Annual Report for the year 2014

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DTAA line up after Mc Carron Cup Competition to end the 2014 season ,

Paul O’ Brien with his winning fish at the LM Byrne

Cup in Lough Lene, it’s even big at that distance

Gerry Heaslip helping three younger members at our

Juvenile Outing in Carlow

Hard to believe 2015 is just around the

corner, but at this stage it does not matter

what year it is, the focus as always is the

countdown to March.

It is encouraging to see growth in our

membership this year. I think the work

members of the committee have done on

the website has greatly helped the Asso-

ciation. Our treasurer , Mr. Des Taylor,

hopes to report a further improvement in

our finances from previous years at our

AGM, but there is still more to do in

2015.

Well done to the Irish Youths team for

the Silver medal, fishing in Grafham

Waters, England in August. DTAA juve-

nile members Robert Farrington and Ow-

en O’Driscoll were on the Irish team.

Particularly well done to Owen who was

2nd Irish rod and 6th overall and he will

be vice captain of the team in 2015.

Well done to the DTAA Leinster Shield

team who took home first prize again this

year. First place was secured thanks to

two early fish caught by DTAA Vice

President, David Canning. It was good

to see catch and release rules being tried

out but I expect they will need to be re-

viewed again. On the day I understand

storing trout in tanks proved difficult and

two trout in the same tank did not seem

feasible.

Unfortunately the DTAA boat was not

available in Blessington for most of this

year. Early in the season the boat was

very badly damaged against rocks at

Russellstown and had to be removed

Honorary Secretary Introduction

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from the water. The committee looked

into alternative arrangements with a local

boat hire company but it seems to be

working out quite expensive. The decision

as to whether we relocate a boat in Bless-

ington is being reviewed by the Commit-

tee. From the booking log records the boat

seems to have had limited use over the

last few years.

The Lough Owel boat was also damaged

during the year and arrangements are be-

ing made to repair it over the winter sea-

son.

Both the Blessington boat and the Lough

Owel boat appear to have been damaged

by members not tying up the boats secure-

ly following use. It is very frustrating

when repairs are carried out for damage to

reoccur by member’s carelessness. I

would ask all members when returning

club boats to tie them up securely, allow-

ing for changes in the water level that can

occur. At least two tyres should be placed

each side of the boat to prevent the hull of

the boat getting damaged on stones with

movement from waves.

Thank you to Paul Delaney and David

Canning for giving the

Lough Lene boat a well needed sand

down and paint.

After the season closed this year we were

contacted by Dublin City Council staff in

relation to our access to Bohernabreena

reservoir. Access remains available to all

our members but vehicle access is limited

to members who have registered their

vehicles and mobile phone numbers. The

current issue is too many of our members

are registered and not all are using the

gates. Dublin City Council need to limit

the overall numbers registered which in-

cludes residents, DCC staff and of course

anglers. They need to limit the DTAA

allocation to 20 members. The committee

are considering how this will be managed

and there will be further discussion with

members at the AGM.

Another quite serious issue has arisen in

relation to our fishing at Celbridge &

Straffan where Joe Leonard no longer is

allowing DTAA members park or access

to the river on his land. The committee is

looking into alternative arrangements here

but until further notice I would ask mem-

bers to adhere to Mr. Leonard's wishes

and not to use his lands for access.

It was great to attend this years Elvery

Cup held for the first time in Southern

County Fishery, Carlow. Thank you to

Gerry Heaslip for organizing. Plenty of

fish were showing throughout the day but

difficult to tempt. I would be interested in

hearing feedback in relation to this as a

venue for future Elvery cup competitions.

We wish all the best to Orla Walsh who is

the new secretary of Conn & Cullen An-

glers. Early reports from Conn looked

promising with Sean Goulding landing a

fantastic 7.5lb. fish early in the season.

Sean went on to show us how to do it with

a fantastic bag at the Pratt Cup. More of

that later in the report.

Well done to our former president John

Harrington at this years World Cup com-

petition at Lough Mask. John took home

second prize at the event which is a fan-

tastic achievement considering the num-

ber of anglers taking part.

Thank you to all members of the commit-

tee for sharing the workload again this

year. Particularly our President, HLM

Ronnie Miley for his continued work for

DTAA including retaining the role of

Membership Secretary. Also Competi-

tions Secretary, Fran Nugent for his tire-

less work throughout the year. The Asso-

ciation has a lot to thank these two men

for.

