Anyone know the results of todays heat (thurs).
Could someone keep me posted on whats happening over the
next few days as I am away for 2 weeks!!

Fell at the first hurdle yesterday. Only one rise for the whole day after fishing dries all morning and wets all day. We never saw a natural rise or a trout to jump all day. It goes down as the hardest day I ever spent on the lake. The vast majority of anglers rose 0-2 keepers for the day in what were nice fishing conditions. About 30% of the anglers caught fish. 1.32lb was the cut off weight for getting into the final, and the winning catches were 2 trout for 5.6lb, 2 trout for 5.5lb and third was 1 trout for 5.17lb. No idea who caught them, did not regognise anyone that did well.

Best of Luck to Mary my sis who made it through and to my brother Patrick and my mother who are out trashing today in a nice southerly storm.

I am looking forward to next year already.....hopefully it will be nice and calm for the week

Thanks Dooras for the tips and enjoy Morocco.....still goes down as been under the thumb in my boat, a woman bringing you away on holidays during fishing time.......

To Ger my boatman a big thanks, tried his very best and I hope you catch a few on Sunday

Thanks for the report JB.Not in the competition myself but was thinking of travelling on saturday.Back to the drawing board!

Oh Seamus looks like you could be on a bad roll just now Hope it does not last tooooooooooooooooo long mate as the lake is just round the corner. See you soon. PS thats me got my kilt looked out again

I was at the weigh in this evening.Most anglers had a difficult day by the sound
of it

Lots of good fish though.2lb+ and 1st and 2nd very close.Frank Reilly 2nd with 4
fish over 6lb.First also had 4 fish over 6lb!!

I think 1.50 was the cut off point.

Hard luck JB,sounds like you had a tough day.Sorry my advice was not much use!!
Thanks for the report.Headin off tommorow!!!keep me updated

Any idea what the fish were caught on today?? Cheers. Never fished Mask before but I'm entered for Sunday.

Thanks Bahbah....I am having a real stinker of a year at the comps but it might all change when I get to Menteith

I am still waiting for all those killer patterns....do you not know my address???


Flies that caught fish on Mask include, golden olive bumble, green peters, sedges, octopus, stimulators....basically the bog standard patterns, its not the flies or the place in my opinion, for the small amount of fish that are moving, you could not say that they are feeding on anything in particular.

Its just a question of getting one or two rises and hoping that they will take. I still believe that it will be won at the inishowen rocks......

JB
www.kellykettle.com

Fished today's heat. One of the roughest days I have spent on Mask in a long time. Boats were held back for half hour this morning until the safety boat could get out for a look at the conditions. We were eventually let out and I managed two fish for 3.24lb and qualified for the final on Monday. The heat was won with four fish for seven pound something, cant remember the exact weight and the heaviest fish was 3.6lb. A tough day with most anglers only getting a few chances and if you were lucky enough to hook them then you were in with a chance.
Looking forward to Monday, just hope the wind drops a bit.
Tight Lines
Trout Hunter

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Well done trout!!
You did well.Cant believe it was so bad.Must be one of the toughest world
cups ever with conditions.

you have a great chance now that you qualified!!

Im stuck in airport at the mo waiting for delayed flight to morocco!!
3 hour f in delay.

Thanks for update.keep me posted and good luck

Well done mate. Good luck on Monday.

OO

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