Thursday 19 April 2012

Hawthorn Cup (Trout League Round 2)

Hi All
The Leixlip Anglers were greeted with a fine day for this round of the Trout league.
The Rye was again quite low for this time of year and the temprature had dropped well down from the balmy conditions we had for the Paddy's day comp, but this was not to deter the Leixlip anglers with again a good turn out for the league.
The hatch was very sporadic with some olives coming off late in the afternoon, with the breeze blowing them away quite quickly a sheltered spot was the order of the day for some dry fly fishing.
Michael Callaghan won this round of the Trout League with a lovely 13 inch Trout to the dry fly in tough conditions. This was Michael's maiden win in a competition with the Leixlip Anglers (well fishing competition anyway he won the tackle tart of the year last year) Well done Michael those prayers to the God of fishing did not go unanswered.



Michael Callaghan finally got his hands on the cup The Hawthorn Cup that is, he had to wait a while but it got here in the end. It was formally presented to him by Kevin McLaughlin at the last Trout League night. Well done Michael.

2 comments:

  1. Congrats Michael. A well deserved victory (will have to get a look at that Hawthorn pattern:)

    Gareth

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    1. No Problem Gareth if you can get to the flytying during the winter I'll show you how to tie it ;)

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