Leixlip Festival Competition

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The Festival competition fished very well with a lot of fish caught over measurable length. a good night was had by all with the Liffey low for a change (whats seldom is wonderful). The best fish caught on the night was a 17" Trout caught by Brian Coffey, 3 anglers had a 15" fish to secure them second place and a series of fish below that in the low teens made up the top six. Most notable was joint 3rd place with a 14" trout was Paul Hegearty who has shown much improved form over the last few competitions well done Paul keep up the hard work its paying off.
A great turn out for this competition as always heres a few anglers who were left at the end for a picture see below.

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Access works behind the Pipe Factory

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Some of the members were down working hard to improve access along the bank at the rear of the pipe factory and I think you will agree did a sterling job see pictures below, well done lads.
Don't forget the Festival competition is on next Friday.

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After

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Kevin Catches a Lump

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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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