Shannonbridge Fishing Report …Dated 31^st July 2006.

Despite some rain during the week river levels remained friendly for fishing.

Harold Halford fished a peg upstream of the village bridge on 25^th July on a broken day and used maggot and worm to catch a satisfying bag of perch and roach.

Young Neal Fenton from Kildare choose to fish the village harbour on the 25^th July and used a swimfeeder and various hook bait to catch pike, perch and roach. At one point a baby gull got caught in his line and was released safely.

Andy Thorpe from England fished on the River Suck on 24^th July and used a swimfeeder to catch some bream and roach from a virgin swim which took some feed and some days to attract the fish but finally it happened.

Colin Dwyer from England fished the Hot Water stretch in sunshine on 23^rd July and used a swimfeeder and maggot to catch tench to 5 lbs as well as roach and bream.

Louise Killeen from Shannonbridge fished the Hot Water in sunshine on 27^th July. She used maggot and a swimfeeder to catch tench and rudd with a bite every cast.

Madeline Davis from Dublin also fished the Hot Water on 27^th July and used corn and maggot with a swimfeeder to catch a 3 lb tench and roach and bream. Her first tench and she got lots of bites.

Kevin Boltz from Bristol fished on the Hot Water stretch on 24^th July and fished with maggot on the float to catch 30 lbs of roach. Good float fishing Kevin says.

On the 29^th July Kevin fished on the Grand Canal at Pullagh in the rain and used a pole and worm to catch four tench, skimmers and roach for 28 lbs in total.

Bob Tilley also from Bristol fished the canal at Pullagh on 28^th July in rain and also used a pole and red maggot to catch two tench, bream and roach that weighed 32 lbs.

Nick Burt from Sevenoaks, Kent fished at The Boathouse at Culliagh on the River Suck on 30^th July in wind and showers. He used a feeder and maggot to catch some bream and roach that weighed 20 lbs in total.

Local angler Ray Walshe fished out on Lough Mask in Mayo yesterday with boatman Martin Kelly. Ray used various wet flies including the Green Peter to catch ten trout that weighed between a half pound up to 2.5 lbs. Good fishing in the morning and five of the fish were big enough to keep. Ray took just one trout for a friend.