fahan sunday 17th may 09

People: me and dawsey

Duration: 3.30pm - 8.30pm

Tide: last 2 hours of the ebb to the first 2 hours of flood

Weather: 15mph winds. sunny and dry

Bait: mack, lug, rag, squid and sand eel

Rigs: flappers

Results: ME: 2 thornies, 7lb 14oz and 7lb 8oz. DWASEY: 2 thornies 3lb 14oz and 5lb 15oz




Report: after being laid up for a week with the flu i finally felt well enough to get back out for a session . dawsey has been at me for a while about heading out to a mark where he could come into contact with something that weighed more than the lead on the end of his rig so a road trip to fahan was in order to try to get him his first ray or dog. we had only arrived and got set up as a wee dog came over and cocked it's leg on our bag of bait forgot about the advice don gave me regarding the dogs up that way . there were 4 other anglers fishing to our left and the guy closest to us got a dog and ray on his first cast so things were looking up dawsey and i were chatting about bite indication with rays as his rod got a solid knock and he landed his first ever thornie. mission accomplished!!! after a few quick pics and a spell on the scales he was returned none the worse to fatten up and grace someone else in the future. then it went a bit quiet until the wee spinning rod i had out for flounder was almost pulled clean from the sand spike i started to reel in and felt a good bit of weight on the end, and my biggest thornie to date broke the surface. he weighed in at 7lb 14oz and made my measure look quite small in the pic it was one of the best fights i've had from a fish in a while. the rod's cast weight is only 15-20 grammes and it was loaded with 15lb line, so it was a great scrap . from there on out i did'nt care what happened for the rest of the session as we both got a ray each and were more than happy i began to rebait the rod i just landed the fish on as my other rod on the tripod got pulled over and hit me on the back of the head . at first i thought i'd somehow knocked the tripod over, but soon realised it was a fish as the rod headed towards the water . i grabbed it and struck into another thornie . he was a bit smaller, but still no tiddler at 7lb 8oz. then we had another quiet spell with no bites for a few hours and i began to pack away. dawsey gave it the old last cast and was rewarded with another ray . so a few more pics were in order and the wee chap was released. not wanting to be greedy we packed up and headed for home happy with our day at fahan. 2 new personal bests and a new species for dawsey. just the kind of fishing we love

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lovely fishies and great report as always, well done

Well done - a few nice ray there.

Well done there, Dawsey i hope u didnt have a Hangover this time

well done boys. would have love to get up to fahan myself but was painting and doing up the wee man's room.

fahan is a cracking spot and some big rays for your efforts.

Last pic was the best its deadly when they swim off!!nice one

well done lads, they're a brave size of raymonds.

Nice fishing lads bet the big lad was good fun on a spinning rod

Great report as usual Al,

Glad to see you got a couple of decent fish for your efforts.

Will defo be heading up that way sometime soon for a weekend of fishing.

Well done Al and Dawsey on the pb's and the new species Dawsey. Beautiful fish and great photos Nice to see them going back.

Super Thornies lads well to both of you on the PB's

well done lads, great session.

Great report Al, you are an expert at capturing the atmosphere in the reports, was laughing away to myself after reading that.

Thanks lads was a great day, I was over the moon with my 1st ever Thornie and new pb:D came as a bit of a shock trying to bring those beauties to shore, outstanding creatures.

Well done there, Dawsey i hope u didn't have a Hangover this time

I know mate I was in a bad way on that boat trip, lets just say I learnt my lesson........well until the next time!

Well done lads,great report and photo's as usual.Oh and well done in the 2 new personal bests some cracking fish there.

Paddy

well done you two got a club comp there soon so a similar result would be fantastic ill be the thornie on the spinning rod gave you a shock

well done lads great session,some fine ray and a lovely location as well

well done al and dawsey,great thornies there,bet jordan was sick!!

lovely fishies and great report as always, well done

Well done - a few nice ray there.

Great report as usual Al,
Glad to see you got a couple of decent fish for your efforts.
Will defo be heading up that way sometime soon for a weekend of fishing.

well done lads, great session.

well done lads great session,some fine ray and a lovely location as well

cheers lads. they were a bit bigger than what i was expecting . at least bite indication was'nt a problem

well done boys. would have love to get up to fahan myself but was painting and doing up the wee man's room.
fahan is a cracking spot and some big rays for your efforts.

well done lads, they're a brave size of raymonds.

Nice fishing lads bet the big lad was good fun on a spinning rod

well done you two got a club comp there soon so a similar result would be fantastic ill be the thornie on the spinning rod gave you a shock

cheers lads, that wee rod was nearly pulled outta the sand spike . at least i know that wee rod can handle a fish up to 8lb now allbeit under serious pressure

Last pic was the best its deadly when they swim off!!nice one

Super Thornies lads well to both of you on the PB's

Well done Al and Dawsey on the pb's and the new species Dawsey. Beautiful fish and great photos Nice to see them going back.

Well done lads,great report and photo's as usual.Oh and well done in the 2 new personal bests some cracking fish there.
Paddy

cheers guys. we had a cracking time there. a new species for dawsey and a new P.B. each. fishing dose'nt get much better than that the rain even stayed off

well done al and dawsey,great thornies there,bet jordan was sick!!

i know, but he had school in the morning. so he had to miss out on that trip. he'll just have to wait to thrash me good and proper on our next outing. it's becoming quite a habit

great stuf Al/dawsey wish i could have joined you's, but as Al knows i was unable to, but theirs always another day
an great pic's guys well done....