Fishing Report – October 2026

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BAC – Rainbow Trout

On Monday 5 October Geoffrey Moorhead was fly fishing from the shore at the Corbet Lough and he had 4 or 5 fish on dry daddies and shuttlecock buzzers. Ronnie Adair was also fly fishing from the shore and he had 5 fish on dry daddies. On Wednesday 7 October Lenny Ervine had 3 fish in the top bay on dry daddies. On Thursday 7 October Lenny also caught a couple of nice fish in the top bay on dry daddies. There is also reports of an angler catching and releasing a salmon on the River Bann at the start of the month. On Saturday 10 October the club’s competition anglers were faced with a strong cold westerly wind at the Corbet Lough which saw all but one go down the Banbridge shore. The fishing was slow at the start except for Brendan Downey who was netting a fish after twenty minutes. The majority of the fish today were caught in Morton’s top two bays with Wilson Clinghan getting his spinning on the Newcastle shore. Various flies were taking the fish today with Geoff Hylands getting his fish on his baby lures others catching on daddies and zonkers and Roger McClements on a black uv booby cormorant with the fish taking at the start of the retrieve with the fly just under the surface. Despite the conditions there was a good number of fish caught with three anglers catching four fish and another three anglers catching three fish. At the weigh in we had eight anglers measure 2 fish once all the photos were verified Geoff Hylands took third place and a vital points with 2 fish at 92cm second place went to Wilson Clinghan 2 fish at 96cm and winner of the Gowdy Cup was Roger McClements with 2 fish at 102cm. On Saturday 17 October the Siilver Butchers Angling Club had a day out on the Corbet Lough. They reported plenty of fish caught and released. The top rod was Raymond Cherry with 14 trout, next was W Johnston with 12 trout. Indeed all nine anglers caught a total of 56 trout. On Saturday 24 October not even storm Boelo could deter the club’s competition anglers from fishing the final competition of the season at the Corbet Lough for the Jos Willis Cup. Indeed it was also good to see two new faces among the regulars. Despite the rough conditions there was plenty of fish caught with Geoff Hylands netting ten fish. Unfortunately he couldn’t keep the big ones on. The majority of the fish today were caught at the top end of the lake mainly on lures with Oliver Brogen getting his on a red rib cormorant. At the end of the day all but one angler had measured two fish and it was the two newbie’s who led the way. In third place was Roger McClements with 94cm, second place went to Darren Aiken with 97cm and winner of the Jos Willis Cup was Oliver Brogen with 101cm.