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Congratulations to the Irish Junior fly fishing team on comming second in the recent international in the UK. Two Lough Lene Angling Association members were on the team - Dylan Olin and Peter McGuigan were on the team. This was Dylan's last year on the team after fishing 4 internationals. Peter has retained his place and will be joining another member - Carl Owens in the next international to be fished in Scotland next year. Congratulations and well done.

I would like to remind all members that the Chairman's Annual Invitation Charity Competition will be held on the last Sunday (26th) in September.The format will be the same as previous years i.e. a pairs competition. Anyone wishing to put up prizes can contact either Tommy Fagan or the Club directly. All contact details can be seen on the contacts page. This year all proceeds will go to the Irish Wheelchair Association. Remember to put this date in your diary

The Green Peter seems to be well up at this stage with some cracking fish being caught and lost!!. Jim Reilly landed a fine fish during the week. The fish weighed 7lb 8oz and can be seen on the gallery page - its the biggest trout there!! There have also been a small number of Mayfly seen hatching around the lake - especially ath the cross rocks and around the big Island.

Regarding Water Safety, we would ask anglers to refrain from motoring "flat out" around the lake. Members have made complaints about the wash from these boats. There have also been a numbers of swimmers seen in the middle of the lake. These people are almost impossible to see when motoring so we would ask members to exercise caution and slow down

The Paddy Dolan pike competition was held on Sunday. Weather conditions were not great with heavy showers and strong westerly winds. The competition was won by Tom Fagan with a fine pike of 5.46kg ( caught on a small copper and silver spoon ). Philip Keena won the juniors with a fish of 3.36kg. The sponsor of the competition Paddy Dolan came third with a nice fish of 4.42kg. Well done Paddy!!

Michael O'Neill landed a beautiful wild brown trout of 5.25lbs in the competition. It was weighed and returned to fight another day.

Now for something completely different !!!. Well known angling guide Gerry Olin of Esox Lodge in Belturbet spent a day on Lough Lene flyfishing for pike. Conditions were not ideal but Gerry landed five pike to 7.5lbs on the fly. It was interesting to note that water clarity was very good and the pike were more interested in flies than they were in lures.

The Wardell Cup was fished on Sunday but like the trout, the pike didn't oblige. In difficult bright sunny conditions Seamus Eighan landed a fine pike of almost 10lbs to win the seniors while Pierce Coroon won the juniors with a nice pike of almost 5lbs. The rest of the contestants got great suntans !!!!!!

The qualifier for the Irish Youth Fly Fishing Team was held two weeks ago. Fishing was not very easy with the top ten anglers qualifying for the Irish Team. The winner had six fish. Congratulations to our junior member Carl Owens who qualified.

Pike fishing has not really started yet but there are two points of interest.Firstly, ( is this a record) a large pike of 34lbs+ was seen in distress wedged between two boats at Fagan's point. A number of anglers assisted in the rescue of the fish, it was released, weighed and returned to the lake to fight another day. Secondly, Craig Sheridan decided to give fly fishing for pike a try - as the trout were proving difficult. We understand he was using a fly of his own tying - a wooly bugger variant. Craig hooked and landed a fine pike of 10lbs. We hope to have a photo soon. This is the biggest fish caught on the fly on the lake so far this year.

The Peadar Caffrey competition was held last Sunday - fishing proved very difficult with large numbers of anglers catching nothing. The competition was won by P.J.Lynham with a fine wild brown trout of .96kg. Well done P.J.

Finally we would like to remind anglers that it is forbidden to fish inside the roped off area at "the cut" (down by the diving board).

The Lough Lene cup was held on Sunday and some fine fish were landed (the results can be seen on the Results page). Congratulations to Jason Darby who won the seniors and to April Flanagan who won the juniors.

The Irish youths qualifier will be fished on Lough Lene os Saturday 10th April. Any juvenile member who wishes to fish this competition should contact the club straight away.

We would like to ask all anglers if you are lucky enough to catch a brown trout to please consider returning the fish alive. The brown trout are our breed stock and we need them to spawn next year.

Remember,the deadline for paying your membership subscriptions is fast approaching - you must pay your membership fees on or before 31st March 2010. Failure to do so will mean YOU WILL LOOSE your membership and your place will be offered to the next person on the waiting list YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED

Ronnie Young had a great day on Sunday trolling with an old type lane minnow landing 4 trout to 2.5lb, a small pike and he finally lost the lure in a very large pike.

Generally it is still very cold on the lake with some ice still to be found on the shoreline. If you can bear the cold weather it is well worth while giving Lough Lene a try - remember to wrap up well.

Finally if you need to get any new fishing gear you should contact Viking Tackle on 01-2869215. You will get discounts of 10 - 20% but you must present your Lough Lene Angling Association membership card. Viking tackle stock everything from flies to boat engines - so check out their website Viking Tackle

Remember, you must pay your membership fees on or before 31st March 2010. Failure to do so will mean YOU WILL LOOSE your membership and your place will be offered to the next person on the waiting list YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED

It was announced at the meeting that the Zebra Mussel has been detected in Lough Lene. This is alarming but unfortunately nothing can be done about it at the moment.

We would request that anglers with boats would not put them onto the lake until the after the last weekend in February.

The Youth Qualifer will be held on Lough Lene this year on Sat 10th April.

At the meeting concern was raised about the increase in engine size being used by anglers. Complaints were received about anglers using 10-15hp engines or higher. These anglers are motoring at high speed. This is dangerous for these anglers and also other anglers who are hit by the wash from these boats. Please slow down and have some consideration for other water users. It was also agreed that all boats on Lough Lene should be clearly numbered to allow ease of identification.

Finally, it was also agreed that there would be no increase in Membership numbers and new members would be admitted if and when spaces became available. Therefore, you must pay your membership fees on or before 31st March 2010. Failure to do so will mean YOU WILL LOOSE your membership and your place will be offered to the next person on the waiting list YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED

We would also like to remind all members to pay their membership fees for 2010 promptly as we have a long waiting list of anglers wishing to join. Any members who do not pay by the closing date (31st March 2010) will loose their membership and will have to go on the waiting list. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED