Blackwater Lodge
04/09 Two grilse – one on fly. Sept. 5: 2 rods on an upper beat caught 5 including two 8 pounders, & one double figure fish lost.
06/09 One rod caught 3 grilse on spinner & lost 3 including a coloured cock of ~14-16lb. on spinner on an upper beat.
07/09 Best Day of Season! Twenty fish to 10lb. taken, including 7 for one rod on the upper river. Mostly on spinner on the upper river, but 4 on fly on the lower river, where the clarity was better.
Spinner is most successful in the last couple of days, but it’s in good fly order.
Ian & Glenda Powell
Blackwater Lodge & Salmon Fishery
Upper Ballyduff, Co. Waterford.
Tel: 00 353 58 60235 From UK: 0871 474 0135 (10p/min any time!)
Mobile: 00 353 87 235 21 20
E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.ireland-salmon-fishing.net
Fort William Estate Fishery
07/09 The river has risen today and is running clear. Another good day so far today with 9 fish reported in. Jimmy Dellahunty had the best fish of the day of 10.5lb on spinner off the Ellis beat and returned another of 5lbs. Michael Wymes had a 6lb fish off the Castle beat. Stuart Feeney had a grilse of 6lbs off Glenmore. Mossy Brown and his brother Tommy had a grilse each off the Bishops beat. Marcus Bale had a nice grilse of 6lbs off the Ellis. Eddie O’Brien had a nice fish of 7lbs off the Golf beat and returning another.
Yesterday Martin Mullane had 2 fish on fly off the glenmore beat and all returned.Ray Drenann had 2 fish off the Ellis all on spinner and Bryn Ocklford from the U.K. landed a grilse of 3lbs off the Castle beat. John Ryan from Clonmel landed a 4lb grilse on fly also off the Castle beat. Prospects now looking really good as more rain forecasted so it will keep water levels topped up.
Paul Whelan
Fort William Fishery
Fort William Estate, Glencairn, Lismore, Co. Waterford.
Tel: +353 (0)87 8292077
Web: www.fortwilliamfishing.ie
