Springers to 15lb from the Drowes at the weekend

Monday 4^th  to Sunday 10^th January 2018.

Water levels were good to high this week. The gauge read 0.64m at the start of the week but heavy rainfall and sleet & snow showers added to snow melt meant the river rose rapidly and by the end of play on Sunday the river read 0.85m on the gauge at The Four Masters Bridge.

The 1^st Drowes salmon of 2019 was caught on the 5^th by Jackie McErlean from Briney’s and took a Fluorescent Yellow Flying ‘C’ lure. This was a 10lb fish that he released again and Jackie was awarded the Drowes Perpetual Cup, the newly commissioned Thomas Gallagher Conservation Cup and also a 1kg bar of silver that the Drowes Fishery had prepared for the 1^st Released Salmon of the season to mark 2019, The International Year of the Salmon.

The 2^nd salmon of the season was caught on Saturday. This was a 7lb salmon caught by Brett McKee on worm.

On Sunday, Brian McEvoy recorded the 3^rd salmon of the season. This was a fine 15lb salmon caught on a Yellow Belly Devon Minnow. There was also another fresh salmon hooked and lost on Sunday.

 

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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.

For information and bookings on the Drowes Fishery & Lough Melvin see http://www.drowessalmonfishery.com
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