Over the weekend most salmon rives were raging torrents or had transformed into waterbodies that resembled lakes, complete with waves but with a little over 0.9 m on the gauage at the Drowes fishing was possible and catching was also on the cards…
Shane Gallagher of the Drowes fishery tells us that Brian Mc Evoy had a tide fresh 12.15lbs fish from the Mill Pool on Saturday afternoon on a yellow belly Devon. Anyone braving Saturday’s conditions deserved their fish. The water had risen to over 0.9 metres on the gauge. There was heavy rain for most of the day and snow overnight which melted off the mountains and further rose levels.
Lindsey Clarke of IFI at Ballyshannon adds that at present the river is rising further and the gauge will be reading 1.0 metres by the end of the day due to very heavy rain on Sunday evening and Monday morning. The river will remain very high again this week. A spell of dry weather would let the river drop to more desirable levels for angling. The forecast however is for more unsettled weather with plenty of rainfall…
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