Monday 30 December 2013

Rye Flood 30th December 2013

Hi All
Hope you all got something nice from santa and are all ready for the new year celebrations, the river rose considerably last night heres a few pics taken today, its quite the flood and quite the tree stuck at the distillery bridge.

 What a place to put a tree

 The weir all but engulfed


  The over flow getting a good wash out

 1meter at the middle measuring post


 The bottom weir nearly covered





The willow tree still hanging on at Leixlip bridge

Thursday 5 December 2013

The Pike

Hi All
The Pike competition was fished in Carton Estate Sunday 24th November, it was a fine day with a good few pike caught Frank Dempsey had the best of the fishing on the day winning the comp by the end well done Frank. Donal was finally presented with a new set of BBQ tools, no more flavour of plastic ice scrapers in the sausages then and many thanks to Donal and Dave for looking after the food. Many thanks to Carton House for the use of the main lake for the competition. Thats most things wrapped up till Xmas lads hope you all enjoyed the year  we had one of the driest year on record and some of the biggest trout out of the Rye in many a year, with numerous anglers beating their PB this year, hopefully we will get a bit more water next year but not too much. Don't forget the fly tying is in full flight each Thursday evening in the back room of St Marys GAA all welcome P.S its not only about tying flies its also a bit of craic and good place to pick up tips etc.

Enjoy the Xmas
Tight Lines
LADAA


Our winner Frank Dempsey receives his trophy 



 Donal weilding the new BBQ tools to good effect 


 Everyone was glad to see Donal and a few burgers at lunch time 


A good turn out on the day

Tuesday 5 November 2013

AGM Date Change

Hi All
The Date for the upcoming AGM has been changed due to a large amount of members away/unable to attend due to prior engagement, it has been rescheduled to Friday 22nd November 2013.

Tight Lines
LADAA

Tuesday 8 October 2013

Last Chance 2013

Hi All
Only got the results of the Last Chance comp last night and sorry to say it wasn't great with only one fish caught by the winner of the comp Kevin Tipper (we wont blame his gillie for the day who might claim some kudos points for putting him on the fish while he blanked along with everyone else, or the fact that he fished in the Leinster qualifiers the day before on the same lake, only joking). It was a very slow day with most happy to see Donal and the fry up at lunch time many thanks again to Donal for his efforts although we might have to get him some BBQ tools as the plastic fork didn't really cut it.
This win sowed up what was one of the tightest Leagues we have had since it began. Kevin Tipper won this as well, he put in a lot of effort this year and it paid off well done Kevin the League trophy will be presented to him as usual at the AGM which this year is scheduled for the Friday 15th November in St Marys GAA Leixlip.
The fly tying is due to start back Thursday the 7th November in the back room of St Marys GAA Leixlip all welcome, we are going to try to bring in some guest speakers this year and do a few features on casting techniques, tackle selection, cleaning, maintenance etc it will be very interesting to say the least a good chance for both the experienced & novice angler to learn something new.
We will post the info here on the blog so you will know whats coming up.

Tight Lines
LADAA
Returning from a long mornings casting 

A hat for the more fashion conscious 

Thank God for Donal's fry up


Ahh but they were happy


Kevin Tipper gets his Trophy well done.

Tuesday 20 August 2013

The Sedge (Trout League round 7)

Hi All
The second last leg of the Trout League was fished on Sunday evening and a fine evening with just a couple of short showers greeted the anglers who turned out. There wasn't a great hatch but that didn't put a dampener on proceedings as some anglers had a grand evenings fishing. This round was won by Jason Nolan with 7 trout for an over all total of 72inches Dermott Mitchell was second with 3 trout for 42 inches Dermott also took the bonus point for the biggest fish on the night with a massive 20inch trout a fish of a lifetime well done to both. Martin Murray also had a nice 15 inch trout continuing the run of fine trout caught on the rye this year all the conservation work is paying off as we have seen over the course of the year. The trout league which was quite close is now set up for a last day show down between Kevin Tipper & Jason Nolan who are neck & neck level on points at the top of the league, looks like it will have to be sorted out on Lough Owel in the quite fittingly named "Last Chance  Competition" to decide who wins the league.

