The Club has increased the daily bag limit at the Corbet Lough to 3 Rainbow Trout with effect from Tuesday 1 July. All Brown Trout must still be returned unharmed and all other Corbet Lough rules still apply. This change is another one of the Club’s ongoing measures, along with the argulus egg posts, reed planting and weed cutting, to help manage the argulus problem at the Corbet Lough. On Thursday 3 July there was a good turnout of boat anglers on the Corbet Lough. The pick of the catches were Stevie Rea and Mark Douglas with 18 fish between them, Tom King and Gerard Lyness with 14 fish between them, Jim McClelland and Stevie Ferris with 7 fish between them and Lance McCarthy and Matt Shields with 5 fish between them. On Thursday evening Geoff Hylands and Frank Kearney had 15 fish to the boat between them. Wilson Clinghan and Sam Grant fished ‘on the top’ and they had 7 fish between them. On Friday evening 4 July the conditions at the Corbet were very blustery. Geoff Hylands was fly fishing in the top bay and he had 3 fish in about an hour. On Saturday 5 July Gerard Lyness and Tom King were on the Corbet Lough and they had 22 fish between them to the boat. Raymond Cherry and Wesley Beattie were also out and they had 17 fish between them to the boat. In the afternoon and early evening Geoffrey Moorehead was fly fishing from the shore and he had 11 fish on shuttlecock buzzers. In the evening George Vennard and Brendan Downey were fly fishing from the shore and they had 8 fish each on dries. George Gallagher was fly fishing in the top bay and he had 4 fish on shuttlecock buzzers. In the evening the Club’s competition anglers were at the River Bann fishing for the Dessie Smyth Cup. The winner was Roger McClements with a great fish measuring 37cm. Wilson Clinghan and Eugene Curran were 2nd and 3rd respectively. All the fish caught in this competition were returned unharmed to the River. On Thursday 10 July all the boats were out on the Corbet Lough throughout most of the day. During the day it got extremely hot and the fish were deeper down. The anglers that were successful were fishing sinking and sink tip lines. The top rods during the day were Stevie Rea and Mark Douglas with 20 fish to the boat, Gerard Lyness and Malachy Cumberton also with 20 fish to the boat. Lance McCarthy and Matt Shields were out for a morning session and they had 9 fish between them to the boat. On Friday 11 July Stevie Rea was out with Louis Clarke for a boat session on the Corbet. Stevie had 16 fish to the boat and under his guidance young Louis had 13 fish to the boat. On Thursday 17 July Stevie Rea was out for a boat fishing session on the Corbet and he had 17 fish to the boat. On Saturday 19 July the Club’s competition anglers were at the Corbet Lough for an afternoon/evening competition. The adults were fishing for the Woods/McClory Cup and the juveniles were fishing for the Corbet Cup. At the weigh-in Sam Grant won the Woods/McClory Cup with fish weighing 3lbs 14ozs. Colin Crothers and Lenny Murray were 2nd and 3rd respectively. In the juvenile competition Jacob Heslip won the Corbet Cup with the best bag of fish on the evening weighing 6lbs 15ozs. On Sunday 20 July there were a few boats out on the Corbet Lough. Lance McCarthy and Matt Shields had 12 fish between them with a couple of fish about 5lbs. Sam Watt and Andy Holden were also out and they had 8 fish to the boat. Although the weeds are challenging for fishing, particularly shore fishing, they are not having any adverse effect on the fish. Indeed the fish are healthy and fighting like tigers. On Thursday 24 July there were some reports of great fish being caught from both the boats and the shore. Tom King and Gerard Lyness were out for their weekly boat session and they had 24 fish between them. Tom had 2 great fish over 5lbs. Stevie Rea was also out and he had 11 fish to the boat. Roger McClements was out and he had 10 fish to the boat. Geoffrey Moorehead was fly fishing from the shore and he had 3 fish and he hooked and lost a few other fish. On Friday 25 July Aidan Lavery was out boat fishing and he had 18 fish on the wets just sub surface. Stevie Rea had 12 fish also fishing just below the surface. Brendan Downey had 7 fish up to about 3lbs on a dry daddy. Les Patton had 5 fish to the boat fishing a bumble and diawl bachs just under the surface. Elijah Parks and his dad were worm fishing from the shore and Elijah had 2 good fish. On Saturday 26 July the Club’s competition anglers were at the Corbet Lough boat fishing for the Straghan Cup. The fishing was challenging with few fish rising and fish not coming to the dry fly but with the right tactics on the day there were some some great fish caught. At the weigh-in Stevie Clarke won the Straghan Cup with a fantastic bag of fish weighing 12lbs 1ozs. Wilson ‘Skippy’ Clinghan and Lenny Murray were 2nd and 3rd respectively. On Thursday 31 July Stevie Rea and Lance McCarthy had a great days boat fishing with over 30 fish between them. Stevie also had a cracking Brown Trout ready for the net when it threw the fly and a big eel on the fly.