Well with weather to die for, warm sunshine, temps around 26 degrees celsius and barely a breath of wind we knew it was going to be a tough day to get fish feeding and it sure was! Steve had fished the venue on Thursday and had 25lb of skimmers in only 4 hours but as he said himself on the day it fished like a totally different lake.

Due to very low water levels we changed venue on two occasions for this last match so as to even be able to catch fish but Trinity was so low it would have been impossible to fish it. Drumlona may have produced given the warm weather we had got over the past week but I decided we would settle on the venue that we started on after hearing it was fishing very well early in the week. We had a poor turnout on the day between one thing and another and it did ultimately affect the placings for 3rd place in the end.

Anyway we all fished it and had a laugh as usual and enjoyed the sights as we endeavoured to entice what little fish we could into our swims and then safely to our nets. We had only one blank on the day and that unfortunate ability fell to young Brendan who's heart just wasn't in it due to the fact that he was in holiday mode and was flying off to Spain the following day and so after a couple of biteless hours when others around had caught the odd fish he decided to call it a day and get some packing done. Enjoy the hols mate and see you when you get back!! Anyway we had a new winner on the day and I am delighted for him as he got a plumb draw on the day and a nice swim that fished better than the rest of ours, well done John, great result to end the league on!

So even though first and second place were more or less decided before a float hit the water here I would just like to congratulate Lee on finishing first for our winter league, well done mate!!
Also I would like to congratulate Steve on coming in a close second after having a few disastrous results but that one day on the Ditch put him right back into contention or it might have been a very different story. Who says peg positions don't affect results?? LoL
I am delighted to have finished in third although it was slightly by default as Tony didn't turn up on the day for some reason but I'm not complaining.

A huge thanks to one and all for making it a great winter with a lot of banter and hilarity to keep us all in good form. Also a big thank you must go to Venture Sports in Monaghan (Dick and Brian especially) without whom we would have been stuck for bait on occassion but also more importantly for donating prizes to our club for use at our matches over the winter and coming summer months! Thank you Dick, much appreciated!!

And now to todays and the final results:

So with plenty still up for grabs we arrived eager for a good days fishing again on the ditch. Weather seemed perfect, light winds, slightly overcast conditions and no rain but the sun peeping through the cloud every now and again. The drain had a good colour in it and was low but we felt sure that we would have similar weights again for our penultimate match.

We set up in near quiet as noise here can kill it with all the movement on the bank and were all in at 10:00 a.m. having decided to give it an extra hour and fish until 4 p.m. After 1½ hours only one of the 9 anglers that attended had caught any fish and we all unanimously decided to call it quits and the winner was to be Steve. Well done mate!! He also had picked himself in the Golden peg so he won that too. . . On discussion with another club in Dublin I have deemed it fair to award the other 8 anglers with the most possible points for not catching, therefore all 8 have amassed 9 points for finishing in last place ultimately.

Having travelled so far for a days fishing a few of us decided to fish elsewhere and so headed around the corner to another area and spent a few hours catching some roach until we all headed our own way in the early afternoon. We had time for a quick pint in the local pub though in celebration of Brendan's birthday. Thanks again to all for making the effort and i think it was inevitable that we would end up with a blank on the cards at some stage but for 8 to blank is a feat I won't or anyone else will want to see repeated anytime again soon!

And now to todays results:

Well we settled down to fish on a very windswept Town Lake in Killashandra for match day. With a westerly wind gusting at times it made casting a distance quite tricky but neccessary as the better fish were further out with summer fishing still some way off. It was a fairly mild day and we only got caught out a couple of times with short spells of rain but nothing too heavy. We have been blessed with the weather up to now and hopefully we'll see out the last couple of matches without a torrential downpour.

This venue with the wind meant feeder was the order of the day and everyone fished this method and thankfully again we had no blanks. There was one really good fish during the day and that went to the winner on the day (well done Lee), a nice 3lb bream.

Thanks again to all who turned out for this and I look forward to seeing you all at the next match in 3 weeks time on Killykeen where we will fish our penultimate match.

And now to todays results: