5 Sept 1000: The weather which we expected has not arrived but we have gales from NE and temperatures are low but little rain. One nice salmon to Prof Dr. Rudolf Schweissthal which was very fresh. Weather saw little activity yesterday on lake but Willem Timmermans reported losing two salmon on troll.Engine stolen last night from Bog, 9.9 4 stroke Yamaha. Please keep an eye out for information.

4 Sept 0830: Very few boats yesterday braved the elements. Currane is rising rapidly and with even more rain tomorrow the lake will be at record summer levels by Saturday. Four salmon/grilse to report with Kevin Mc Gillicudy taking two fresh grilse with Mike Dwyer, Ken Towner with Vincent O Sullivan taking a fresh salmon of 7lbs on fly while young Adam Dwyer took a grilse.Good numbers of salmon/ grilse and indeed fresh sea trout in Butler Pool last night.

3 Sept 1000: Very severe weather again today with cold hail and rain. All rivers will be in spate tonight. Some signs of grilse in Butler Pool but some very small fish circa 3lbs in evidence.Winds from NW AND STRONG.

August was a month of extreme weather and extreme water levels with Currane at or above winter level for the entire month. Another facet of the weather was the low temperatures throughout the month. Grilse were still scarce and sea trout only responded when warm conditions prevailed on a number of days. The first days of the month saw Martin Lanigan O Keefe, Frank Donnelly and Mike Dwyer all take salmon and grilse. The first week saw Brendan Spillane report good fishing for his holiday with a dozen fish over 2lbs and plenty of juniors around the 3/4 pound mark and fresh. John Young took two nice sea trout with the best at over 7lbs. Geoffrey Thompson had a grilse with Frank Donnelly while Brendan O Halloran had a good number of fresh juniors and two better trout to 2lbs. John Curnew also had a grilse.Grilse were taken in the Butler Pool each day but the main run, in common with the rest of the country has not arrived. Some good bags over the first days of week two saw Brendan Spillane taking eight sea trout while Joe Barry had five sea trout while a grilse was taken by Tom Ahern.

The trout started to take around the 8th of August with Rene Lachemeier taking twenty and Steve Cullen taking four trout to 4lbs. Kevin O Sullivan took some nice juniors in the evenings with Derry Gibson also successful with four nice trout in an evening session. Tom Sheehan and Maura Harrington took a grilse and two sea trout with Neil O Shea while a guest with Dominic Mc Gillicudy had a number of sea trout and a grilse of 6lbs on the fly. Jim Sayers reported four sea trout while other anglers reported moving a lot of sea trout. Brod O Sullivan with John Moorehouse also had a nice bag of sea trout.
Tommy Duggan with Dominic Mc Gillicudy had two salmon and a number of nice sea trout. Barney Grimes with Neil O Shea had a 9 lb salmon which he returned. Martin Lanigan O Keefe was also sucessful on the Butler Pool

The first Lough Currane Flyfishing Championship was fished on Saturday 16 Aug. The Competition was on a catch and release basis and a most enjoyable day was had by all. The lake rose by over six inches on the day of the championship but this did not deter John Holstead from taking five fish. The proud winner was presented with a 19ft Davison Corrib Boat and a unique photograpic print of a spawning sea trout courtesy of Vincent Hyland. The largest fish was 52cm and taken by well known local ghillie Frank Donnelly. Alan Hassett was second with three sea trout. The Championship Dinner was held in the Butler Arms Hotel and its historic association with angling in Waterville has truly been revitalised. A great night was had by all and it is hoped to run the Championship on an annual basis.


