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Sheelin Angler

‘You either love Sheelin or you hate it, there is no in between’, these were the words spoken to me by an angler this week causing me momentarily to stop in my tracks. Admittedly Lough Sheelin produces a hefty mix of emotions for its anglers, above any other lake in Ireland this is the one that can produce limitless highs and plummeting lows but hate is an emotion that I personally don’t see for here.  Undoubtedly this is a tough, challenging, inspiring and addictive stretch of limestone water so perhaps my angler is mixing up hate with frustration.

This week spring moved on a notch, the time changed giving that extra stretch of evening light and day time temperatures rose into the double figures.

There were some great trout caught on Sheelin for the week gone by, fish in indisputably beautiful condition, carrying weight and size, thick from head to tail. Looking at the wonderful photographs an angler would think that the trout were literally jumping into the boats here but don’t let this fool you, Lough Sheelin is a difficult and challenging lake to fish and although the lures are working well at the moment even the lure advocates work hard and long to get their catches.

By Brenda Montgomery
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