The Hawthorn Cup

Hi All
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.

Tight Lines
LADAA

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

Hi All
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.

Tight lines
LADAA

Paddys Day Comp

Hi
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

Hi All
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

2014 Calendar 11 days to go

Hi All
Only 11 sleeps until the start of the new season waahoooo! hope you all got some nice shiny new fishing equipment off santa and can't wait to try it out on the river.
The 2014 calendar is now posted just to wet your appetite, we had a fine year last year with some amazing fish being caught at some crazy hours of the day/night, 2013 will certainly go down as the driest hottest summer anyone can remember on the Rye with water levels at a constant low, quite the contrast since November as its been in flood since then hopefully it will have dropped before the first of March.
A WORD OF WARNING the fisheries board & Intel have carried out some improvement works between the big rock and the small farmers bridge at the back of intel this stretch was quite shallow  and fast flowing holding very few fish it now has deep holes some to 2 mtrs so caution is needed in this stretch until you are familiar with the changes.

Tight Lines
See you all on the 1st
LADAA

Rye Flood 30th December 2013

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Hope you all got something nice from santa and are all ready for the new year celebrations, the river rose considerably last night heres a few pics taken today, its quite the flood and quite the tree stuck at the distillery bridge.

 What a place to put a tree

 The weir all but engulfed

  The over flow getting a good wash out

 1meter at the middle measuring post

 The bottom weir nearly covered

The willow tree still hanging on at Leixlip bridge

The Pike

Hi All
The Pike competition was fished in Carton Estate Sunday 24th November, it was a fine day with a good few pike caught Frank Dempsey had the best of the fishing on the day winning the comp by the end well done Frank. Donal was finally presented with a new set of BBQ tools, no more flavour of plastic ice scrapers in the sausages then and many thanks to Donal and Dave for looking after the food. Many thanks to Carton House for the use of the main lake for the competition. Thats most things wrapped up till Xmas lads hope you all enjoyed the year  we had one of the driest year on record and some of the biggest trout out of the Rye in many a year, with numerous anglers beating their PB this year, hopefully we will get a bit more water next year but not too much. Don't forget the fly tying is in full flight each Thursday evening in the back room of St Marys GAA all welcome P.S its not only about tying flies its also a bit of craic and good place to pick up tips etc.

Enjoy the Xmas
Tight Lines
LADAA

Our winner Frank Dempsey receives his trophy 

 Donal weilding the new BBQ tools to good effect 

 Everyone was glad to see Donal and a few burgers at lunch time 

A good turn out on the day