Tight Lines Cathal Mc Donnell,

Hon. Secretary DTAA

Fishing hard at 2014 Elvery Cup, at Southern County Fishery Carlow

Robert Farrington and Owen O Driscoll

being presented joint winners of the

Bob Allen Cup 2013 at last years AGM

Treasurer Des Taylor, congratulates Ed Golding who

won the 2013 Pasker Cup DTAA Angler of the Year, Paul Dunne being presented

with the 2013 Dave Ring Cup by President Ronnie Miley

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Report from Dermot Flynn

Once again the fishing season has flown

by. It seems such a short time since the

1st March when we were all looking

forward to wetting our lines and trying

out our new flies and hopefully catching

the fish of a lifetime.

My first outing was to Lough Lene on

the 3rd March, with my fishing buddy

Frank Mc Dougall. We started in the

shallows around the big island, but noth-

ing was showing or taking either. We

decided to move up to the area known as

“THE CUT” we fished around the swim-

ming area for a good while before we

started to hit fish. Boy when the fish

(rainbows) started to hit us they were

really good fish averaging around 11/2

lb.to 2 lb. Most of the takes were arm

wrenching with the fish taking off like

trains, which at the time the use of 10lb.

breaking strain fluorocarbon as a leader

was a good choice. When lunchtime

came we were glad of the break. After

lunch we went back to the same spot. At

first we thought the fish had gone off the

take (which had happened) but we hung

around the same area and without fail the

sport resumed. We fished till about four

o clock with no signs of the fish stop-

ping. It was a great start to the season for

both of us. We went back a couple of

weeks later to the same spot but found

the fishing little bit harder. We did catch

fish but we had to work harder to find

them.” I guess they were fresh stockies”

so they had spread out, and probably got

a lot cuter in the meantime. We had a

few more outings to Lough Lene

throughout the season and always had

good fishing. The stocking programme

on Lene is second to none with both

rainbows and browns in great condition

being stocked.

BOHERNABREENA.

Early in March I made my fist trip to this

venue on a cold and blustery day. The

lower lake was at a reasonable height

and myself and Frank were able to move

around and try to locate some fish. We

both caught a couple of small browns.

We had to wait a few more weeks before

we caught a rainbow. It was very notice-

able that the condition of the fish was

not very good. My guess was it did not

get much food during the winter. The

browns on the other hand (although

smaller) seemed to fare much better.

Later the lake was very high and fishing

was confined to fishing off the dam, but

on days when the wind was favourable

the fishing was good and the rainbows

that were overwintered seemed to

have put on condition. We came

to the conclusion it was the buzzer

feeding. There was quite a lot of

buzzers hatching all around the

lake. A lot of fish were rising up

along the middle of the lake

where the river runs through

which was nice to see but too far

away to be of any use to a fly

fisherman. "Such is life"

CLANE.

Clane never fails to give good

fishing, especially in the Spring

before the weeds start to grow.

This year was no exception. I al-

ways start off using small wets,

nymphs and spiders to be exact.

Notably my favourites for this

venue, greenwells spider size 14

and 16s partridge and orange par-

tridge and yellow same sizes. Gold

ribbed hares ear and pheasant tail

nymphs. The grhe sometimes has a gold

head and is useful on the deeper pools.

The wets mostly catch the smaller fish

but now and again a nice big one comes

along, but for sport it’s a great way to

have fun. While fishing wets this season

it was very gratifying to hook lots of

small salmon parr. It shows that at least

some salmon are getting up the river to

spawn. Later the dry fly comes into its

own when the blue winged olives hatch

it’s then time to use the dries.

Imitations I use are greenwells glory,

blue winged olive dry, F flies with olive

bodies and sometimes with maroon or

claret bodies. Later the sedges start and

the evening fishing is probably the

best time for these. The imitations are

too numerous to mention, but I really

like the deer hair sedge with a brown

body. Very easy to tie and in size 16 or

18 can on any evening pull up a big fish

or two.

BLESSINGTON

I did not travel to Blessington this year

until two weeks after the first stocking.

