Hi All
Well its nearly here the elusive 1st of March, it only shows itself once a year so get those rods cleaned, those reels oiled, all those little flies in a line all regimented like little soldiers ready to do battle and that fly line out stretched & conditioned, because when its gone its gone. OMG it really has been too long a wait I'm starting to turn into JR Hartly 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂. Joking aside hopefully the stars align for us this year and the river will be fishable the temperature will be up and the sun out and we will have a whale of a time.
Hope to see you all out there on the 1st............... well not necessarily all of you, its not that big a river there would be no where left for anyone to fish.
Tight Lines
LDAA
Monday, 12 February 2018
Monday, 20 November 2017
The Last Chance
Hi All
Well as you may have guessed the Last Chance Comp was not fished, due to weather conditions & bad timing there was no opportunity to hold the competition, this was very disappointing as we were denied a last day title decider shoot out between 4 anglers for the League title a pity as in all the years the league has run it has never gone down to a last day shoot out. Although our streak of different winners of all competitions this year was maintained which doesn't happen often. So with that said congratulations to all our competition winners this year Eduard Dondea, Jason Nolan, Aidan Crean, Kevin McLaughlin, Noel Fitzpatrick, Roy Sanderson and Chris Haynes also congrats to our league winner Jason Nolan.
The AGM is set for Thursday the 23rd November 2017 in St Mary's GAA starting at 8:30pm.
The Pike Competition will be the following Sunday 26th November in Carton House fishing starts at 10am, lunch @ 1pm finish @3pm, €5 entry fee, club members only and single barbless hook applies.
hope to see you all at the AGM & Pike Comp this weekend.
Tight Lines
LDAA
Well as you may have guessed the Last Chance Comp was not fished, due to weather conditions & bad timing there was no opportunity to hold the competition, this was very disappointing as we were denied a last day title decider shoot out between 4 anglers for the League title a pity as in all the years the league has run it has never gone down to a last day shoot out. Although our streak of different winners of all competitions this year was maintained which doesn't happen often. So with that said congratulations to all our competition winners this year Eduard Dondea, Jason Nolan, Aidan Crean, Kevin McLaughlin, Noel Fitzpatrick, Roy Sanderson and Chris Haynes also congrats to our league winner Jason Nolan.
The AGM is set for Thursday the 23rd November 2017 in St Mary's GAA starting at 8:30pm.
The Pike Competition will be the following Sunday 26th November in Carton House fishing starts at 10am, lunch @ 1pm finish @3pm, €5 entry fee, club members only and single barbless hook applies.
hope to see you all at the AGM & Pike Comp this weekend.
Tight Lines
LDAA
Friday, 22 September 2017
The Clonanav Cup
Hi All
The delayed running of the Clonanav Cup was held on Saturday the 9th September and is our final update before the last competition this weekend the aptly named "Last Chance".
Well back to the cup there was a brisk north westerly breeze to start which may have put some anglers off attending, however the evening improved as it wore on. Daddy long legs proved effective for our winner on the night Chris Haynes who had the biggest & most fish for a clean sweep on a difficult evening, even though Chris had sent us in some specular pictures of beautiful trout he regularly catches on the Rye over the years, he has never won one of the competitions so I'm sure you will all join me in congratulating him on his maiden win, well done Chris and good call with the daddy's. With Chris winning this comp it has maintained the trend this year that every completion has been won by a different person now that doesn't happen often.
Jason Nolan was 2nd & Ger Walsh was 3rd which changes the top of the league again this year as Jason has now over taken Dermot Mitchell into 1st place, with Kevin McLaughlin & Aidan Crean just behind in 3 & 4 place respectively, with nine points up for grabs for a clean sweep in the final competition any of the anglers in 2nd 3rd & 4th place could leap into 1st place and win this years league. This is the first time the league has come down tho the aptly named "Last Chance" and with 2 experienced lake anglers within striking distance of the top things may look very different on Sunday.
Tight Lines
LDAA
The delayed running of the Clonanav Cup was held on Saturday the 9th September and is our final update before the last competition this weekend the aptly named "Last Chance".
