Just like the highway to Hell, the road to the Drowes to catch Ireland’s first salmon of 2014 is paved with good intentions.
Anglers trying to catch the first salmon of 2013
Cinderella anglers across Fermanagh will already have taken the pledge. They’ll have vowed to leave that New Year’s Eve Ball and be safely tucked up in bed long before the clock strikes midnight, ready for an early start the following morning.
Such promises can be as empty as any New Year Resolution, especially if the glass on the table is full.
Some Cinderellas will arrive on the river bank, mid to late morning, sunken red-eyes staring unfocused from a grey, pasty, unshaven face. With any luck they will have swapped their ball gowns for something a little bit more apropos but that’s as far as their preparations will have gone. Just watching them getting into their waders and tackling up can be as funny as any Christmas pantomime…..
Impartial Reporter 29/12/2013 Read the article ‘Cinderella anglers swap silver slipper for salmon as they flock to the Drowes‘
First Salmon.
