The Edenderry Coarse Angling Membership held its yearly pageant on the Grand Canal final week. The pageant is break up into two elements, with a two-day competitors and a three-day competitors operating on alternate days. The occasion attracts a number of the finest canal anglers in Eire and the UK and is a long-standing occasion on the Irish coarse angling calendar.
As may be the case on the Grand Canal, the intense sunshine at the moment of yr, could make for tough fishing situations. Such was the scenario offered to anglers for the opening match, when the roach and bream have been tough to tempt and anglers relied on tench to make up the numbers, with Dave Walmsley bagging 13lb 9oz to take the win.
Day 2 of the pageant noticed some cloud cowl, which gave anglers a little bit of hope that bites can be forthcoming, however that wasn’t actually the case, and anglers struggled to make double figures, which made Tony Richardson’s successful bag of 16lb 6oz all of the extra spectacular.
On Day 3, anglers discovered that the color had dropped out of the canal, making situations even trickier and once more, double-figure luggage have been a rarity. James Foley took the highest bag on the day with 15lb 2oz.
Day 4 noticed the conclusion of the 2-day a part of the pageant, and Gal Charnock adopted up his win within the occasion final yr with a mixed bag of 27lb 2oz. High six within the 20day occasion have been:
1. Gal Charnock 27-02
2. Jeff Stirrat 20-00
3. Peter Keenan 19-14
4. Tony Richardson 15-10
5. Paul Holding 15-07
6. Peter Nolan 14-15.
Day 5 noticed the final session of the 3-day occasion and the ultimate day of the pageant. The fishing in the course of the week had been fairly tight, leaving anglers tightly packed within the rankings, so it was all to play for on the final session. Jeff Stirrat put in a powerful effort, bagging him the highest weight on the day with 15lb 12oz. However Gal Charnock got here in second on the day with 9lb 5oz, and that was sufficient to nudge him to the highest of the leaderboard for the 3-day occasion with a mixed whole of 31lb 11oz. High 5 placings within the 3-day occasion have been:
1. Gal Charnock 31-11
2. Tony Richardson 29-01
3. Jeff Stirrat 28-08
4. John Easton 26-12
5. Tommy Fairhurst 22-10
So, similar to final yr, Gal Charnock backed up his win within the 2-day, with a win within the 3-day, making him the undisputed king of the canal at Edenderry.
