Flooded rivers put paid to any chance of a wild salmon on New Year’s Day to herald the opening of the new season. On the Drowes at Kinlough in Co Leitrim, proprietor Shane Gallagher said the river was extremely high and was coupled with a wet and chilling wind. “Although a few fish were seen, angling pressure was justifiably down on previous years,” he said. The Drowes can boast a high success rate in terms of recording the first salmon and rarely a season would pass without a fish taken on opening day…
Irish Times, 11/01/16. Read the full article ‘Bad weather floods rivers and hampers chances of salmon catch‘.