To be exact. I had heard through the

grapevine it was fishing well. So once

again myself and Frank took off on a

Sunday morning to see for ourselves and

it did not disappoint. We started off just

chucking out dabblers nothing happened

for a while and we began to doubt our

information, but after moving along the

shore we found fish and as the story goes

that’s when the fun started. We caught

lots of fish (browns) and these were

good quality fish at about 1 1/2 lb. we

returned a couple of weeks later and

found the fish had dispersed but were

still able to catch one or two. I did not

get back to Blessington until September

and hoped all the fish had not disap-

peared, but to my delight there were still

some taking. But it took a lot of walking

before I caught one. It was heartening to

find that even late into September the

fish were still catchable. (all of the fish

were returned).

UPPER LIFFEY BALLYWARD

Over the years I always started my sea-

son on this stretch of the river, but re-

cently I went to other places to start my

season. This year I tried it in late April.

Down river from the bridge I failed to

get even one offer. So I went upriver to

try our own private section. I noticed

evidence of bait fishing having taken

place. Gladly it did not seem to affect the

fishing as there were fish rising all along

the slow stretch .A rise of BWO’s was

taking place. Immediately I put on a bwo

dry imitation and proceeded to catch fish

after fish, lots of small ones, but overall

there were six fish between nine and

eleven inches. It just goes to prove that

being in the right place at the right time

is so important. (It was 11 o clock on a

Sunday morning and it lasted for about

45 minutes then it stopped. And for love

or money I couldn’t move another fish).

If I had arrived at the river an hour later I

would have been convinced the river

was devoid of fish. Once again all the

fish were returned.

Once gain Cathal I leave with this

thought, “Timing is everything”

Dermot Flynn

Dermot Flynn being presented with 1st place in

the Mc Carren Cup at the end of season dinner

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My fishing year never finishes without

the thoughts of flies that worked for me,

the different natural flies I observed dur-

ing the season and the nature and scenery

around me. It makes me feel we have one

of the best pastimes of all. In all this I

like to observe where wild flowers in-

sects and migratory birds fit in with our

hobby as they flower, arrive and go

though the fishing season. Like garlic

mustard, wild garlic signals the arrival of

the duck fly, cuckoo flower and swift are

just ahead of the mayfly. I know as I

write this we have four to five

months to wait.

With this in mind I repair and

clean my rods and reels and

of course tie my selection of

flies for river and lake. I usu-

ally start tying flies for the

duck fly season which in-

cludes Black Pennell, Bibbio,

Peter Ross, Blae and black

sizes 10,12,14. Followed by

March Brown, Greenwell’s

glory, Hawthorn fly, Endrick

spider, Dabblers followed by

Mayflies, Daddy long legs

and Damsel nymphs and vari-

ous sedges (Black, G.Peter,

Brown). On the rivers I find

wet flies like Greenwell’s

glory, March brown, Pheasant

tail nymph moving on to dry

flies dark olives, Black gnat,

Black midge, Green midge, small may-

flies, Yellow sally, Blue winged olive,

Devaux sedge, Coachman, Sherry spin-

ner sizes 12-16.

I mainly fished lakes Lene, Owel, Corrib

and Mask starting with Lane and Owel

the Duck fly during April having good

success, moving on to the Corrib for the

Mayfly season using Damsel nymph and

wet and dry mayflies and in evenings

using spent may flies and sedges with

good success. As the summer moved on

the daddy and brown sedge worked on

most days and evenings in which most

days were reasonably warm.

My best days fishing came during the

Lough Mask World Cup when luck came

my way in winning one of the prizes. The

day was made for me by many people

mainly the boatman Pat Smith, and my

fishing partner who made the day so en-

joyable with chat and shared observation.

Also the good advice on flies and tactics

from my fishing friends Vincent and No-

el. The main flies used were brown

sedge, Invicta, and daddy long legs.

Looking forward to season 2015 with the

experiences of the past to try again and

hoping for some luck again to come my

way and yours.

Tight lines and take

care on the water….. John Harrington, DTAA

John Harrington's

2014 Fishing Season

John Harrington does not know his own strength, this is a still from a video shot where

John came across a rotten tree while doing survey along the Liffey

Report from HLM Peter

Brown

The following is a summary of my season

on the Liffey this year for what it’s worth!

Severe winter floods left the river well

scoured and a lot of gravel shifted, which

must have destroyed a lot of invertebrate

life in our river. There was hardly any rise

to fly until late April, when a modest

hatch of Iron Blues occurred. I had a few

trout in deep-fished nymphs before this.

