The annual juvenile outing was a great success. DTAA and Dodder Anglers hosted the event at the Southern County Fishery in Garryhill. Taking place last Sunday 16th July, more than 30 people were attending with 14 young anglers competing for the prizes. The emphasis was on fun and ‘giving it a go’ rather than competition, […]
This year’s Anna Livia, normally fished on the Liffey, was held at Bohernabreena on Sunday 18th June. This was due to ongoing concerns about the fishing performance on our Liffey fisheries, which is currently being investigated by a number of agencies. The warm, dry Summer continued, with a southerly wind making casting tricky for some […]
Saturday 22nd April 2023 was a cold, misearble day with little wind. 27 hardy DTAA anglers set off on Lough Lene full of anticipation and optimism that they would bring in the winning bag for this heaviest fish competition. Most anglers weighed in fish with PJ O’Driscoll taking top spot for the 2nd time in […]
Great weather and a super turnout for the first competition of the season. 28 anglers took part today with several new members made welcome by all. PJ O’Driscoll had the top position with two cracking fish for 7.715 lbs. This was PJ’s first DTAA competition win, huge congrats PJ. New DTAA member Hubert Smith was […]
Tom Hipwell is DTAA Angler of the year receiving the honours at last night’s AGM in the Spa Hotel. A tremendous season of angling in 2022 and an outstanding performance from Tom was rightly rewarded with the top accolade from the Association. In addition, to his top rod status, Tom also managed to run the […]
Great day in Annamoe Fishery yesterday with 16 Anglers fishing our annual Christmas competition.A big thank you to Brian who had the tea and coffee ready on our arrival, Cathal Mc Donnell took 1st place 2nd Gerry Heaslip and 3rd Dermot Flynn, a very enjoyable day had by all , thank you all for coming […]
Huge congrats and well done to John O’Neill, Fran Nugent, Paul Delaney and Dave Canning for making the cut to represent Ireland in the spring international on Draycote next year
The 2022 McCarron cup returned to Lough Owel after a 2 year hiatus due to the global pandemic which now seems, thankfully and hopefully, like a distant memory. This is the final of 6 DTAA competitions in the angling calendar and is much anticipated by all who take part. We had 24 anglers out on […]
As we head into the final competition of the DTAA calendar, it is clear that this event is much bigger than any single competition. It is all to play for among the top three: Competition secretary, angler extraordinaire and fly tying master Tom ‘Hipster’ Hipwell is in pole position on 39 points. Snapping at Hipwell’s […]