Drowes Fishery manager Shane Gallagher reports on the last few days on the River…

The water level has dropped to 0.54 metres on the gauge in brilliant April sunshine. The weather may be a little bright for fishing but the rise in temperatures, hatches of olives and duckfly and the arrival of swallows and the cuckoo are most welcome after a long wet winter. Fishing remains slow for the time of year but there have been some nice fish in the mid to high teens reported both caught and lost.

David Reid with his 18lbs 4oz fish from the Wash Stones on prawn on Thursday.
David Reid with his 18lbs 4oz fish from the Wash Stones on prawn on Thursday.
 Richard Todd with his fish from the Island Pool on fly.
Richard Todd with his fish from the Island Pool on fly.

Among the fish reported over the past week were, Peter Zahnd who had a fish from the Eel Weir on the 9th and a second fish the next day from the Nursery, both on rapala, David Reid who had an 18lbs 4oz fish from the Wash Stones on shrimp on the 10th, Richard Todd had a 5lbs fish on fly from the Island Pool and Lawrence Mc Manus had a 5.5lbs fish on worm from Brineys, both on the 11th, Billy Grimes had a 7lbs fish on prawn from the Old Sea Pool yesterday and Kevin Burke had a 10lbs fish from the Black Hole on a flying c at lunchtime today.

 Lawrence Mc Manus with his fish from Brineys on worm.
Lawrence Mc Manus with his fish from Brineys on worm.

Quite a few fish, including some good double figure fish have also been reported lost, including one from the Island Pool this morning. The weather forecast is for continued dry, warm and settled conditions for the rest of the week and over the Easter weekend. Water levels are good but the current bright conditions are not ideal for fishing.

Shane Gallagher
Drowes Salmon Fishery
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