The Workd Cup Flyfishing Championships had been held on Lough Masks final week. This is without doubt one of the most hotly contested competitions on the Irish fishing scene, and this yr was no exception. 435 rivals from each nook of Eire, and additional afield, got down to catch probably the most trout and win the coveted World Cup trophy, to not point out the superb first prize of a model new Foley Lough Melvin lake boat, engine and trailer. A mass begin seeds 50-60 boats zooming out of Cushlough Bay, heading in all instructions to hunt out the very best fishing on the day.
4 days of heats are held, with the highest 30 or so every day qualifying for the ultimate. One warmth days the primary two trout are weighed in, with the remainder measured and a weight conversion utilized. The climate this yr made for difficult fishing, and Day 1 was most likely the hardest, with flat calm, vivid circumstances making for very troublesome fishing. The cream rises to the highest, nevertheless, and Basil Shiels, no stranger to the winners enclosure in large competitions, gained the day with 2 trout for 4.27lbs, together with the heaviest fish of two.74lbs.
Day 2 was far more conducive to wetfly fishing, and certainly the fishing was a lot improved. Martin Kenny took tope prize on the day with 4 trout for 4.87lbs, whie John O’Keeffe had the heaviest fish, a trout of two.87lbs.
Day 3 was additionally a good day, with Ulsterman Fergus Auld qualifyinf as warmth winner with 2 fish for 4.92lbs. Fergus’s catch included the heaviest fish, a stunning trout of three.3lbs. Day 4 was gained by Joe Fetherstone with an important catch of 5 fish for 9.29lbs, together with a implausible trout of 5.19lbs.
The ultimate was as a result of be held on Sunday, however a yellow/amber climate warning was in place, and the competitors was deferred to the next day, Financial institution Vacation Monday, when circumstances had been a lot better. The ultimate proved to be one other day of robust fishing, nevertheless it was Tipperary angler John Quirke who got here out victorious. The Cahir man landed 2 trout for 3.976lbs to take the win, simply forward of fellow Cahir man John Purtill, who had 3 trout for 3.858lbs. First and second from the identical small city in Co. Tipperary – what are the chances! Christy Crotty was the profitable boatman.
Third, fourth and fifth went to Conor O’Mahony from Partry, Mark Rogan from Waterford, and Michael Twohig from Cork. A reasonably god end result for Munster!
Full prime 10 outcomes and updates can be found on the World Cup Fb web page right here.
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Trout fishing on Lough Masks
