Eileen Carroll from our Macroom office has the roundup of West Work rivers…
ILEN RIVER
There were 10 salmon landed on the Ilen River last week, the best fish was 8lbs, caught by a club angler on a Flying C spinner.
See Bandon report for update there. No reports from other rivers in the area.
Go fishing…
The River Ilen is a medium size spate river that fishes best on a dropping flood for both salmon and sea trout. Spinning, worm and fly fishing are the methods used and allowed on club water.
The river is beautiful and a joy to fish, pools along club waters are easily accessible with seats, steps and stiles put in place for the anglers comfort. With selective tree pruning done along the river in recent years fly fishing has become a more available option especially on the lower river with numerous pools opened up to suit fly fishermen, night time fly fishing for sea trout is a pleasure with great stocks of trout entering the river from April.
Website: www.riverilenanglersclub.ie
