This week brought lovely weather with the days dry and sunny. Spring is definitely here and in fact it felt more like summer evidenced by the arrival of Swallows and Willow Warblers this week. Cuckoo’s next! J The very sunny weather did not suit angling on the Drowes but every non anglers was delighted! The Drowes had lovely water levels this week. The Gauge read 0.69m on Monday and the river gradually dropped over the week to read 0.61m on Sunday. Despite the very bright conditions, the river produced fish on every day except Thursday.
On Monday, Billy Grimes recorded an early grilse caught on a fly from Lennox’s Bridge and Harry Lloyd logged a spring salmon caught on a Rapala lure from The Meadow.
On Tuesday, Shane Caskey reported a salmon of around 9lb caught on a Fly from Lennox’s Bridge and Michael Ashley accounted for a fish of around 6lb caught from the Old Sea Pool.
On Wednesday, Julian Ciconte recorded a 10lb salmon caught on a spinner from the Trout Pool.
On Friday, Chris McDaid caught a salmon of around 9lb.
On Saturday, Padraig Deeny logged a salmon of around 7lb caught from Mowat’s. Darren McNelis registered a grilse of around 5lb caught on a fly from The Nursery and Harry Lloyd accounted for a fish of around 5lb caught on a Rapala lure from the Meadow. Stephen Smyth recorded 2 salmon caught on fly for his weeks fishing.
The dry sunny weather is set to continue until the weekend when a low pressure system is forecast to dominate bringing wetter, windier and colder conditions. This will cheer up the salmon anglers!
Lindsey Clarke
IFI-Ballyshannon.
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