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.
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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 

The Hawthorn Cup

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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.
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Kevin McLaughlin being presented with the Hawthorn Cup

Some of the anglers who braved the windy conditions

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.
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27th March 2013 what a difference a year makes

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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.

Paddy's Day Comp 2013

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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.
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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

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.
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1st March 2013

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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.
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