As expected the fresh water during the week brought in a run of new sealiced fish. Although fish were landed at Enniscorthy, Solsboro, Riversdale, Clohamon, the Wood and Kildavin many seemed to be turbocharged and heading upriver fast. This was borne out by reports of … Continued
With the guage at about 13″ the mid and upper river has gone a bit quiet with no more than 3 fish being reported off any of those beats for the week. For many 13″ is still reasonable May water although some areas are suffering from … Continued
Andy Kelly, fishing at Clohamon on Tuesday landed the second 20lb plus fish to come off the Slaney in 2 days. The 38″ long 18.5″ girth fish estimated at circa 21lbs was the largest off the beat in over 20 … Continued
Mossy Browne had a red letter fishing at Tombrick today with a small yellow shrimp on a floating line. After a fight that twice saw him out on the backing this sealiced springer, a cock fish estimated at circa 22 lbs fell … Continued
The word form Enniscorthy is that fish are still arriving on each tide so prospects for May are good. Some beats require rain while others will enjoy the lower water and should start accounting for fish.
On two days during the week it was the girls who out fished the boys. On Tuesday 23rd Hannie Blake had a very good day landing two fresh fish and losing 2 others, one of them quite large which Hannie … Continued
The week to Sunday 28th April was another good week on the river with upto 30 fish landed from Enniscorthy to Tullow. – see the report here
As the river warms up and the levels drop it may be time to change over from big heavy weighted flies to smaller flies with floating or slow sinking lines. The week started with big Willie Gunns doing the business and by … Continued
The last week has seen fish caught from Kildavin to Enniscorthy bridge as the river as fined down after the flood and water temperatue has started to rise. Anglers in the Kildavin area report that the first fish of the … Continued
Mossy Brown accounted for his first Slaney springer on Monday despite a fairly dirty flood. The circa 15lber took a very large Willie Gunn fished deep see photos of the fight and return. 2 fish were caught on Clomhanon on … Continued