Fisheries Awareness Week runs from 12 to 19 May and IFI’s Stephen Byrne is organising an introduction to fly fishing event for Transition Year students from Gorey Community School. The evnt is taking place at Clohamon on Thursday 17th and … 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
The past week has seen consistent high water on the system with the stock now spread around the river.While some anglers, this one included, have spent full days on the river without even seeing a fish on what should be … Continued
The Atlantic Salmon Federation has published an interesting item on surgically implanting trackers into kelts on their way back to the sea on the Miramachi river building on the work done here with Nore and Blackwater kelts. Much closer to home a repeat offender illegal … Continued
The recent heavy rain has brought a number of good sized fresh fish into the system the largest we have heard of was an 18lber landed by Tom Tynan at Clohamon although he was probably out done by wexford angler Anthony Doran who … Continued
The fresh water over the last week has brought a number of fresh fish into the river and the attached photos show the result. This lucky angler fishing at Clohamon had 2 fish on Saturday. I have had reports of … Continued
Once the small fresh of last week had dropped off most anglers stayed at home. I heard of at least 4 fish being caught during the week. One stretch, made up of 2 seperate single bank beats, reported 3 fish during the week including … Continued
Anglers will be hoping that Monday’s rain which has brought the river up by about 9″ will bring in fresh fish. I have only heard of a handful of fish being caught last week but angling pressure has been low … Continued
SRT director Thomas Mernagh hightlights how the installation of a fish pass has alleviated the impact of a water extraction weir on the Boro which had completely blocked access to the several miles of spawning grounds.
The Trust was notified last week by anglers of an effluent discharge from the new Bunclody sewrage plant on 17 March. They took a number of photos showing the discharge and its spread down the river. On an earlier vist they … Continued