In late April and up to mid-May there

were a good number of Black Gnats on

the water, giving some dry fishing at mid-

day. I caught and returned a fair number

of trout up to 14oz but mostly disappoint-

ingly small.

In June and July there was quite a good

evening of fishing at dusk, a very late rise

to B.W.O. and sedges and I had good

numbers of fish, again rather small at HLM Peter Brown informing the members of his concerns regarding

Ivermecton at last years AGM

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Clane and Ferris. Odd trout up to 1lb

in weight. The one exception was a 3lb

8 ½ oz. fish taken on a size 16 dry fly

near Leixlip, this is the biggest Liffey

trout I have caught since 1999.

The evening rise died off at the end of

July. The river remained low and clear

up to early September. I continued to

catch a few fish until the end of the

season.

The river appears to have a good stock

of trout of much smaller average size

than before, for example in 2009 I

hooked 23 trout over 1lb in weight in

the season, this year only 2! But I have

to admit that I am not the angler I used

to be now in my 83rd year.

I submitted a lot of scales to I.F.I. for

the study of the genetics of Liffey

Trout.

In summary I had a pleasant season;

fly-life is still disappointing. The river

becomes very low in summer and I

think the E.S.B should let a little more

compensation water down. I hope I

will still be able to fish next year.

Best wishes, Peter

Peter Brown HLM

Membership

Report 2014: I am glad to report

that, in spite of the

ever increasing bur-

den of taxation,

membership numbers

have not suffered.

While acknowledg-

ing that membership

numbers have not

suffered, we did, un-

fortunately, loose

thirty five members

who did not renew

their memberships in

2014. Recruitment of

new members was sufficient to end

the year with six more adult members

compared to 2013. Juvenile member-

ship was eight more than in 2013.

Overall, at the end of 2014, adult

membership stood at 250 and juvenile

membership at sixty five.

As I explained in previous reports,

adult membership is now limited to

three hundred. A membership limit of

two hundred and fifty was introduced

some years ago when complaints

were received from landowners re-

garding access to land being blocked

by anglers parking inappropriately.

Membership, which had reached in

excess of four hundred, gradually

reduced to the two hundred and fifty

limit and remained at that figure for

some years. A list of about forty pro-

spective members, waiting for vacan-

cies to arise, built up, and the commit-

tee decided to increase the limit, ini-

tially to two hundred and seventy five

and later to three hundred where it

remains to this day. Paid up member-

ship remained at around the three

hundred mark for some time until the

onset of the recession in 2008, after

which it suffered a steady decline

year by year. Let’s hope that 2014

marked a beginning of a recovery to

full membership.

I would ask that, if you have fishing

friends, who are not already members,

encourage them to apply for member-

ship while there are vacancies still

available.

I wish you all a very Happy New

Year and tight lines for 2015 and be-

yond.

Ronnie Miley HLM, Member-

ship Secretary. President.

Fly Tying Evenings

Great to see the Fly Tying evenings started up again

thanks to John O Neill, at the new venue at St Annes

GAA clubhouse arranged by Gerry Heaslip.

They are being held generally monthly between October

and February. It a great opportunity to catch up with

friends and share tips and jokes with each other.

I was very disappointed to miss the evening dedicated to

Lough Conn flies, I will have some catching up to do.

Conn & Cullen anglers better watch out next year. Mem-

bers interested should indicate it on their membership

renewal form or contact John O Neill on 0876316987 for

further information.

Cathal Mc Donnell, Hon. Secretary DTAA

All sizes of flies catered for at the fly tying evenings!!

probably best not to try explain this one??

DTAA Juvenile Outing 2014, Southern County Fishery, Garyhill, Carlow

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Sixteen members

travelled west, to

Crossmolina on the

2nd of May for a

weekend of friend-

ship and fishing on

Lough Conn in Co

Mayo. This was the

42nd year of these

memorable occa-

sions. In every one

of those years

friendships have

blossomed and been

sustained and

whereas, the spirit

of competition in

the fishing is still a

feature, it does not

override the sheer enjoyment of the

occasion. This enjoyment has been

heightened by the quality of the wel-

come extended to us on each visit by

the members of the Lough Conn and

Cullin Anglers’ Association. As I have

explained, in previous reports, a mem-

ber of DTAA fishes with a member of

the Lough Conn and Cullin club each

day. The members of the home team,

very kindly, take us out in their boats

free of charge on the day of the Dublin

Bowl. In return, we bring prizes for the

fishing and treat our hosts to dinner in

the evening after the fishing. There is a

modest charge for the fishing and meal

on Sunday. Overall, it is a great occa-

sion, and, catch fish or not, you will not

be disappointed with the enjoyment of

the weekend. So, if you have not taken

part before, think seriously about it for

2015.

