Paddy Halpin, IFI Limerick, reports from the River Feale where a few more salmon were got on spinner and fly….

15 March: We had reports of 3 fish got for the week and 1 released. Amongst the lucky anglers for the past week was Jer Mulvihill, Listowel who had an 8lb salmon while spinning.

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Jer had an 8lb salmon spinning

Peter Daly from Limerick got a good fish of 11.5lbs spinning as well. Maurice Quirke of Limerick  caught his fish while spinning and Stephen Slattery of Limerick had a lovely fresh fish on the fly in the Finuge stretch. The fish was safely released.

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Stephen Slattery had a lovely salmon on fly which he released. This is our ‘Catch of the Week’ winner

A good number of healthy spent fish were also got and released during the week.

Water levels are dropping at the moment and the river is coming nice for a bit of fly fishing.