Great turnout for opening round

Some of the anglers kept in the spirit of Halloween and arrived in fancy dress adding to the craic.

A lot of quality trout were caught with the average weight being weighed around 4lb8. Noel Roberts, Portadown kicked of the league well taking first place with a three fish bag weight of 14lb8 which included a lovely fish of 6lb8.

Second place went to Blackskull angler James Herdman with a three fish brace for 13lb6 while Matt McFadden, Lisburn took third with three fish for 11lb9. Bill Johnston, Lurgan took fourth with three fish for 10lb10.

Fifth place was very close with only a ounce in it going to Belfast angler Gerry Teggart with three fish for 10lb2 leaving Andy McCandless, Dromore to take sixth with his three fish bag of 10lb1.

Andrew Rea, Banbridge was the clear winner in the juniors releasing a total of 10 trout. Joint second went to Nathan McKinley, Banbridge and Richard Dickson, Dromore releasing four trout each. Richard also won the prize for the best fancy dress with his red hair and mask.

The next round of the league will be on Saturday November 3. The fishery will also be hosting a competition for Islandderry Trout Anglers on Saturday November 17 with a first prize of £100 cash.

This is open to all and will be a sponsored competition with proceeds going to Macmillan Cancer Support.