The fishing took place on Saturday and

Sunday, the 3rd and 4th of May. The

Dublin Bowl competition which was

held on Saturday the 3rd May, was,

again, won by the home club with

13,110 points to Dublin’s 9,340. This

competition was run on a catch, meas-

ure and release basis, and points award-

ed accordingly.

Notable catches were, for the first ten

places:

Home team:- Padraig Traynor, 1st 4

fish for 2020 points: John McNeely,

2nd, 5 fish for 1,960 points, Michael

Monaghan, 3rd, 4 fish for 1,780 points:

Peter Roche, 4th, 5 fish for 1,550

points. Joe Quinn, 6th, 4 fish for 1,260

points.

Dublin team: Gary Coakley, 5th, 3 fish

for 1,320 points: Cathal McDonnell,

7th, 4 fish for 1, 230 points: Raymond

O’Neill, 8th, 4 fish for 1,180 points:

Noel O’Neill, 9th, 3 fish for 1,030

points, Jim Keeshan, 10th, 3 fish for

940 points.

The fishing on Sunday the 4th was for

the Pratt Cup. This competition is not

confined to the members of the two

clubs and is not a team competition.

The fishing was not as lively as for the

Dublin Bowl on the previous day and

fish were not as numerous. The weigh-

in was as normal and the result decided

on weight.

The results, to 5th place, were as fol-

lows: 1st, Sean Goulding, 3 fish for

3.535 Kgs.: 2nd Noel Shiels, 2 fish for

2.18 Kgs.: 3rd, Billy McGhee, 3 fish for

1.24 Kgs.: 4th, Justin Clarke, 2 fish for

1.22 Kgs.: 5th John O’Neill, 2 fish for

1.17 Kgs.

In conclusion, thanks again to the offic-

ers and members of the Lough Conn

and Cullin Anglers’ Association. I

would like to pay tribute to Mr. Enda

Hiney and his staff for the quality of the

meals served each evening.

Ronnie Miley,

HLM, Membership Secretary &

President.

CROSSMOLINA 2014

We wish all the best to Orla Walsh as Secretary of Lough Conn & Cullen Anglers.

Sean Goulding’s fantastic 3 Lough

Conn fish for 3.535Kg to win the

2014 Pratt Cup

This Lamprey which was attached to this trout caught in Lough Conn dur-

ing the Dublin Bowl

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COMPETITION REVIEW 2014 The Pasker Cup was held on Lough Owel on Saturday the

12th April. We had 28 anglers taking part and they weighed in

30 trout between them. The winner with 3 trout for 4.35lbs was

Tony Mc Gratten , second with 3 trout was Mick O Toole and

3rd also with 3 trout was Dave Canning.

The Youth National Final was held on Lough Owel on the

26th April this year . DTAA had 3 entries in this competition

and they all managed to catch fish. Well done to Robert Far-

rington with 2 fish , Owen O Driscoll with 3 fish and just out-

side the prizes , but the success story of the day has to go to

Almha Mc Donnell who had 2 fish one of them measuring an

incredible 50 cm and was long enough for Almha to win a

prize for the longest fish .

The Leinster Championships were fished on Lough Owel on

May 11th this year. Well done to Dave Canning with 8 fish and

Cathal Mc Donnell with 7 fish. They joined fellow DTAA

member Gerry Heaslip on the Leinster team to fish in the in-

terpro on Lough Lene in August of this year .

The National Final was fished on Lough Leane Killarney on

the 14th June. The DTAA had six members entered for this

competition all hoping to win a place on the 2015 Irish team.

With temperatures in the mid 20s, bright sunshine and little or

no wind fishing was always going to be challenging. Once

again it was down to Gerry Heaslip to fly the flag for Dublin.

Gerry weighed in three nice fish giving him 12th place overall

and 2nd sub on the 2015 International Team. Well done to the

other DTAA mem-

bers who took part

Tom Hipwell, Eoin

Dunne, John O Neill,

Dave Canning and

Fran Nugent.

