Simon Ashe reports that the Ballynahinch Fishery is starting to fish again. The recent floods have had the desired effect on the water and the fish…
10 Salmon and 60 Sea Trout were recorded for 44 rod days. Dan O Donovan (Cork) fished Inagh for a day and landed 3 Grilse to 6.5lbs and 8 Sea Trout to 2lbs on black flies of his own tyings. Michael Heery and William Hamilton (Dublin) boated 8 Sea Trout to 2lbs and had 2 Salmon to 6lbs on Green Dabbler and Connemara Black. Richard Maguire (Dublin) landed 2 Salmon from Greenpoint to 5.5lbs on a small Silver Stoat. And finally Joe Creane (Galway) fished Greenpoint for a couple of hours yesterday and landed 1 Salmon of 6lbs on a Stoat and 4 Sea Trout to 1.5lbs.
Simon Ashe
Ballynahinch Castle Hotel
Recess, Connemara,
Co. Galway, Ireland
Go fishing…
The Ballynahinch Catchment drains an area of 68 square miles and is a diverse system of interconnected loughs and rivers, drained by the Ballynahinch River and offering the very best of fly fishing in Ireland. This majestic river, with fishing rights owned exclusively by the Ballynahinch Estate, winds its way underneath the Castle for three kilometres until it reaches the wild Atlantic Ocean at Bertraghboy Bay,Connemara Ireland. All salmon and sea trout entering this magnificent system must swim up this river through the Ballynahinch Castle Hotel Estate giving Ballynahinch its world-renowned reputation as a famous salmon and sea trout fishery.
To book fishing contact the castle at 095 31006, or check www.ballynahinch-castle.com
