Feb 22
The Association will be holding the AGM on the 27th Feb 2025 in the Mellon Country Inn at 7.30pm sharp. Refreshments will be served on the evening. Seamus Cullinan Head of Conservation and Protection and Ronan Devlin new local area Inspector will be present on the evening and they will give an update on all …
Oct 27
(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 had no figures to combat pollution incidents or how many salmon /trout are being caught in our waters and from …
Apr 26
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 …
Aug 17
We made a donation of £500 to the Omagh Special Olympics Group on behalf of the members of the Association. This money was raised through the raffle that we organised on the few days of the Angling Fair in Castlederg back in April alongside the entrance fees that we collected for the club competitions held …
May 27
It is with complete horror and sadness that I am writing this report about the Drumragh River. As I am sure many of you are now aware of the huge (100,000 gallons of slurry) pollution incident on the river outside Dromore Co Tyrone on Wednesday 23rd May. This resulted in a massive fish kill of …
Sep 20
There have been several meetings over the last few weeks with the affiliates of FASTA to organise the response and move the issue forward with regards the huge quantities of rainbow trout that are now in the Strule and Mourne RiversRepresentatives from Omagh Anglers Association have been present at the meetings and are giving voice …
Jun 06
On behalf of Omagh Anglers Association, the Officers and Committee wish it to be known that the fishing rights (formerly known as the Belmore estate, now owned by the Rountree Family and leased to Omagh Anglers Association) have been recognised by a Declaration of Rights in the Fermanagh and Tyrone County Court on 2nd June …
May 02
We had another successful event at the Birchwood Fishery this year .We had 38 anglers at the event with 11 juniors .The weather was much improved from this time last year which had provided us with gales and hail and sleet showers. The morning session was overcast but unfortunately for the anglers we had a cloudless …
Apr 11
This is not an accolade which is afforded to many but this year 2016 Eddie(Minnow) Fisher was awarded honorary membership of Omagh Anglers Association. He is only the 4th person to be awarded this honour. This was in light of the enormous amount of work undertaken by him and a few others in tidying up …
