Salmon Fishing Reports & News

Fishing over the past couple of weeks has generally been slow with a trickle of fish running the river. Water levels have been good during the period but many anglers have put in quite a few days with not so … Continued

After the excitement of the first few days of the season the level of activity has noticeably slowed on the river with anglers reporting relatively few fish seen or hooked although there were 2 fish lost today (24.3.15). The water  … Continued

The Slaney was high but clear for its St Patricks day opening with  rods out  on most beats along the river. The total catch was thought to be 9 fish which sounds great but the river is still a shadow of the it’s former … Continued

The Slaney reopens on the 17th and with a dirty 4ft flood today (13th) we are keeping our fingers crossed that it will be in great order on the day. As per last year the season runs to 16 September and the … Continued

The draft tagging regulations issued today 11 November show the Slaney as catch and release for the 2015 season along with the Nore , Suir and Barrow.

Unfortunately the Webcam is down at present. It may take a little while to fix. For the second year in row the sea trout run on the Slaney has been very slow. Anglers are reporting very few fish being seen … Continued

On Wednesday and Friday the lower river was very dirty due to localised thunder storms. The week a whole was a little hit and miss although individual anglers had success in particular Andy Kelly who landed a 37″ (circa 20lbs) … Continued

I reported yesterday that in particular the middle of last week had produced great fishing. An SRT board member kindly did a ring round the river and it has confirmed the picture of a great week with fish spread throughout … Continued

This week shows how fickle salmon fishing can be. Wednesday was a real red letter day for the river with a great run of fish  with sealiced fish being landed on beats from Enniscorthy to as far up as Tullow. The fish … Continued