A Few Good Fish

Hi All
A couple of our new members have discovered some of the hidden gems in our river (well the big ones do tend to hide themselves well). Both Dermott Mitchell & Gianluca Paolella had a few good trips down to the river this year the weather looked bad but the fishing looked great well done lads below are a few photos taken by them on the day enjoy.
p.s on the trout league table it seems our blog was effected by the Gmail issues over the past few days making posting tables or very large items to the blog impossible for the minute we could only get a small version to post so you may have to get out the binoculars to view it, we will of course rectify this when blogger returns to normal operation.
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Dermott with some fine trout above & below

Gianluca with a fin perfect trout

Nothing like a good bend in a rod

A good days fishing by anyones standards well done lads 

The Hawthorn Cup

Hi All
The Hawthorn Cup was fished on Sunday the 14th April a good turn out on quite a blustery day to say the least, however most anglers found a few sheltered spots to get some fishing in.
Fly life was present but most flies were blown off the river quickly, very few fish rising for them.
Kevin McLaughlin won the event on a tough day with 2 fish for an over all total of 18 inches well  done Kevin.  A lot of anglers caught fish around 8-9 inches but the bigger stamp of fish didn't come out to play they properly had more sense to be out on such a windy day. Only one fish over 12 inches was caught by angler Dermot Mitchell. Hopefully the Hawthorns will make an appearance for the JR competition on the 28th of this month.
We are having some difficulties posting the Trout league table it will be updated as soon as these bugs are worked out.
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Kevin McLaughlin being presented with the Hawthorn Cup

Some of the anglers who braved the windy conditions

Hawthorn Cup Sunday 14th April

Hi all
The Hawthorn Cup is on this Sunday 14th April as usual all welcome the weather looks like it will be favourable heres to hoping. In the absence of a conclusion to the car park issue we will meet in the Lidl car park in Leixlip @ 10:30 am fishing from 11am -3pm. Also it was noted at last nights meeting that some members have not yet paid this years fees please forward your membership fee to Michael Callaghan as soon as possible. The Trout scale sampling is also about to get underway if you are interested in helping this process please contact Brendan O'Reilly for sample envelopes & information on the sampling process. Hope to see you all on Sunday for what should be a good mornings fishing and a bit of craic. Just a note to any new members or beginners Leixlip anglers competitions are more of a get together than a formal competition  if you need any hints or tips thats the place to get them.
Tight Lines.