The tail end of last week and the weekend saw plenty of fish recorded on all stretches of the River Lagan from Dromara to Belfast. Mark Sloan fished the river on Thursday last and had plenty of well made fish to 38cm, the fish succumbing to a mix of olive and hawthorne flies. The Dromore Anglers held their bank holiday weekend competition on Saturday 5th May with Warren Campbell gaining the honours while Stuarty Moore was second and Mathew Russell third. Andrew Sloan reported over thirty fish on Sunday 6th in the 30cm to 36cm with a beauty of 43cm to crown his day. Again the fish started on olives and then switched onto hawthorne and this is exceptional river trouting with a high average size. This standard of fishing is likely to continue for the next couple of weeks as with the weather changing daily the fish aren’t getting the opportunity to gorge and sicken themselves on the blackfly.
Brian Russell
