Tag: Rathcon

Lures fished deep work for Rathcon rainbows in bitter cold

The lake is fly fishing only and designed to allow maximum fishing so that 90% of the water can be covered. The average depth is 10ft with deep holes of up to 20ft in places.

Dermot Page reports on the Rathcon Winter League final qualifier, fished just over a week ago… The final qualifier was on February 12th. There were 18 anglers fishing and a total of 31 fish landed. It was bitterly cold with a strong north westerly wind and fishing was very tough. The fish were down deep and lures were […]

Good conditions but not easy in Rathcon Winter League

A nice Annamoe rainbow pictured before release back to the lake.

Dermot Page reports on the Rathcon Winter League first round, fished at a mid October weekend… Today was the 1st of the 2017/18 winter league qualifiers. 20 anglers fished with the top 5 qualifying for the final next spring. Despite good fishing conditions the day was tough with only 35 landed but a lot more lost. Many thanks to […]