The LM Byrne Cup was held on Lough

Lene on the 25th

May. Twenty three anglers attended this competition and they

were all hoping to land one of the big rainbows for which

Lough Lene is renowned. Paul O’ Brien was the eventual win-

ner with a cracking trout weighing 3.515lbs. Paul was fishing

with his boat partner Eoin Dunne in the area known as “The

Cut” when he landed the trout. They were fishing with small

dry shuttlecocks and managed to catch plenty of trout between

them. Second place with a trout of 3.35 lbs. was Fran Nugent

and Third with 2.73 lbs. was Dave Canning .

Well done to Terry Walsh who has won the Anna Livia Tro-

phy for the second year in a row. Terry had 2 fish weigh-

ing 2.52lbs , also for the second year running Richard Duggan

just missed out on the top spot with 2 fish for 2.32lbs. Eoin

Dunne was the only angler to catch 3 fish on the night and they

weighed 2.185lbs and gave him third place overall.

The DTAA had two junior members on The Youth Irish Team

in 2014. They are Robert Farrington who won the Youth Na-

tional Final in 2013 and Owen O Driscoll.

The ITFFA Leinster Shield was held on 23rd August on

Lough Derravaragh. There were several clubs from Leinster

entering four man teams to win this prestigious shield. The

DTAA have been very successful in this competition in the past

and this year was no exception. It was left down to the DTAA

captain, Dave Canning, to produce the winning bag. It was

Dave’s first time to fish this very challenging lake but that did-

n’t deter him as he had two cracking fish on his first drift of the

day. Dave’s total catch of 3lb 9ozs was enough to secure the

shield for DTAA for the fourth time in eight

years. Congratulations to Dave and his team members, Gary

Coakley, Donal Raftery and Fran Nugent and here’s hoping that

the DTAA can win it again this year.

The Ryder Cup was fished in Bohernabreena on 31st August.

First place was Gary Coakley with a fish weighing 1.245lbs,

second was Bobby Woods .48lbs and third Jim Keeshan .28lbs.

Best Junior Robert Farrington.

The National Qualifier for the 2015 National Final took place

on the 20 September this year on Lough Owel. The weather

conditions varied from near perfect to blazing sunshine and

light winds which made fishing quite difficult at times. The

DTAA still managed to secure six places over the 2lb 5oz cut-

off to fish Lough Melvin in next year’s National Final. Gerry

Juvenile Outing 2014 Another Great Success We held our annual junior outing at Southern county fishery Garryhill on the 13th of

April. 28 juniors landed well in excess of 100 trout between them . First place went to

Ben O Brien with a trout measuring 37cm, The winner on the lower lake with

a fantastic trout of 54cm was Arlo Graham and the winner of bait section

was Christopher Duffy. All Juniors had a great day and everyone received a prize for

their efforts. Thanks to Pat and Mary from Cleeres Angling and to Dave from

Southside Angling for giving us some prizes and also to Ann and pat of Southern Coun-

ty Fishery for looking after us for the day.

Fran Nugent Competitions Secretary

For 2nd year in a row, Terry Walsh weighs in quality fish

at the Anna Livia

Ben O Brien getting presented with 1st

place at Juvenile outing in Carlow

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I appeal to members to let me have their Membership

Renewal Form with payment of their annual sub as soon

as they can after the AGM, or, even before it, if possible.

This will help me to compile the statement of fish caught

and make the necessary return to the IFI in good time.

Thank you, Membership Secretary

The committee wish to thank all the members who helped in various ways

during the year and wish all the members a prosperous and peaceful 2015

and many fishing outings with tight lines. The DTAA Committee

The Dave Ring Cup for Angler of the Year is split 3 ways this

year well done Dermot Flynn, Gary Coakley & Eoin Dunne.

APPRECIATION

The committee wish to express the gratitude of the Association to the following:

Mr. Dan O’Brien, our Waterkeeper in Clane.

Mr. Peadar Moran, the ESB Warden for Poulaphouca Reservoir for his advice and co-operation during the year.

Rory’s, Southside Angling and Pat Cleere, for their generous donation of prizes for

our weekend trip to Lough Conn and Juvenile Outing.

