Ian Powell reports from Blackwater Lodge:
After a quiet spell due mainly to high water & lack of rods fishing, there was a considerable pickup on Sunday April 21st.
It turned out to be the Best Day of the Season so far, & also produced the Biggest Fish of the Season.
John McNulty (who was fishing as part of our Open Weekend) caught a 15 pounder on spinner on Woodstream on the upper river, about 20 miles upstream from the Lodge. A couple of miles further upstream, syndicate rod David Walsh (Mallow) caught his very first ever spring salmon weighing 6lb. He switched to a single barbless hooked spinner & then promptly caught & released a second fish which he estimated between 9-9½lb.
Yet more rain in the upper catchment on Monday which brought the river up once again overnight, but by Tuesday morning it was already falling back. Clarity is quite good at 2½-3 feet.
Tuesday 23rd April: The river continues to fine off & another fine fish was taken today by Barry Kendellan weighing 13.5lb. It was taken on the upper river.
The air temperature reaches a balmy 19C today in the afternoon, & the water temperature on the upper river is now over 10C.
Prospects:
With the forecast now mainly dry for the coming week, prospects of sport are looking superb as there is now obviously a good head of springers in the system & the river is coming back towards good conditions.
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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
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