Well back to the cup there was a brisk north westerly breeze to start which may have put some anglers off attending, however the evening improved as it wore on. Daddy long legs proved effective for our winner on the night Chris Haynes who had the biggest & most fish for a clean sweep on a difficult evening, even though Chris had sent us in some specular pictures of beautiful trout he regularly catches on the Rye over the years, he has never won one of the competitions so I'm sure you will all join me in congratulating him on his maiden win, well done Chris and good call with the daddy's. With Chris winning this comp it has maintained the trend this year that every completion has been won by a different person now that doesn't happen often.
Jason Nolan was 2nd & Ger Walsh was 3rd which changes the top of the league again this year as Jason has now over taken Dermot Mitchell into 1st place, with Kevin McLaughlin & Aidan Crean just behind in 3 & 4 place respectively, with nine points up for grabs for a clean sweep in the final competition any of the anglers in 2nd 3rd & 4th place could leap into 1st place and win this years league. This is the first time the league has come down tho the aptly named "Last Chance" and with 2 experienced lake anglers within striking distance of the top things may look very different on Sunday.
Tight Lines
LDAA
Ger Walsh Tresurer Presenting Chris Haynes with the Clonanav Cup
Monday, 18 September 2017
The Sedge Shield
Hi All
The Sedge Shield was fished on Saturday 12th August and a plesent evening greeted the anglers who turned out for it. As Sedges buzzed around the car park a good evenings fishing was anticipated and most weren't to be disappointed.
Roy Sanderson won the Shield on the night with a fine total of 56.5 inches and had the largest fish at 16.5 inches well done Roy, Dermot Mitchell was second and Jason Nolan was 3rd. All had an enjoyable evening with the usual banter back in the car park afterwards. 2nd place puts Dermot Mitchell to the top of the league table for the first time this year hotly pursued by Kevin McLaughlin & Jason Nolan 2 points behind with Aidan Crean a further point back there are 4 anglers who could still win the league this year with just 2 competitions left this should be a good run in.
Heres some pictures taken on the night.
Tight Lines
LDAA.
The Sedge Shield was fished on Saturday 12th August and a plesent evening greeted the anglers who turned out for it. As Sedges buzzed around the car park a good evenings fishing was anticipated and most weren't to be disappointed.
Roy Sanderson won the Shield on the night with a fine total of 56.5 inches and had the largest fish at 16.5 inches well done Roy, Dermot Mitchell was second and Jason Nolan was 3rd. All had an enjoyable evening with the usual banter back in the car park afterwards. 2nd place puts Dermot Mitchell to the top of the league table for the first time this year hotly pursued by Kevin McLaughlin & Jason Nolan 2 points behind with Aidan Crean a further point back there are 4 anglers who could still win the league this year with just 2 competitions left this should be a good run in.
Heres some pictures taken on the night.
Tight Lines
LDAA.
Jason Nolan Presenting our winner Roy Sanderson with the Sedge Shield
Roy's Largest fish 16.5 inches a fine Trout well done Roy
Wednesday, 13 September 2017
The Green Peter
Hi All
The green peter competition was fished this year with some success when compared to last year which was not good. Fish were caught this year Hooray! the best of which fell to Noel Fitzpatrick who won the competition on the day, well done Noel. Declan Shannen was 2nd and Brian McDonagh was 3rd. Well done to all who fished. We have no photos as yet, if anyone took any photos on the day please send them to the Leixlip anglers email & we will post them here.
As you all know the blog is a bit behind schedule (a decision taken by the comity to slow down the flow of info relating to catches on the river on social media due to increased attention the rivers was getting from poachers) with that in mind here is the first update in a while, there are 2 more to come, the Sedge Shield & the delayed Clonanav Cup which have both been fished and results will be posted over the coming days so stay tuned, the league table is at the same stage e.g green peter and will be updated in unison with the competition updates, the league which is quite tight this year with any of 6 anglers in with a chance of winning it.
Tight Lines
LDAA
The green peter competition was fished this year with some success when compared to last year which was not good. Fish were caught this year Hooray! the best of which fell to Noel Fitzpatrick who won the competition on the day, well done Noel. Declan Shannen was 2nd and Brian McDonagh was 3rd. Well done to all who fished. We have no photos as yet, if anyone took any photos on the day please send them to the Leixlip anglers email & we will post them here.
