On Saturday 9 June 2018 Banbridge Angling Club angler Andrew Rea was competing in the Irish Trout and Fly Fishing Association (I.T.F.F.A.) National Final Qualifier on Lough Lein, Killarney against 127 of Ireland’s top competition fly fishermen for a place … Continued
The month of June started with a weather forecast for thunder and lightning and this deterred some anglers from venturing out in the boats. Although some areas got bad weather the Corbet was generally fine throughout the day. On 1 … Continued
The Club made its annual donation to charity at the Juvenile and Junior Prize Distribution at Corbet Lough on 31 May 2018. This year’s selected charity was the Chest, Heart and Stroke Association. The Chest, Heart and Stroke Association is … Continued
The Club’s annual Juvenile and Junior Prize Distribution Evening was held at the Corbet Lough on Thursday 31 May 2018. There was a great turn out with at least 30 juvenile and junior anglers in attendance on such a wonderful … Continued
The month of May is traditionally one of the best fishing months in the season. The Corbet Lough fish are top quality and the fishing has been fantastic over the past few weeks with both boat and bank anglers enjoying … Continued
On 29 April local angler Adrian McAnarney showed his fly fishing competition skills when he and his boat partner Trevor Beare won the prestigious UTV Flyer pairs trophy, presented for the media flyfishing competition by UTV in 1993, at Straid … Continued
On Wednesday 11 April 2018 there was a further stocking at Corbet Lough. In addition to some great big Rainbows the Club also stocked some lovely small Brown Trout. The Brown Trout is an iconic fish species throughout the world … Continued
The boat angling commenced at Corbet Lough on Sunday 1 April. The Club has engaged Andy and Darrell as our Boat Attendants for the coming season. The Boat Attendants can provide Day Tickets and boat hire. The boats are likely … Continued
The fishing at both Corbet Lough and the River Bann was very hard and challenging during the month of March. The adverse extremely cold weather at the start of the month and the subsequent high water levels seemed to put … Continued
The Fly-Tying Class was given a real treat for the final class of the 2017/18 Fly Tying Programme on Thursday 15 March 2018. Local fly tyer Joe Curran demonstrated the tying of his now famous ‘World Cup’ winning Claret Dabbler … Continued