Despite great expectations, the fishing last weekend was disappointing. The largest amount of rods on the river since opening day were out fishing but just 4 fish were confirmed on Saturday, one 10lbs fish for B. Cherry and 3 from 4lbs to 8lbs sportingly released by B. Mc Evoy, all on spinner.
Three fish were reported on Sunday including a lovely 13.5lbs fish for Darryl Kennedy from the Wash Stones. Two sea trout, one of 1lbs and one of just over 2lbs were reported from above the New Bridge on Saturday.
The first three days of this week were quiet on the Drowes. That said there are fish running with many anglers reporting good numbers of double figure fish moving as well as the first signs of early grilse. No fish were confirmed on Monday although there were fish lost. On Tuesday B. Cherry lost a very large fish at the Wee Drain at the net after more than 25 minutes. His perseverance was later rewarded with a 10lbs fish from further upstream.
As of Wednesday the water level has dropped slightly to 0.6 metres on the gauge and the water temperature has risen to over 8 degrees Celsius, the moon is full and the tides large, so currently conditions are exactly what you would want for spring salmon fishing, yet the fishing remains slow. The weather outlook is for wetter and much colder conditions towards the weekend, including frost on Saturday night.
Shane Gallagher
Drowes Salmon Fishery
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