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 […]
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Gerry’s Mayfly
Gerry’s variant on the International Dabbler is an outstanding wet fly for pulling up a trout in a good wave. It is Gerry’s own Mayfly pattern that he uses on Conn, Corrib and Mask. The wing and tail is bronze mallard, rib is gold wire, the thorax is hot orange seals fur and the body […]
LM Byrne Results
LM Byrne Cup fished Saturday 28th May on Lough Lene with 22 members competing. Bright and warm conditions meant that most success was with dries. Top position with a fish of 5.8 lbs went to Fran Nugent. Justin Clarke was pipped into second place with a fish of 5.625 lbs. Third place was Declan Mckibben […]
Anna Livia report
Congratulations to Fran Nugent on winning the Anna Livia trophy today on Bohernabreena Reservoir’s. John O’Neill was second and Gerry Heaslip third. Big shout out to new member Rudolf Britz for winning the special weight prize. It was a windy day which made things difficult to say the least. With 2 competitons left the race […]
Elvery Cup report
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 […]
New DTAA Website
Welcome to the new DTAA website. The old one has not been technically updated for more ten years and various things were out of date. We decided to get a new website which is easier to manage and which enable us to connect to our members more easily digitally, through the website and through social […]
Pasker Cup 2022 report
Pasker Cup 2022, the first in DTAA’s annual competition calendar took place on Saturday 9th April on a cold and bright Lough Owel.21 anglers competed, 16 fish that measured and with Chris Meadows taking top spot with 2 fish for 3.745 lbs. Competition secretary Tom Hipwell was in 2nd place with one great fish of […]
Sad news at the passing of Bobby Woods
DTAA would like to offer condolences to the family and friends with the passing of Mr Bobby Woods. Bobby was a great friend to all in DTAA, a regular over many years at all DTAA outings and competitions. Bobby represented Ireland, fishing in three Internationals and he also had a number of Leinster Shields under […]