Only 2 fish reported to me this week. One UK visitor had a nice grilse and a regular rod, known for his preference for traditional equipment, had very exciting evenings fishing. Given the height of the water and the chance of a grilse he … Continued
It would seem that there was very limited angling activity during 8 days ending on the bankholiday. I only heard of 5 rod days with 4 salmon landed. Yesterday the river was still quite coloured and high but fast sinking tips and size … Continued
Heavy rain left the river very peat stained mid week but it had cleared and fallen to 1ft 3 inches by Saturday. Inevitably the run is slowing down markedly at this stage but I can confirm from personal experience that sea liced fish were … Continued
The water has stayed high and the grilse have keep coming. It has been an extraordinary month on the Slaney with even this week individual rods having 3 or more fish in a day. At least 2 anglers had their first Slaney … Continued
Although it tailed off a bit today, the fishing like the water has held up remarkably with the relatively few anglers out still picking fish including some double figure ones. The quality of the fishing is illustrsted by the fact … Continued
As a follow up to the report on the weeking 8 July I recieved the following photo of the circa 15/16 lb fish landed on Sunday. It will give you some idea of the quality of fish about. One word … Continued
When I should be writing about sea trout it is great to report that the very high water has resulted in excellent catches of large fresh summer salmon with fish up to 15lbs being landed. Large cacade varients (about size … Continued
The river has stayed at winter level virtually all week and even now is at 2ft. As a result the sea trout are very well spread out in the main river and will be hard to catch until they are … Continued
Last weeks big floods may have led to the cancellation of the casting class but it also brought some fresh fish into the river. Based on very limited reporting Saturday and Sunday saw at least 3 fresh salmon all over 10lbs … Continued
The heavy rain at the weekend has woken the river up a little – I have heard of 3 fresh salmon met – one landed with sealice. Enniscorthy anglers had a good day before the weather broke with 7 fish met on the prawn and … Continued