Duration: 3.00pm to 7pm
Tide: LW 5.15pm
Weather: Sunny spells, brief showers, overcast and windy
Bait: fresh mack
Rigs:one hook clipped - size 3/0
Results:3lb thornback ray and one doggie
Catch and Release: Yes
Report: A long awaited trip to Fahan in search of thornback rays. Having promised my young friend Matty that I would have to take him after something more interesting than coalies, pollock and wrasse, we headed for Fahan from our base on the Causeway Coast. Using the ferry route between Magilligan and Greencastle we arrived at Fahan just after 2pm. Conditions were a bit hit and miss with a few opening showers on arrival followed by some sunny spells and a bit of cloud. We set up about 150 / 200 yds from the bhoys and launched our first casts at about 3pm. The wind was right in our face, the water was choppy and it took us no time to realise that the weed was going to mess us about
The fishing ws certainly not as good as recent reports had indicated and it wasn't until about 6.30pm that Matty picked up a slack liner only to find a 3lb thornie on the end. Although the fishing was poor this was mission accomplished
A short time after, when it was looking like I was going to blank, along came a dog to save the day.
Unfortunately Matty wasn't too sure about gripping the ray
and left it to me to display for the camera. In turn I decided that even though John was only along for the drive, he could pose with the dog - he sure was impressed - doesn't take a lot 
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