The honour of landing the first salmon of the New Year has been won jointly by two anglers who landed their fish at almost exactly the same time, but almost four miles apart.
The River Drowes is one of Ireland’s premier spring and summer Salmon Fisheries and in addition, holds good stocks of wild brown trout. It has accounted for the first recorded Irish Salmon of the season caught on rod and line on numerous occasions over the past 20 years.
This year proved no exception with two salmon landed at almost exactly the same time. Timothy Dalton from Omagh was landing his 10lbs salmon at the Blackwater while four miles downstream, Colin Gardiner from Lurgan was landing his 4.5lbs fish from the Wee Drain. Both fish were caught on a “flying c” and were verified by staff from Inland Fisheries in Ballyshannon……
Donegal Democrat. 07/01/2013. Read the article ‘First Salmon of the year – on the double!’
