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IFI Fisheries awareness events to be held by Ballymote and District Angling Club
Course event The course event to be held by Ballymote and District Angling Club will take place on Fin Lough on Saturday 19th May from 11.00am until 2.30pm
Directions to Finlough: From the Toberbride Roundabout take the exit for the N17, Drive along the N17 through Ballinacarrow and continue for about 1.25 miles, at the second crossroads after Ballinacarrow, turn right off the N17, drive 2 miles until you reach the first crossroads and turn right and drive about 0.5 miles and Finlough will appear on the left side of the road.
Game event The Game event to be held by Ballymote and District Angling Club will take place on Lough na Leibe on Sunday 20th May from 12.30pm until 3.30pm.
Directions to Lough na Leibe: Drive into Ballymote, At the Church of Ireland (opposite Ulsterbank) turn left and drive past the Coach House Hotel and continue for about 3 miles to a crossroads, turn right at the cross roads (there is a sign for Lough na Leibe at this point), drive 0.4miles then turn left at the first joining road, drive about 1.9miles along this road at which point a small parking area appears and the Lough is visible on below.
For both events most equipment will be provided on the day, so just wear suitable outdoor clothing bring a peaked/brimmed hat and sun/safety glasses for safety purposes (especially important for flyfishing). All you have to do is turn up and have some fun.
Please check the website on the day of the events, before travelling as updates to directions, starting times or even venue changes may be necessary.
Fishing report for Lough na Leibe week ending Sunday 13/05/2012.
The changeable weather conditions during the week saw some insect activity on the Lough but the fish activity remained at a good level. A number of club members reported taking to the water during the week with all reporting fish landed. There were good hatches of Olives, buzzers, a few hawthorn flies and some small crane flies (daddy longlegs) to be seen around the Lough and there were also small hatches of sedge flies during the milder evenings. The 1st round of the Evening League competition on Lough na Leibe, which took place on Wed 9th of May was won by Martin Lawrence. There have been further reports of sporadic Mayfly hatches but these continue to be isolated and small in number. There were a total of 40 trout reported for the week with most being returned. As always if you have a catch to report please e-mail to the Club e-mail address available on the club website. The Successful fly patterns were, Dry Fly; Olive hopper size 14, Palomino Midge: the Wet Fly/Nymph Patterns; Black Pennell, Black epoxy Buzzer, Bead Head PTN and Sooty olive Nymph and Lures such as the nomad in various colours.
Coarse fishing League match report.
The Club held a League match at Cloonahee on Sunday 13th of May. The fishing took place between 10:00am and 3:00pm, the very strong winds and cold conditions made for a very demanding environment. However a few members managed good weights given the conditions on the day. The results were 1st Sean Murray 5lb 10oz, 2nd Peter Browne 4lb 10oz, 3rd Terry Allen 3lb 9oz, 4th Richard Dear 3lb 3oz. Congratulations Sean.
Lough na Leibe Notice
The road from the entrance gate to the shoreline of Lough na Leibe will hopefully be repaired (weather permitting) during the week starting Monday 21st of May. To allow the repairs time to settle, the top gate will have a second lock fitted to prevent traffic on the road for a couple of days, so club members if you intend to go fishing you will have to park at the top of the hill and walk down to the lake. Apologies for any inconvenience caused but this work is essential.
Lough na Leibe angling rules
Bag limit of 2 Trout per angler per day.
Flyfishing, Worm fishing with float only (no legering) and Spinnig are only permitted methods of fishing.
No Maggots, Shrimps or any other baits to be used.
Absolutely no ground baiting allowed.
Tight Lines
Martin Lawrence
Public Relations Officer
Ballymote & District Angling Club.
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