As you all know the blog is a bit behind schedule (a decision taken by the comity to slow down the flow of info relating to catches on the river on social media due to increased attention the rivers was getting from poachers) with that in mind here is the first update in a while, there are 2 more to come, the Sedge Shield & the delayed Clonanav Cup which have both been fished and results will be posted over the coming days so stay tuned, the league table is at the same stage e.g green peter and will be updated in unison with the competition updates, the league which is quite tight this year with any of 6 anglers in with a chance of winning it.
Tight Lines
LDAA
Monday, 19 June 2017
The Intel Trophy
Hi All
The intel Trophy was fished on the weekend and what fabulous weather greeted the Leixlip Anglers, with anticipation of a good evenings fishing all set out for the river, many with different tactics in mind how to handle this weather, some suggesting fish early with dry flies & nymphs, some suggesting hold off till dusk & attack then with the sedge, who was correct, turns out all of them as fish were caught all through the evening & into the night.
We had a tie for first place with Dermot Mitchell & Kevin McLaughlin both catching 68 inches for their bag total, the winner was decided on count back in the end with Kevin McLaughlin winning out with his biggest fish of 15 inches trumping Dermot's biggest of 12 inches.
Sean Meila was third with 66 inches.
Well done Kevin one of very few people to win the Intel trophy in back to back years who's name isn't Brian Coffey (Ha Ha Ha) and well done to all who fished on a cracking evening and caught loads of fish, who says you can't catch in bright sunlight.
The League table is now fully up to date and is heating up nicely with 2 lake & 2 river comps still to come only one point covers the top 5 places, the next couple of competitions will prove instrumental in deciding who rises to the top.
Tight Lines
LDAA
The intel Trophy was fished on the weekend and what fabulous weather greeted the Leixlip Anglers, with anticipation of a good evenings fishing all set out for the river, many with different tactics in mind how to handle this weather, some suggesting fish early with dry flies & nymphs, some suggesting hold off till dusk & attack then with the sedge, who was correct, turns out all of them as fish were caught all through the evening & into the night.
We had a tie for first place with Dermot Mitchell & Kevin McLaughlin both catching 68 inches for their bag total, the winner was decided on count back in the end with Kevin McLaughlin winning out with his biggest fish of 15 inches trumping Dermot's biggest of 12 inches.
Sean Meila was third with 66 inches.
Well done Kevin one of very few people to win the Intel trophy in back to back years who's name isn't Brian Coffey (Ha Ha Ha) and well done to all who fished on a cracking evening and caught loads of fish, who says you can't catch in bright sunlight.
The League table is now fully up to date and is heating up nicely with 2 lake & 2 river comps still to come only one point covers the top 5 places, the next couple of competitions will prove instrumental in deciding who rises to the top.
Tight Lines
LDAA
What a cracking evening squint for the camera guys
Aidan Crean presenting Kevin McLaughlin with the trophy well done Kevin
The Festival Comp
Hi All
The festival competition was fished Friday 2nd June, our lowest ever turn out for this competition on what proved a very good nights fishing with some fine trout caught. Aidan Crean had the biggest fish on the night winning the comp with a 15.5 inch trout, a 3 way tie for 2nd with Matt Cunningham, Kevin McLaughlin & Donal Connelly all catching a trout 14 inches and Michael Callaghan third with a 13 inch trout. Well done Aidan and all who fished the comp on an interesting evening.
As good a nights fishing as it was this didn't stop the heavens opening up around 10:15 pm when the rain came down in bucket fulls forcing everyone to take cover until it stopped at 11pm conveniently just before we went to the pub.
Tight Lines
LDAA
The festival competition was fished Friday 2nd June, our lowest ever turn out for this competition on what proved a very good nights fishing with some fine trout caught. Aidan Crean had the biggest fish on the night winning the comp with a 15.5 inch trout, a 3 way tie for 2nd with Matt Cunningham, Kevin McLaughlin & Donal Connelly all catching a trout 14 inches and Michael Callaghan third with a 13 inch trout. Well done Aidan and all who fished the comp on an interesting evening.
As good a nights fishing as it was this didn't stop the heavens opening up around 10:15 pm when the rain came down in bucket fulls forcing everyone to take cover until it stopped at 11pm conveniently just before we went to the pub.
Tight Lines
LDAA
A Few Good Men (sometimes thats all you need)
Aidan Crean our winner presented with the trophy by Michael Callaghan
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