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
While the fishing slowed markedly down last week it was marked by the capture of 2 big fish between Clohamon and Scarrrowelsh bridges with a 15 and a 19 lb fish being taken. It would seem that many fish have taken the … Continued
Here is a picture of a nice fish going back in on Sunday – this man had lost the 4 previous fish he hooked so he is pretty happy. River still cold and not many fish showing but they are … Continued
I could not get a picture of the 19lber caught recently but have attached a photo of a nice 10lb fish caught yesterday by Philip Maher from FishHunt in Clonmel . With the high water the fish seem to be running fast through the … Continued