Perfect conditions: wind, cloud, temperature, sedge and olives hatching; the rain held off. 26 anglers returned 21 fish in this 2 fish limit competition to round off the DTAA season. Some great fish weighed in including Dermot Flynn’s fish of 5.59lbs, which with his second fish, gave a bag of 8.16lbs well ahead of nearest […]
Category: Lough Owel
McCarron Cup 2024 Preview
As far as we can tell conditions for this Saturday’s McCarron Cup will be good. A moderate westerly wind, cloud cover, low chance of rain but it will be chilly out there for those of us who have been benefiting from the warm weather earlier this month. The leaderboard as it stands has Dave Canning […]
Ian Rowand Trophy report
On Saturday, 6th July 2024, 26 avid anglers gathered at Tullaghan’s Shore, Lough Owel, for a friendly fly fishing trout competition: The Ian Rowand Trophy. The day was marked by highly variable weather, truly a case of “four seasons in one day.” Anglers faced heavy, biting rain showers with gusty winds, which later transitioned to […]
Corcoran Cup: 6 DTAA Anglers through
The Leinster Qualifier, also known as the Corcoran Cup was fished yesterday in bright sunshine and no wind on Lough Owel. DTAA member Brian Conway had an amazing fish in excess of 10 pounds and took top position (10.3 Lbs). Also qualifying were President Fran Nugent, John O’Neill, Willie Scully, Dave Canning and Secretary Cathal […]
Pasker 2024: Eoin Dunne is back!
Eagle eyed anglers and DTAA committee members were watching Met Eireann all week to get a sense of what conditions would be like on Saturday 13th April on Owel. With the original slot of 6th April cancelled due to storm Kathleen, hope and expectation were in abundance as we counted down the days to Saturday […]
McCarron Cup 2023
29 DTAA anglers set out in good conditions on Lough Owel last Saturday for the final competition of the season. Aside from a squally wind at time, conditions were near perfect and 25 anglers return fish. 34 fish were weighed in. (the following map is from IFI at fishingireland.com) We set out from Tullaghans with […]
Fran Nugent: Heaviest Fish at the Leinster’s
Congratulations to Fran Nugent for winning heaviest fish at the Leinster Championships 2023 on Lough Owel on Sunday 23rd April. ITFFA Leinster Chairperson, Julie Gerry presented the trophy and wished Fran (Ireland Captain) and Team Ireland best of luck at the upcoming spring International in Draycote, UK.
Pasker Cup 2023 Results
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 […]
McCarron Cup 2022 results
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 […]
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 […]