Eileen Carroll, IFI Macroom, reports that for the past three 3 weeks about 18 salmon, mostly peel, were landed. Most of these were landed last week averaging 2lbs – 4lbs. Best methods flies and spinning.
RIVER LEE ESB FISHERY
19 July: Three anglers from Co. Antrim, Ryan Richardson, Stephen Richardson and Jim Richardson, between them had 10 salmon including some peel for the week, ranging from 3.5lbs up to 9lbs, landed on shrimp. Noel Kavanagh, Cork, had 1 salmon weighing 5lbs landed on a fly. An unknown angler returned a peel of 2.5lbs.
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The River Lee drains a catchment of 484 square miles of which much is taken up by two large reservoirs. Salmon Angling is confined to an 8 mile stretch from Inniscarra dam to Cork city…
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