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
IFI recently published a copy of its initial report on the cormorant situation on its website. This is an early stage report with an extensive literature review. It should be of interest as one of the areas selected for study was the … Continued
August’s Trout and Salmon magazine has interesting article on the Slaney along with some great photographs. You can see the article here copyright Trout and Salmon.
The casting class originally set for 23 June has been rescheduled for 8 September. Participants who had signed up for the original event have been notified of the revised arrangements.
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 notices and Agendas for the AGMs of the Slaney River Trust and Slaney Rod Fishers Association have been posted today. Members will also receive a message from the Chairman providing an update on the year’s activity. The meetings are being … Continued
A fishery owner on the Vartry reports that there has been a very high (almost total?) mortality level in the fish kill last. This all the more surprising due to the very high water levels. It is essential that the … Continued