The internationally known Irish magician and mentalist Keith Barry, had a smashing day's angling on the River Blackwater on Saturday morning last.

He caught a beautiful fish weighing in a around 10lbs on what is known as the 'cable island beat' section of the river in Ballyduff. 

Keith commented on his enjoyable experience fishing on the Blackwater via his social media page saying: "Great few days fishing the Blackwater recently. Fish were few and far between but managed to land this beauty. Boom."

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