040 kg Prize for Heaviest Fish Liam McKnight Prize for Secret Weight Owen O’Droiscall The ITFFA Youths Committee would like to extend their gratitude all of those who provided sponsorship and made donations including Lough Owel Trout Preservation Association Inland Fisheries Ireland Pat Dooley of Loughstown Holiday Village Seamus Kelly of Kelly Kettles Dermot Walshe of Coosan & District Anglers Association John Buckley of Emerger Tackle Brian Connaughton of Wild Hunter Declan Lynch of Bleach Lough Joe Conlon of Lough Aishling Ernie Bennett of Nurney Lakes Toby Bradshaw of Gowan & Bradshaw Chris McAlinden of McA Boats and Tackle George Behan Kanturk Anglers Ballynure Anglers Garrison & Melvin Anglers Lough Bane Anglers Paul O’Callaghan of Anglers World
Posted on: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 12:50:18 +0000
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