The recent heavy rain has brought a number of good sized fresh fish into the system the largest we have heard of was an 18lber landed by Tom Tynan at Clohamon although he was probably out done by wexford angler Anthony Doran who … Continued
The fresh water over the last week has brought a number of fresh fish into the river and the attached photos show the result. This lucky angler fishing at Clohamon had 2 fish on Saturday. I have had reports of … Continued
Once the small fresh of last week had dropped off most anglers stayed at home. I heard of at least 4 fish being caught during the week. One stretch, made up of 2 seperate single bank beats, reported 3 fish during the week including … Continued
Anglers will be hoping that Monday’s rain which has brought the river up by about 9″ will bring in fresh fish. I have only heard of a handful of fish being caught last week but angling pressure has been low … Continued
SRT director Thomas Mernagh hightlights how the installation of a fish pass has alleviated the impact of a water extraction weir on the Boro which had completely blocked access to the several miles of spawning grounds.
The Trust was notified last week by anglers of an effluent discharge from the new Bunclody sewrage plant on 17 March. They took a number of photos showing the discharge and its spread down the river. On an earlier vist they … Continued
The river level continues to fall and we need water to get the fish into the river and up stream. Fish are being caught but in very small numbers – the site has only heard of 3 since Wednesday all … Continued
There are a few fresh fish spread along the lower beats. With very limited reporting at least 3 more fish are known to have been caught in the first 2 days – two on Moyadie and one further down stream. A number … Continued
Overnight rain brought the river up 2″ but it is still only at 1ft on the SRT gauage – typical May fly height. Although not many fish were seen a number of sealiced fish were caught including Virginia Webb’s 8lb … Continued
The Farmleigh Fishery has fishing available for the 2012 season. For further information contact Carmel Gormley on 087 2539474