Terry Smithson
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Feb 22
81st Annual General Meeting Mellon Country Inn 29 Feb 2024 at 7.30pm
The Association will be holding the AGM on the 29th Feb 2024 in the Mellon Country Inn at 7.30pm sharp. Refreshments will be served on the evening. Seamus Cullinan Head of Conservation and Protection and Jason Mc Cartney local area Inspector will be present on the evening and he will give an update on all …
Mar 24
Membership Fees for Season 2021 during lock-down due to Covid 19
We are still in very strange times , and I would guess that none of us have seen the likes of it in our lifetimes, However as an Association we have to keep up with the administrative end of running the club and we must discharge our obligations to Riparian owners and pay rents as …
Sep 10
REMEMBER CATCH RETURNS MUST BE IN BEFORE 15TH NOVEMBER
(Click below for extra pages on OAA Catch Return Form) OAA Catch Return Form Catch returns on all species in Omagh Anglers waters are mandatory from the 2019 Season onwards! As an Association we have no figures to combat pollution incidents or how many salmon /trout are being caught in our waters and from this …
Apr 26
Bobby Rodgers RIP
It is with great sadness that I report the passing of Bobby Rodgers former Chairman and long standing stalwart of our Club, Omagh Anglers Association. Bobby had been recruited to the Association in 1963 as a committee member by his uncle Joe Mathers who was the Treasurer of the Association since it was set up …
Oct 03
Catch and Release from 1st October 2023 Season, as agreed at the AGM by the Members.
On February 23rd 2023 at the AGM it was proposed from the floor and with a majority vote that the Association would make all waters of the Association Catch and Release for Salmon fishing from 1st October again this year. It was decided that from this date that all salmon caught should be returned carefully …
Apr 01
Willy Wans and Coneywarren area of the River Strule April 2019
As Secretary of Omagh Anglers Association I have been asked to make it known that the fishing rights in the area known as the Willy Wans and Coneywarren area , left bank downstream , are OWNED not leased by Omagh Anglers Association. These rights were purchased by the Association along with other rights in that area in …
Dec 06
Co-operation against Mining in Omagh!
Several of the committee and many members attended the meeting this evening hosted by the Ulster Angling Federation in the Mellon Country Inn about the mining operations that are happening in our local area. The meeting was extremely informative and the presentation by Mr Dunn was excellent but also extremely worrying. I will be up …
Apr 14
Rainbows and LA Regulations
Another post about rainbows! After our meeting with FASTA and further discussions with the Loughs Agency(LA) we are asking that anyone who is fishing for this invasive species(Rainbow Trout), please DO NOT USE SWEETCORN! It is against LA rules anyway but with the smolt returning now to the sea it is imperative that it is …