Tight Lines
LADAA

Thursday 15 August 2013

The Green Peter

Hi All
The Green Peter comp was well attended as usual with a fine BBQ afterwards, Donal as usual providing his culinary skills to keep everyone full of burgers.
There were lots of burgers but sad to say not many fish with only 2 trout making it to the weigh in, low water levels & high water temperatures may have contributed to the lack of fish, but this didn't dampen sprits as the banter on the bank afterwards will testify to.
John Brennan won with Gerry Woods second well done to both for catching a fish on such a tough night.
Dont forget the last river leg of the Trout League is on this Sunday and with some heavy rain forecast for today it might freshen things up for Sunday evening, meet at the Intel football pitches  car park @ 7:30pm fishing from 8-10pm.
Hope to see you all there.
Tight Lines
LADAA

Friday 26 July 2013

Green Peter Comp this weekend

Hi All
Don't forget the Green Peter comp is on this weekend on Lough Owel Meet at Jack Doolin's at the south end of the Lough, if you need a boat you should contact Dave Gadd as per the text last week.
Also dont forget the BBQ afterwards always a good occasion with banter & craic served up in large quantities.
Tight Lines.
LADAA

Tuesday 16 July 2013

A Record Breaking Evening

Hi All
Martin Dowling & Jason Nolan were out last week on the river and were treated to a fine evenings fishing, it was quite foggy/misty which normally means the trout will have no interest but some times tenacity pays off and thats exactly what happened. After several fish of varying size from 10-13 inches each, they both broke their records for their biggest trout from the Rye River it was Zoo Creatures all round.

Also Brendan O Reilly has asked that any fish scale samples you have so far be returned for posting to Martin O'Grady for processing, anyone helping with the sampling can continue until the end of the season and if you need further envelopes please contact Brendan.

Also in other news we have installed a red reflector on a tree to mark the crossing point to the new path to the football pitches car park, when heading upstream the crossing point is just past the red reflector about 15 meters upstream on your right, the reflector shows up well when illuminated with a torch.


Martin Dowling had this fine lump a PB of 17 inches

Jason Nolan had this torpedo a fish of a lifetime his PB a 20 inch Trout on a 6'6" 3 wt rod it was fun!

Thursday 11 July 2013

A Saturday on the Rye

Hi All
Aoife & Frank Hall were out on the Rye last Saturday afternoon Frank had a few fish during the day but fishing New Zealand style Aoife stole the show with this 17.5" lump pictured below, Well done Aoife.


Monday 8 July 2013

Trout League Round 5

Hi All
The 5th round of the Trout League was fished last night in glorious weather, the canis fly were out in force again which made the ideal conditions not so ideal with only a couple of fish being caught in day light hours. An excellent sedge hatch developed as dusk set in with the bigger trout coming out to play as darkness descended. Kevin Tipper won this round of the league with a fine trout of 15 inches,  Jason Nolan was 2nd with a 13.5 inch trout & Dermot Mitchell 3rd with an 11inch trout. All the anglers felt the competition was only hotting up when we had to finish, it was suggested that next year it might be an idea if it was fished on a Saturday so a later finish time could be availed of. All enjoyed the evenings fishing and the balmy temperatures even if it did get a little sweaty in the waders, one angler who was wearing neoprene's thought he lost about 2 stone over the course of the evening that will save the cost of a gym membership so. Next round is the Green Peter in Lough Owel on the 27th July which is always a good evenings fishing and a BBQ afterwards is always well received.
Thigh Lines.

Heres a photo of one of the fish caught last evening a nice 13.5 inch which secured 2nd for Jason Nolan

Saturday 6 July 2013

Trout League Round 5

Hi All
The trout league round 5 will be fished tomorrow evening 7th July meet in the Intel football pitch car park @ 7:30pm fishing from 8-11pm. With the league so tight across the top ten this should be a very interesting round. A few of the lads have been down on the river lately reports suggest the dreaded cainis fly has returned although there was also a good sedge hatch later on.
We hope to see you all Sunday.
Tight Lines

Tuesday 18 June 2013

The Intel Trophy 2013

Hi All
The Intel Trophy was fished on Sunday a rainy evening greeted the anglers who turned out for an evenings fishing and a bit of craic.
A good turn out on the night with everyone catching some fish and enjoying the evening even if it was raining.
One angler reckoned it would be drier under water than it was above, he was wrong, we wont call it fell in more lost his balance and instead of fighting it accepted his faith and sat down a wet but wise choice.
Kevin Tipper won the event with a fine haul of 69 inches with Aidan Crean 2nd  & Gianluca 3rd.
Well done Kevin and all who braved the weather for a good evening on the Rye.
The League table is now up to date with a double haul of points to be added to it (the festival comp points and the intel trophy points) it has certainly gotten very tight at the top of the league with only a point between most anglers in the top ten at this stage, with no clear leader anyone could win it. With River clean ups etc its been a very busy few weeks, now its all done we hope to enjoy some fishing in our nice clean river.

