Hi All
Don't forget the Leixlip Festival Competition is on this Friday 31st May 2013 @7pm we will meet in the old pipe factory at the end of the mill lane (right at the fire station and down to the end of the lane red gate on the right) hope to see you all there, don't forget all welcome it is an open competition however under 18's must be accompanied by an adult.
Hope to see you all there.
We have added a new links page to some helpful web site like water levels & Liffey releases, both Liffey & Rye water levels can be checked on line using these links.
Tight lines
Wednesday, 29 May 2013
Thursday, 23 May 2013
A Lough Ree Lump
Hi All
Hope you are all keeping well, the river is quite low at the minute almost down to summer levels even though the temperatures aren't up to summer levels yet.
The cold weather didn't stop Gerry Woods catching a fine Lump of a Trout on a recent trip to Lough Ree on a Mayfly Nymph nice one Gerry sure you will all agree a fine fish.
Hope you are all keeping well, the river is quite low at the minute almost down to summer levels even though the temperatures aren't up to summer levels yet.
The cold weather didn't stop Gerry Woods catching a fine Lump of a Trout on a recent trip to Lough Ree on a Mayfly Nymph nice one Gerry sure you will all agree a fine fish.
Gianluca also had another fine trout out of the Rye recently caught on a nymph below.
Also we are going to join forces with the Leixlip Tidy Towns again as we did a couple of years ago when we hauled a massive pile of rubbish out of the river.
We are planning to do another clean up of the lower Rye & Liffey this year after the Festival is over, the date we are aiming at is Wednesday 5th of June meet at the Scouts Den @ 7pm for a few hours cleaning, we will need as many anglers as we can muster to drag the rubbish out of the river to the tidy towns volunteers who are going to help us get it to a central point for disposal remember the more anglers we can put in the river the less work each will have to do.
Thankfully the river is not as bad as it was a couple of years ago so it shouldn't be as big a job as it was then. However the Liffey does need a bit more work than the Rye in particular at the back of the court yard & car park. So see you all there a text will be sent out to confirm the time & date & it will be confirmed here on the blog as well.
Tight Lines.
Monday, 13 May 2013
Jr Comp 2013
Hi All
All the Jr members turned out for the competition and were greeted with a showery blustery day but that didn't dampen the spirits any all were raring to get fishing.
Everyone saw some action on the day even if some fish were lost and there were a good few caught as well.
Philip Byrne won the competition with Niall Flood 2nd as no one else landed a fish we had an impromptu raffle for third prize.
The fishing standards have much improved this year with the Jr members.
It wont be long before their in mixing it with the seniors.
Well done to all who fished in the comp.
All the Jr members turned out for the competition and were greeted with a showery blustery day but that didn't dampen the spirits any all were raring to get fishing.
Everyone saw some action on the day even if some fish were lost and there were a good few caught as well.
Philip Byrne won the competition with Niall Flood 2nd as no one else landed a fish we had an impromptu raffle for third prize.
The fishing standards have much improved this year with the Jr members.
It wont be long before their in mixing it with the seniors.
Well done to all who fished in the comp.
Thursday, 18 April 2013
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.
Tight Lines
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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.
Tight Lines
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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
Tuesday, 16 April 2013
The Hawthorn Cup
Hi All
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.
Tight Lines
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.
Tight Lines
Kevin McLaughlin being presented with the Hawthorn Cup
Some of the anglers who braved the windy conditions
Wednesday, 10 April 2013
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.
Tight Lines.
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.
Tight Lines.
Wednesday, 27 March 2013
27th March 2013 what a difference a year makes
Hi All
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.
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.
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