Congratulations to Gerry Heaslip for winning the Ryder Cup today on Bohernabreena Resevoirs. It was tough fishing conditions with 5 anglers catching fish. Tom Hipwell was 2nd and John O‘Neill was 3rd. All to play for heading to the last competition of the year the McCarron cup in 24th September.
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DTAA success at the Interprovincials
Huge congratulations to Paul Delaney for qualifying for the Irish team at yesterdays Interprovincials. And to Justin Clarke for making reserves.Leinster won on the day congratulations to all.
Elvery Cup 2022
Great day today for the Elvery Cup fished on Lough Lene by an eager 28 members. Super conditions but the fish were hard got even though there were plenty showing and brought up. Gerry Heaslip took top spot with a fish of 3.2 lbs, 2nd – Tom Hipwell 3.13 lbs , 3rd John O’Neill 3.07 […]
John’s Welshman’s Button
Grateful to John O’Neill for this excellent tying of the classic sedge pattern: The Welshman’s Button The Welshman’s Button is a sedge that hatches from morning till dusk, mid May right through the summer with small hatches in early August and even as late as September on lough Mask. Lough Ennell, Sheelin, Ree and Conn […]
Donal’s picks for Conn
DTAA member and expert fly tier, Donal Raftery presents his two picks. These are Donal’s go-to flies when fishing the magnificent Lough Conn at Mayfly time and he’d have these on his cast on any lough when the hatch is on. Big thanks to Donal. Please feel free to like and share…. On the left […]
Cathal’s Red Arsed Olive Green Stimulator!
If he had to pick one fly, DTAA Secretary Cathal McDonnell would choose the Red Arsed Olive Green Stimulator. Best fished in a wave on Lough Conn. David Dinsmore gave Cathal one of these flies on his first trip to Lough Conn and it has got fish at most of his Lough Conn & Cullin […]
Mark’s Olives
Olives. DTAA member Mark McAllister says that Olives are showing on the Tourmakeady shore this time of year and he’s had success with his friend and clubmate, Nessan Kelly’s Olives. When asked, Nessan emphasised that these were not “his” olives, they were tied after Dennis Moss’s pattern, the Dark Olive Midge page 57 of Trout […]
Hawthorn Fly
DTAA Committee member and ecologist John Harrington has noticed good hatches of hawthorn flies around at the moment, great fishing when they’re blown onto the water. John’s tying for hawthorn (first picture): Hook b160 size 12, Thread black uni 8, Body tied black 3 pheasant fibres tied half way round bend, fine silver wire reverse […]
John’s flies
Two beauties from John O’Neill The first is a Picric french partridge variant and the second is a Wulff.
Fran’s Peter Ross Hopper
A Peter Ross Hopper from DTAA Committee member, Fran Nugent. This pattern that has caught many fish on the upper Bohernabreena Reservoir, This works really well from June on to the end of Season and is very easy to tie. Hook – B175 size 14/12 Rib – Silver wire Body – 2/3 Silver tinsel 1/3 […]