The Angling and Shooting Centre, Lucan, Crauls Shop, Manor Kilbride, and

Charles Camping, Blessington for selling our day permits for the Liffey fisheries.

Mr. Peter Ganley, Lilliput, who looks after our boat requirements on Lough Ennel. All the Landowners, who facilitate us in getting to the river bank.

The Managers and Staff of IFI, for their help and advice during the year.

Mr. Jack Doolan and his son Michael, who look after our boat requirements on

Lough Owel.

Mr. and Mrs. Peter and Tina Deane, in the Texaco Lake Service Station, Blessing-

ton, who manage our boat lettings for Poulaphouca Reservoir. Mr. Tommy Fagan, who looks after our boat bookings on Lough Lene.

Ms. Gabrielle Leahy of the Crover House Hotel for the arrangement for boat hire at a

reduced fee. The Many Members who contributed generously to the Association’s Fishery Devel-

opment Fund.

Dave Ring Cup: awarded to the member scoring the most aggregate

points in Association fly-fishing competitions. This year with 19

Points; Angler of the year: Gary Coakley, Eoin Dunne and Der-

mot Flynn

Martin Donohoe Trophy (presented by Tara Mines). Awarded to

the member catching the heaviest trout in Association fly fishing

competitions. Winner: Fran Nugent: 3.625lbs. in the Pasker Cup

Competition.

Bob Allen Cup: Awarded to the juvenile based on competition re-

sults and general commitment to the club. Robert Farrington

Chairman's Choice Award; To be presented at AGM.

Well done to Gerry Heaslip who fished for Ireland in 2014. Also

well done to Gerry Heaslip,Tom Hipwell, Dave Canning, Dermot

Flynn, Fran Nugent and Declan Mc Kibben who qualified to fish in

the National Championship in 2015.

COMPETITION RESULTS 2014

Pasker Cup Trout Lough Owel 12th April 2014

Place Name No. (lbs.)

1st Tony McGratten 3 4.35

2nd Mick O’Toole 3 4.32

3rd Dave Canning 3 3.815 4th Fran Nugent 1 3.625

L.M. Byrne Cup Lough Lene 25th May 2014

(Heaviest Fish)

1st Paul O’Brien 1 3.515 2nd Fran Nugent 1 3.35

3rd Dave Canning 1 2.73

Anna Livia Trophy Liffey 25th June 2014

1st Terry Walsh 2 2.52 2nd Richard Duggan 3 2.32

3rd Eoin Dunne 3 2.186

1st Jun. Owen O’Driscoll 1 0.51

Ryder Cup Trout Bohernabreena 31st August 2014

1st Gary Coakley 1 1.245

2nd Bobby Woods 1 0.48 3rd Jim Keeshan 1 0.28

1st Jun. Robert Farrington 1 1.015

McCarron Cup Trout Lough Owel 27th Sept. 2014

1st Dermot Flynn 3 4.735

2nd Gary Coakley 3 3.34 3rd Justin Clarke 2 3.155

1st Jun. Almha McDonnell 1 1.170

Table of Aggregate Points Scored

Place Name Points

1st Gary Coakley 19 1st Eoin Dunne 19

1st Dermot Flynn 19

4th Fran Nugent 16 6th Paul Dunne 11

6th Bobby Woods 11

8th Terry Walsh 10 8th Tony McGratten 10

8th Paul O’Brien 10

13th Robert Farrington (Jun.) 9 26th Owen O’Driscoll (Jun.) 3

We remember long time member Mr William Norman

RIP who unfortunately passed away during the year.

William regularly fished at Bohernabreena and the Anna

Livia competitions. DTAA Committee

Heaslip secured second place overall

with 9 fish, Tom Hipwell had 6 fish,

Dave Canning, Dermot Flynn and Fran

Nugent all had 3 fish and Declan Mc

Kibben had 2 fish.

The McCarron Cup was held on 27th

Sept .we had a total 30 fish for 34 an-

glers. Dermot Flynn was 1st with 3 fish

for 4.735lbs Second was Gary Coak-

ley 3 fish 3.34lbs and 3rd Justin Clarke

2 fish for 3.155lbs

Well done to all who took part in our

competitions in 2014. They were very

enjoyable and well attended, hope to

see you all again and some new faces

in 2015

Fran Nugent, Competitions Sec-

retary Lunch Break, important time for the

competition angler.