Rye Flood 28th June 2012

Hi All

Hope your all getting some fishing in some where, well not on the Rye and thats for sure another "Friday Flood" thats 3 in a row maybe third times the charm and this will be the last weekend washout for a while we can but hope.
Any how a few photos below of the current river condition I had to question which river was a tributary of which while taking these photos in Leixlip village yesterday evening enjoy.  No news on the car park situation as yet will keep you posted.

Festival Comp 2012

Hi All
A good turn out for the Leixlip Festival Competition Friday 1st June 2012. A good haul of fish caught by the anglers who were treated to a rare sight at the moment a low Liffey. There was a good hatch of several different species of fly with grey flags, yellow sally, Hawthorns, and small sedges so fly choice was made quite difficult on the night. We had a first for this competition on the night 2 winners both catching a 14 inch trout along with several others, they agreed to share there trophy for the year.
The winners were Brian Coffey & Jason Nolan well done to both.
The river fished well as soon as you had picked the right fly sedges worked well on the night.
No News as yet on the Intel Car Park situation we will keep you posted.
 

Intel Car Park

Hi All
More bad news for you today.
Intel have announced due to Construction Work in the North West car park, the parking facility which has been graciously extended to members of the Leixlip Anglers will discontinue on the 31st of May 2012.
An alternative parking area is currently being investigated by Intel & Leixlip Anglers and should hopefully be in place before the end of the month a text will be sent to all to inform everyone of the closure & again when a solution is arrived at.
Information will also be posted here on the blog.
Tight lines.

Poaching On The Rye

Hi All
Sorry to be the bringer of bad news.
We had a massive increase of POACHING on the river over the weekend several POACHERS were seen from Castle Park to Ryevale Lawns. Some very familiar faces who should know better at this stage were observed and the Fisheries Board were contacted to patrol the river, however their time is limited.
We are calling on all members to be extra vigilant over the coming weeks please keep a close eye on the river and report any poaching to our water keepers Jimmy Carroll & Brendan O'Reilly.
This kind of behavior must be stamped out our only weapon is constant vigilance.
Again sorry to bring bad news and hope to see you all on the river soon.

Liffey May Fly

Martin Murray was out & about around the Liffey over the weekend and captured this photo of one of the first May Fly's of the year.
Martin writes
While out for a walk along the liffey this afternoon , I  saw this mayfly - singular, not quite a hatch , but its a start !

Thanks Martin lets hope its the first of many!

Jr Comp 2012

Hi All
The Jr Comp was held on Sunday 22nd April we had a good turn out with numbers up from last year,
Everyone caught some fish and all got a prize at the end of the day, all went home happy.
From frogs to trout to salmon & deer nature was out in force to occupy young minds and if they got bored with all that there was always a tree to climb or a puddle to splash in.
Conor Callaghan caught his first trout during the competition which made him quite happy and Daddy quite proud.
Some of the more experienced lads are off with Johnny Brennan to fish in the Leinster Jr comp on lough Owel best of luck lads we all hope you have a great day.
Hope to see all of you on the river soon with a lot of rain on the way the fishing should be much better in the coming weeks.
Tight Lines.

A good turn out all raring to get fishing

Conor with his first trout and proud Dad on hand to help                                                   

Hawthorn Cup (Trout League Round 2)

Hi All
The Leixlip Anglers were greeted with a fine day for this round of the Trout league.
The Rye was again quite low for this time of year and the temprature had dropped well down from the balmy conditions we had for the Paddy's day comp, but this was not to deter the Leixlip anglers with again a good turn out for the league.
The hatch was very sporadic with some olives coming off late in the afternoon, with the breeze blowing them away quite quickly a sheltered spot was the order of the day for some dry fly fishing.
Michael Callaghan won this round of the Trout League with a lovely 13 inch Trout to the dry fly in tough conditions. This was Michael's maiden win in a competition with the Leixlip Anglers (well fishing competition anyway he won the tackle tart of the year last year) Well done Michael those prayers to the God of fishing did not go unanswered.

Michael Callaghan finally got his hands on the cup The Hawthorn Cup that is, he had to wait a while but it got here in the end. It was formally presented to him by Kevin McLaughlin at the last Trout League night. Well done Michael.