Tight Lines

Thursday 6 June 2013

River Clean Up 2013

Hi All
The Leixlip Anglers & The Leixlip Tidy Towns combined forces again yesterday evening to clean out the Rye & Liffey rivers. As was the case last time there was more rubbish in the rivers than anyone realised with 2 & a half bulging trailer loads being removed mostly metal from ranging from crowd barriers to men at work signs quite fitting as it happened as all the volunteers worked really hard during the evening to drag all that rubbish out of the river. A massive well done to all involved.
An impromptu game of River volley ball although I don't know if the choice of swim suits will attract much TV coverage

Gerry Woods Leixlip Anglers puts the finishing touches to the 2nd trailer load of rubbish

Leixlip Tidy Towns take the last load of rubbish to the dump 

An evenings hard work over but I'm sure that bin can take more coke bottles

The Festival Competition 2013

Hi All
There was a good turn out for the Festival competition as usual with over 20 anglers fishing the river some had more success than others. We were greeted with a fine evening for fishing a little windy at first but that calmed down to leave a still warm evening, the hatch didn't arrive until late the same can be said for the Trout someone should have told them they were invited earlier, with most fish being caught late the winning fish didn't arrive until after 10pm Brendan OReilly caught it a fine 20inch trout. Everyone enjoyed the evening with a pint or two to round it out in the River Forest afterwards.
Well done Brendan a fine Trout by any measure.
A Good turn out on the night an evenings fishing done now off to the River Forest for a pint 

Aiden Crean presenting Brendan with the Trophy 

Wednesday 29 May 2013

The Festival Competition 2013

Hi All
Don't forget the Leixlip Festival Competition is on this Friday 31st May 2013 @7pm we will meet in the old pipe factory at the end of the mill lane (right at the fire station and down to the end of the lane red gate on the right) hope to see you all there, don't forget all welcome it is an open competition however under 18's must be accompanied by an adult.
Hope to see you all there.
We have added a new links page to some helpful web site like water levels & Liffey releases, both Liffey & Rye water levels can be checked on line using these links.

Tight lines

Thursday 23 May 2013

A Lough Ree Lump

Hi All
Hope you are all keeping well, the river is quite low at the minute almost down to summer levels even though the temperatures aren't up to summer levels yet.
The cold weather didn't stop Gerry Woods catching a fine Lump of a Trout on a recent trip to Lough Ree on a Mayfly Nymph nice one Gerry sure you will all agree a fine fish.

Gianluca also had another fine trout out of the Rye recently caught on a nymph below.



Also we are going to join forces with the Leixlip Tidy Towns again as we did a couple of years ago when we hauled a massive pile of rubbish out of the river.
We are planning to do another clean up of the lower Rye & Liffey this year after the Festival is over, the date we are aiming at is Wednesday 5th of June meet at the Scouts Den @ 7pm for a few hours cleaning, we will need as many anglers as we can muster to drag the rubbish out of the river to the tidy towns volunteers who are going to help us get it to a central point for disposal remember the more anglers we can put in the river the less work each will have to do.
Thankfully the river is not as bad as it was a couple of years ago so it shouldn't be as big a job as it was then. However the Liffey does need a bit more work than the Rye in particular at the back of the court yard & car park. So see you all there a text will be sent out to confirm the time & date & it will be confirmed here on the blog as well.
Tight Lines. 



Monday 13 May 2013

Jr Comp 2013

Hi All
All the Jr members turned out for the competition and were greeted with a showery blustery day but that didn't dampen the spirits any all were raring to get fishing.
Everyone saw some action on the day even if some fish were lost and there were a good few caught as well.
Philip Byrne won the competition with Niall Flood 2nd as no one else landed a fish we had an impromptu raffle for third prize.
The fishing standards have much improved this year with the Jr members.
It wont be long before their in mixing it with the seniors.
Well done to all who fished in the comp.

Thursday 18 April 2013

A Few Good Fish

Hi All
A couple of our new members have discovered some of the hidden gems in our river (well the big ones do tend to hide themselves well). Both Dermott Mitchell & Gianluca Paolella had a few good trips down to the river this year the weather looked bad but the fishing looked great well done lads below are a few photos taken by them on the day enjoy.
p.s on the trout league table it seems our blog was effected by the Gmail issues over the past few days making posting tables or very large items to the blog impossible for the minute we could only get a small version to post so you may have to get out the binoculars to view it, we will of course rectify this when blogger returns to normal operation.
Tight Lines
Dermott with some fine trout above & below


