BALLYDUFF BRIDGE SALMON FISHERY
Ballyduff Bridge Salmon Fishery report on a great week with guests catching their first ever salmon and a delighted David Walker landing a sea-liced grilse of 3.5lbs on Thursday. The delight on his face says it all. Well done also to Jason catching another grilse on the fly on Wednesday night also. Martin Cronin had 2 fish of 3lbs each on the fly at Ballincurrig both fish safely released.
On Saturday Tony O Riordan hooked 6 fish and landing 4 safely releasing 3. Pat Boland landed another fish at the Bridge and Tony Murtagh catch 2 fish at Ballincurrig on the fly safely releasing both. A lot of fish were seen on Ballyduff beats throughout the day.
Monday too was a great day at Ballyduff Bridge Fishery with Tony Murtagh landing a fresh fish of around 5lbs at the bridge and 2 other fish being lost also. Well done to Patrick and Stephen who landed and released two fish one of around 3lbs and another one of around 12lbs from the Ballincurrig beat.
FORT WILLIAM
Paul Whelan tells us that fishing is still fantastic there at the moment with another 4 landed last Wednesday on fly with 3 released safely.
Alwynn Moss had a nice grilse of 5lbs on fly off the Glenmore beat.
Micheal Long from Carlow had a nice fish of about 7lbs off the Castle beat released safely. His son Robert had 2 beauties of about 10lbs also on fly which too were released safely.
BLACKWATER SALMON FISHERY
Glenda Powell reports some new fish in the system after the rain and says; Great salmon fishing continues on the Cork Blackwater and we are catching fish almost every day. In fact I am sure that we are losing as many fish as we are catching as the salmon have been in a peculiar taking mood for the last two weeks, often taking a quick run with the fly and dropping it. It is great for keeping the angler awake and anticipation of a fish on the next cast is very high. The fish that we are catching are mainly grilse however there have been fish caught in the last week up to 8lbs and one today of 7lbs. Most of the salmon being caught are carrying sea-lice, fresh in on the tide. We had rain yesterday and the gauge at Ballyduff has risen by 8 cms and this small rise is bringing in more fresh fish – we had three fish on the fly today on our lower beats. The water temperature at Ballyduff is 12 degrees and we are using floating lines with short intermediate tips and size 10-14 flies or little tubes. Black spinners with copper blades seem to be the favourite at the minute for anyone spinning although the fly is working better than the spinner. We still have some availability left for this week, however Sunday 3rd July and Monday 4th July is fully booked. September is fully booked for guiding/tuition with me, yet I still have a few spaces left if you would like to book fishing in September. If you would like to go fishing then you can either contact me Glenda on 087 2351260 or if you can’t get me then please call Noel on 085 7220923 or email [email protected] or [email protected]
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Ballyduff Bridge Salmon Fishery
Ballyduff Bridge fisheries control a number of beats of the Munster Blackwater. The Ballyduff Bridge beat is almost a mile long offering a huge variety of water and is particularly suited to fly fishing. Upstream near the village of Ballyhooley (a few miles outside the town of Fermoy, Cork) we have two beats. The Ballincurrig Beat is one of the most beautiful locations along the river and has an excellent piece of fly water flowing into a deep pool. Just downstream on the opposite bank we have a short but productive beat, called Magners. This beat fishes also well in high water.
Contact Conie Corcoran:
Ballyduff, Co. Waterford.
Mobile: +353 (0)87 6918230.
Web: www.blackwatertroutandsalmon.ie
Blackwater Salmon Fishery
Blackwater Salmon Fishery has 3 beats downstream of the weir and 2 upstream of the weir. Blackwater Salmon Fishery offers fishing on approximately 5 miles of the river Blackwater. The fishing is spread throughout the middle section of the river to offer good sport throughout the fishing season. Due to the location of the beats, fishing can still usually be offered in low or high water.
Contact Glenda Powell: Lismore, Co Waterford,
Email: [email protected]
Mobile: +353 (0) 872351260 Telephone: +353 (0) 5853929
Web: www.blackwatersalmonfishery.com
Fort William Estate
Flowing through Cork and Waterford, in the south east of Ireland, the river Blackwater is most famous for it’s salmon fishing. Fort William Fishery has 5 beats on the river, which include stretches particularly suited to flyfishing. Our beats offer a wide variety of water, suitable for both beginners and the more experienced fishermen. In summer we have also good numbers of sea trout. On the estate there is two self-catering cottages and tackle/freezer room. Whether you like fishing for salmon or fly fishing for sea trout, Fort William will meet all your game angling requirements and much more.
Paul Whelan,
Fishery Manager,
Fort William Estate,
Glencairn, Lismore, Co. Waterford, Ireland
Web: www.fortwilliamfishing.ie
Tel: (00353) 87 8292077
The Munster Blackwater…
For more information about salmon fishing on the Munster Blackwater please see the following page with a list of all the fisheries
