LM Byrne Cup Results

It was chilly enough for June and while the rain held off, there was little or no wind for the first few hours of the LM Byrne Cup on Lough Lene last Saturday. 33 DTAA members set out at 11am with 12 weighing in fish. As usual it was a heaviest fish competition and of the many who blanked, a good number never even had a chance. Dries were most successful with Wulffs, dabblers, sedges and daddies mentioned by several of the anglers who met fish.

Jonathan O’Keefe took home the gold with a nice fish of 3.7 lbs with Gerry Heaslip nipping at his heels weighing in his fish at 3.59 lbs. 3rd place went to Jonathan’s boat partner and Irish International, Eoin Dunne with a fish of 3.37 lbs. Paul Dunne took home the special weight prize. Rudolph Britz had several fish to a black and yellow Wulff, (possibly a MAYFLY CORRIB WULFF… hopefully Rudolph can confirm). Mark McAllister got a rise to a dry chocolate drop and a hook up to a size 14 Klinkhammer. His boat partner got 2 hook ups to a dry Olive/Mayfly and a small Royal Wulff.

Jonathan O’Keefe, 1st place, receiving his trophy from DTAA President Fran Nugent
Gerry Heaslip, 2nd place
Eoin Dunne, 3rd place
Paul Dunne, Special weight prize
Gilsenan’s produced fish early on
The chat and the craic beforehand

Results table below:

The leaderboard for the season to date makes for interesting reading! Three are tied in top position with 18 points each after three competitions: (Gerry, Eoin and Cathal… with Hubert just behind with 15 points!)