Gianluca with a fin perfect trout

Nothing like a good bend in a rod

A good days fishing by anyones standards well done lads 

Tuesday 16 April 2013

The Hawthorn Cup

Hi All
The Hawthorn Cup was fished on Sunday the 14th April a good turn out on quite a blustery day to say the least, however most anglers found a few sheltered spots to get some fishing in.
Fly life was present but most flies were blown off the river quickly, very few fish rising for them.
Kevin McLaughlin won the event on a tough day with 2 fish for an over all total of 18 inches well  done Kevin.  A lot of anglers caught fish around 8-9 inches but the bigger stamp of fish didn't come out to play they properly had more sense to be out on such a windy day. Only one fish over 12 inches was caught by angler Dermot Mitchell. Hopefully the Hawthorns will make an appearance for the JR competition on the 28th of this month.
We are having some difficulties posting the Trout league table it will be updated as soon as these bugs are worked out.
Tight Lines

Kevin McLaughlin being presented with the Hawthorn Cup

Some of the anglers who braved the windy conditions

Wednesday 10 April 2013

Hawthorn Cup Sunday 14th April

Hi all
The Hawthorn Cup is on this Sunday 14th April as usual all welcome the weather looks like it will be favourable heres to hoping. In the absence of a conclusion to the car park issue we will meet in the Lidl car park in Leixlip @ 10:30 am fishing from 11am -3pm. Also it was noted at last nights meeting that some members have not yet paid this years fees please forward your membership fee to Michael Callaghan as soon as possible. The Trout scale sampling is also about to get underway if you are interested in helping this process please contact Brendan O'Reilly for sample envelopes & information on the sampling process. Hope to see you all on Sunday for what should be a good mornings fishing and a bit of craic. Just a note to any new members or beginners Leixlip anglers competitions are more of a get together than a formal competition  if you need any hints or tips thats the place to get them.
Tight Lines.

Wednesday 27 March 2013

27th March 2013 what a difference a year makes

Hi All
What a difference a year makes here are a few photos taken this morning on the Rye bridge in Leixlip.
Last year on the 24th March we had the Paddy's day comp in blistering 20 degree temperatures which lasted more than a week this morning just over a year later the contrast is stark.




Monday 18 March 2013

Paddy's Day Comp 2013

Hi All
The St Patricks day comp was held today and there was a fine turn out on such a drizzly morning, however the whether forecasters got it wrong again as the day cleared up nicely to provide lovely fishing conditions. There was a good spill of rain over night which added a nice tinge of colour to the water & rose the level about 4 inches from mid week levels, water temps were still quite low for this time of year only 4 degrees.
Nymphs were the order of the day with 28 fish caught, only a couple fell for dry flies the rest nymphs.
Different techniques were used New Zealand, Czech, French, upstream & downstream with New Zealand proving the best on the day with both Michael Callaghan & new member Kevin Tipper both using variants  of that style to good effect jointly winning the competition with a 13 inch fish each.
They agreed to share the trophy 6 months each for the year well done lads.
All enjoyed the fry up before hand many thanks to all the cooks the bacon sandwiches were much appreciated.
Here are some pictures taken during the day.
Tight Lines


Nothing like a bacon sandwich to sort you out for the day


Garreth John facing into the worst of the weather it did get better



Michael Callaghan with his winning 13 inch Trout


Kevin Tipper & Michael Callaghan Joint Winners well done lads

Thursday 14 March 2013

Patricks Day Comp 18th March 2013

Hi All
The Paddy's day comp will be run on Monday 18th March we will meet in Kellystown Lane in the absence of a conclusion to the car park issue. Fry up before hand at 10am fishing from 11am till 3pm.
Hope to see you all there for what is always a good mornings entertainment with a bit of fishing thrown in to boot.
Tight Lines

1st March 2013

Hi All
The first of March has been and gone thank God its a new season, hope you all over wintered well now its time to get back in the river and burn off a few pounds wading.
There were a good few lads out on the 1st  Michael Callaghan, Gordan King, Garreth John, Martin Murray & Jason and Kerri Nolan were all out for the new season all caught a few fish and went home happy.
The water temp was a bitter 5 degrees a major change from last year which saw almost hot tub temps in the river at this time of year, temps of 10 degrees were recorded throughout the river last year on the 1st March.
Very little fly life was seen with only a few March Browns and a couple of olives seen hatching.
Pheasant tail Nymphs proved the order of the day with the resident trout happy to gobble them up.
Here are a few pic taken on the day to wet your appetite.



 

9am first Trout of the year 

Michael Callaghan with his first catch of the year



Once more into the breach dear friend (had to pick the dangerous side)

Gordan King with his first catch of the year

Kerri Nolan also made the day count with her first Trout of the new season

Hope to see you all on the river soon.
Tight lines