Good number of grilse in Drowes recently

Monday 29^th May  to Sunday 11^th June 2017

Water levels remained lower than desired on the Drowes over the fortnight but despite this and very bright conditions at times, the river fished well. There were good numbers of salmon reported with the majority of these being fresh run grilse. Given here are catches from taken from the register in the Fishery Office.

On the 30^th May, John Parkinson recorded a 6lb grilse caught on a spinner from Soft Hole. On the 31^st, Maurice Livingstone reported a 3lb grilse caught on a fly from the Sea Pools. On the 1^st June, Harry Lloyd logged a 3lb grilse caught on a fly from the Old Sea Pool and Darren O’Hare accounted for a 4lb grilse caught on prawn from the Sea Pools. On the 2^nd, Walter Huldi recorded 2 grilse weighing 4 & 5lb caught on a fly from Eel Weir. On the 3^rd, John Croy reported a 6lb grilse caught on prawn from the Sea Pools. Paul Cardy logged 3½lb grilse caught on a fly from Red Roof. Pat Sullivan registered a 4lb grilse caught on a Rapala from Eel Weir and Peter Marshall accounted for 2 grilse and a salmon weighing 3, 3 & 15lb on prawn from the Sea Pools with the large salmon being released again. On the 4^th, P.J. Bailey recorded a 4lb grilse caught on worm from the Sea Pools. Johnny Ciconte reported 2 grilse weighing 2 & 3lb caught on spinner & fly from Red Roof. Gary Morrow logged 2 grilse weighing 3 & 3½lb caught on prawn from Spa well with the larger of these being released again. Stan Kingham registered a 4lb grilse caught on prawn from the Sea Pools. Sean Brophy recorded a 3½lb grilse caught on prawn from the Sea Pools. Carlos Marco reported a 4lb grilse caught on fly from Mowatt’s and Andrew Fletcher accounted for an 8lb salmon caught on a fly from the Sea Pools.

On the 5^th, George McBride recorded a 4lb grilse caught on worm from Upper Mill Pool. Rory Morrin reported a 4lb grilse caught on fly from Red Roof. Julian Ciconte logged a 3½lb grilse caught on spinner from Corry. Jens Frey registered an 8lb salmon caught on fly from the Sea Pools and Colin Gardiner accounted for an 11½lb salmon caught on a fly from the Sea Pools. On the 6^th, Paddy recorded a 4lb grilse caught on worm from Red Roof. Jens Frey reported a 3lb grilse caught on a fly from the Sea Pools. Johnny Ciconte logged a 4lb grilse caught on a fly from Red Roof. John Ford registered a 3lb grilse caught on a fly from the Sea Pools. David McErlean recorded a 10lb salmon caught on a Rapala from Otter Hole. George McBride reported a 4lb grilse caught on worm from Four Masters Bridge and Billy Grimes accounted for 2 grilse weighing 3 & 5lb caught on shrimp from The Blackwater & Rooney’s. On the 7^th, Paul McMenamin recorded a 3½lb grilse caught on prawn from the Sea Pools and Darren O’Hare accounted for a 4lb grilse caught on prawn from the Sea Pools. On the 8^th, Kurt Neuenschwander reported a 4lb grilse caught & released on a fly from Briney’s. On the 9^th, Johnny Ciconte recorded a 5lb grilse caught on a fly from Red Roof. Julian Ciconte reported a 4lb grilse caught on spinner from Red Roof and Paul McCausland accounted for 2 grilse weighing 4lb each caught on shrimp from Spa well.

There were numerous other salmon caught that have yet to be entered into the Catch Register and overall there were some 60 salmon caught over the week.

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River Drowes

The Drowes Fishery is one of Ireland’s premier spring salmon and grilse fisheries. The river is some 5 miles in length, with over 70 named pools, flowing from Lough Melvin at Lareen Bay and entering the sea at Tullaghan, just outside Bundoran. The Drowes has a wide variety of water suitable for all fishing methods, including several miles of good fly water and deeper slower moving pools suitable for spinning and bait fishing.

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