The last few months of heavy rain combined with relatively mild conditions should have lead to a decent spread of fish through out the system for the opening on St Patricks day. The high, comparatively warm, water should have meant that there were no thermal or … Continued
The final 2013 redd count has come in just on 2,000 redds which is the highest number in the past 17 years. The count has only exceed 1,500 in 2 other years (2001 and 2007),with an average (mean) over the period of … Continued
Although it is yet to be confirmed it looks like the Slaney will open for fishing on 17 March. The regulations will be the same as last year single barbless hooks only to be used for all fishing,catch and release for salmon … Continued
The consistent high water in the past few weeks should help the kelts make it back to the sea. Although the official figures may not be available for a while the encouraging news is that the 2013 spawning season was one … Continued
The sea trout run has still not materialised to any great extent and members are starting to worry they may not just simply be delayed by the cold spring. The low water means that salmon fishing is a virtual standstill except … Continued
While there are a few early arrivals in the river by and large the sea trout have been to slow to arrive in any numbers. I wonder whether like most things this year this very cold spring has delayed their arrival? … Continued
The Enniscorthy stretch continues to perform well with several fish caught during the week including this one caught by Tony Smith. The fish, caught on a home tied cascade, was Tony’s first salmon. While the low water has slowed things down, there … Continued
Regular sea angler Stephen Colgan decided to try his luck in fresh water on the Enniscorthy local Anglers stretch below the old bridge last week and was rewarded with this fish straight off the tide. Since then there has been … Continued
Following a bout of heavy rain the week started off with a bang with Tiernan’s big fish in Enniscorthy. A number of other high double figure fish were lost including one by Eanna Murphy which broke him by wrapping itself around … Continued
Another big fish has been caught, this time by TiernanSludds at Enniscorthy. Tiernan, an experienced angler who has caught plenty of Slaney fish, estimates the fish would easily have hit the magical 20 pounds mark on the scales and you’d … Continued