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Catch of the Week
02 September
Catch of the Week goes to a first time fly fisherman from Glanmire who landed a 22lbs salmon. Laurence Fitzpatrick only took up fly fishing about 3 months ago.
He was supposed to fish with some friends on Lough Currane on Saturday, but plans changed and he instead went to the Argideen to see if he could spot a few seatrout. He decided to fish, paid for his permit and went up past Inchy Bridge where he caught 2 seatrout to a 1lb. Then he caught this salmon on a Cascade Shrimp fished on a 8ft 6wt fly rod with 8lb line. It took him about 35 minutes to land the salmon. After that the club members went to their hut to weigh the fish and measure the fish. The huge salmon weighed 22lb and measured over 35inches long.
Have you caught a big fish?
If you catch a big fish in the next few weeks and have a good photograph of your catch, please submit it to Paul Bourke at 01 8842674 or e-mail paul.bourke@cfb.ie.
Once a month we feature the Catch of the Month on Seascapes, RTE Radio 1, Friday nights at 10.30pm.
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