The Chairman’s review of 2021 has recently been sent to all member’s emails. While improved spawning and a good spread of fish throughout the system last season are welcomed the review highlights our disappointment with the decision to keep the … Continued
After the disappointment of the decision to continue to delay the opening of the river until 1 April, there is at least one bit of good news in that the 2021 spawning season on the Slaney is reported to have … Continued
A group of members accompanied IFI’S Stephen Byrne and 3 of his colleagues on a trip to the Redds on 13 November 2021. We visited 2 separate locations and despite being a bit early in what was a delayed main … Continued
A meeting at Clohamon Wier took place on Friday 8th of October with Minister Malcolm Noonan, Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform, his advisors and a cross-party group of politicians. SRT representatives lead the party through the facility … Continued
Hopes that the seatrout run this year is just a bit late are fading fast as very few seen trout are being seen or caught in the usual places. On the other hand, salmon fishing over the past few weeks … Continued
The router problem that had knocked the webcam off line is now sorted and it is back up and working.
Apologies to all members trying to check the water level over the last few days. The Webcam is currently showing 2 July photos for all dates. We are working to sort the issue out as soon as possible.
The fishing in the past 2 weeks has been unusual with the river above Bunclody outfishing the lower beats by a significant factor as fish hammered through in the unseasonally high water. Although it has substantially quietened down in the … Continued
An angler fishing upstream of Bunclody has landed 2 badly seal marked fish in the last week. One very fresh fish had a raw hole in its gut and the second, which had been a while in the river, a … Continued
The first weeks of the season were heavily impacted by the Covid cross county and local travel restrictions. As a result, fishing was restricted to locally based rods which reduced activity on the river. Notwithstanding that, good fishing was reported … Continued