The third week of the month saw grilse fall to Martin Lanigan O Keefe , seatrout to Jim Sayers and Gerard Meade who shared five trout with the largest at 7lbs which was returned, John Allen had two sea trout and two grilse on fly with Bob Priestly while Peter Kiernan had three sea trout to 2lbs on Cloonaughlin., Robin Waistell taking five with Tom O Shea with three of these over 2lbs, Mike Taylor took a nice trout of 5.5lbs while Jamie Glyden, Will Glyden and Jake Burke took sea trout with Neil O Shea. At last salmon and grilse were showing in reasonable numbers with The Prince and Vincent O Sullivan taking three on fly at 10,5,4lbs in one day, Diarmuid Lenihan ,grilse at 4.5lbs and John Eagan and Mick Lambe taking three grilse with Michael O Sullivan. Sea Trout were also to the fore with fish being taken by most boats with some good trout being taken most notably two of 4lbs by a guest with Terence Wharton.

The fourth week saw young John Mackintosh take three nice sea trout with Neil O Shea, the best at 4.5lbs. Two good fresh grilse were taken by young Michael Mc Carthy fishing with his grandfather Donal O Shea and another lost, they reported seeing a number of fresh salmon. Liam Ellis reported good fishing for juniors in the evenings A number of salmon were taken on the Cummeragh during this period with Kevin Brain sucessful. Ally Gowan with Dominic Mc Gillicudy took a nice grilse on fly.
The weather was warm over a number of days and the sea trout responded with Rod Robinson and Kevin O Sullivan taking twelve sea trout to 4lbs in Na Mona, Paul Asque with Neil O Shea took two nice sea trout of 2.5lbs and 3lbs on Currane. One grilse fell to Paddy Barrett with Brod O Sullivan. Donie and Denis Collins with nine sea trout to 5.75lbs . Brendan O Halloran with seven sea trout to 2.5lbs while Graham and Stuart Liptrot had a grilse of 4lbs and a sea trout of 2.5lbs. Other anglers reported reasonable catches. The Butler Pool produced some grilse. Weather as I write this report is like winter today with hail and cold winds dominating. The month ended with a great sea trout of over 9.5lbs falling to Roy Williams from Kent.

There appears to be a good stock of sea trout but grilse are scarce and this may be associated with the smolt run of 2007, we had a drought from Mar to the end of June with very high air temperature, this may have impeded the smolt run.

ug Report:

02 Sept 1000: Some good catches over weekend with one superb sea trout of 9.5lbs taken. Other anglers to mention were Donie and Denis Collins with nine sea trout to 5.75lbs . Brendan O Halloran with seven sea trout to 2.5lbs while Graham and Stuart Liptrot had a grilse of 4lbs and a sea trout of 2.5lbs. Other anglers reported reasonable catches. The Butler Pool produced some grilse. Weather is like winter today with hail and cold winds dominating.

31 Aug: A very disturbed weather pattern is hitting Kerry with very heavy rain and cold winds. Saturday proved a good day with sea trout to the fore. Some good trout were taken with a number over 5lbs taken. One grilse fell to Paddy Barrett with Brod O Sullivan. Grilse are scarce all over Kerry and indeed other parts of the country. Salmon and trout are still running and we should see good fishing in Sept.The Cummeragh River above Cahersivane Bridge is closed and the rest of the river is fly only.

27 Aug: Some good bags of sea trout with Rod Robinson and Kevin O Sullivan taking twelve sea trout to 4lbs in Na Mona, Paul Asque with Neil O Shea took two nice sea trout of 2.5lbs and 3lbs on Currane. A number of salmon were also taken on Butler Pool yesterday.

26 Aug 1500: Weather terrible again today with rain and fog dominating. We put over fifty thousand salmon parr in Currane today and the day went well. All our fish were in excellent condition and took to their new environment well. Some sea trout taken and Ally Gowan with Dominic Mc Gillicudy took a grilse.

24 Aug:Two grilse to young Michael Mc Carthy fishing with his grandfather Donal O Shea and another lost, they reported seeing another few fresh salmon. Some sea trout were taken but more bad weather with rain is currently approaching the Kerry coast. Liam Ellis reported good fishing for juniors last evening and if forecasters are accurate we should see a falling lake from Wed with warmer more settled weather.A number of salmon were taken on the Cummeragh yesterday.