There was a small improvement in fishing last week on the Bandon with about 8 fish reported mainly small grilse and two coloured salmon…
Grilse and some bigger salmon are now beginning to run in better numbers. On Wednesday (24 June) 4 fish were caught on Bandon Angling Association waters with a further 2 fish lost. 2 were fresh grilse of around 4lbs, the other 2 were salmon 8-10lbs which had been in the system a week or so. On Friday fresh grilse were seen above Baxters Bridge, underlining once again that they don’t need a flood to run.
Michael Foran adapted his tactics to the low water conditionson Sunday (28 June) and caught a lovely 12lb fish on a bead headed trout fly. On such a light set up, the fish put up a great fight. A couple more fish were also lost.
The river rose 8 inches on on Sunday evening, so is a little fresher again.
Report courtesy of the Bandon Angling Association
Go fishing…
The River Bandon is a most scenic and prolific game fishing river flowing through some of the most picturesque country side in West Cork. It’s source is a few miles north west of Dunmanway from where it flows through that town and and on through the villages of Ballineen, Enniskeane, Kilcoleman, Bandon and Innishannon where it become tidal and widens into an estuary before meeting the sea past Kinsale.
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