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!

A Saturday on the Rye

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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.

Trout League Round 5

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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

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

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

River Clean Up 2013

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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

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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