Almost a week after opening day, the first salmon is caught by Ballyshannon angler. The first salmon of 2014 was caught on Tuesday January 7th at 2.30pm on the River Drowes by Ballyshannon angler Eoin McManus while fishing the pool below Lennox Bridge on the Leitrim side of the river. The fish weighed 3.6kg (8lb) and fell to a size-7 brown Rapala lure…
Irish Times, 13/01/14. Read the full article ‘And on the seventh day . . . the first salmon of 2014 is landed at Leitrim‘.
