Kevin Catches a Lump

Hi All

Kevin Tipper was down on the river this week on his day off and had himself a fine trout of 20 inches He Writes, "some craic on the 7 foot 10 " 3 weight  :-) my Pb on the Rye , took me 15 minutes to play out , got him on size 14 Cove style PTN with a black 2.5 mm bead barbless hook.
Well done Kevin a Fish of a Lifetime on the Rye.
Hers a few pics taken of it below.

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Liffey Shield

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We had a team fishing in the Liffey Shield on Saturday 25th April Peter Doherty,  Kevin McLaughlin, Dermott Mitchell & Gianluca Paolella fish for the club, while the didn't win they acquitted themselves well and all caught on the day. Well done lads and well done to the organisers who have improved the Liffey Shield Competition dramatically from what it was some years ago.
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Jr Competition

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The Jr competition was fished on Sunday 26th April all the usual suspects turned out for the days action which turned out to be good as all caught fish. The weather was also well behaved in comparison to the gale which was blowing last year this was much appreciated. The competition was won by Connor Callaghan with a lovely 12 inch trout caught on a Hawthorn Fly.
Well done Connor and all who fished on the day, also thanks to the seniors who left the river to them on the day it was much appreciated. Heres a few photos below taken on the day.

Kerri, Connor, Andrew & James heading for a nice days fishing

Kerri delighted with her 91/2 inch trout which got her 3rd place

The Hawthorn Cup

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The Hawthorn Cup was fished Sunday the 13th April and as predicted in the post below the conditions were just about perfect. Large quanties of smolt & par were caught which bodes well for the future.
A good turnout a day when most anglers caught something even if it was endless par. Some anglers however had a red letter day with 3 anglers catching over 100" total length each, Dermott Mitchell was third with a handsome 105", Kevin Tipper who also had the largest single fish of the day (15 1/2")  was second with a whopping 122", but the winner on the day with a tape measure busting 161" was Jason Nolan. The river was in prime condition for nymph fishing with very few rising fish, although when the competition was over a few trout began to rise isn't it always the way. cheek out the photos below. In other news a rare sighting was seen on the Rye this week Iorn Blue Duns a fly not seen for many a year, no doubt there are some of these old favourites rattling around everyones fly box might be time they got wet on the Rye again.
P.S. Apologies to Kevin wrong picture see the correct one below.

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A few of the anglers who fished the comp we lost a few before the end if you find the down the river please send them home there dinners getting cold.

Kevin Tipper's 15 1/2" fish of the day

Poor auld Gianluca went down the day before and had this clonker a lovely fish but only par showed up on for him on the day of the competition, thats fishing for yea.

Aiden Crean presents Jason Nolan with the Hawthorn Cup.

Hawthorn Cup

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Just a reminder the Hawthorn Cup is on this Sunday 13th April, conditions should be perfect hope to see you all there. Meet 10:30am Intel football pitch car park fishing from 11am - 3pm.

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Paddys Day Comp

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All the Paddy's day comp was fished on the 16th of March this year, the weather was fine and the river had dropped a little from the 1st day of the season which made water conditions quite good on the day. There was the usual good turn out nothing like sausage & rasher sambos to tempt fishermen out of their winter slumber. Most caught fish and all went home happy. Kevin Tipper won with a 14 inch trout with Gianluca hot on his heals with a 13 inch fish in second. Well done lads. Heres a few pics taken on the day to wet your appetite before the Hawthorn Cup.

Kevin with his winning fish

Gianluca's second place fish

Kevin with his trophy he didn't have to share it this year

A good turn out all enjoyed the day

1st of March

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The first of March has been and gone and the Leixlip anglers were treated to a lovely sunny day with water levels at a low enough level to be able to wade it, albeit rather slowly.
All the usual suspects were out and all enjoyed their days fishing with most catching a fish or 2 all went home happy.
The river was both higher & colder than normal for this time of year measuring 600mm at the measuring stick at the distillery bridge and being only 6 degrees it was a stark contrast from last year when it was 400mm and 10 degrees, we can't win all the time.
In other news our Trout League Champion Kevin Tipper finally got his hands on his trophy last night when it was presented to him by our Chairman Aidan Crean.
Photos below tight lines see you all on the river soon.
LADAA

Michael Callaghan trying out his new rod

Kevin Tipper finally gets his League trophy well done Kevin