On Thursday June 12th, a draw took place to allocate 18 Brown Tags for the taking of salmon on the Roughty River. The requirement to hold a brown tag is set out in Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme (Amendment) Regulations, signed into law by the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Eamon Ryan, T.D. More information on the Roughty River brown tag lottery is available here.
A total of 42 valid entries were received from salmon rod licence holders. Each was assigned a number in advance of the draw.
Twenty three (23) numbers were randomly generated. The first 18 successful entrants will be issued a brown tag no later than Monday June 16th . The final 5 numbers are reserved in case an angler declines or returns the tag allocated to them.
The random draw was conducted by Sean Long (RBD Director).
The selected numbers are:
- 2025329
- 2025317
- 2025305
- 2025311
- 2025324
- 2025341
- 2025328
- 2025319
- 2025313
- 2025331
- 2025304
- 2025302
- 2025320
- 2025309
- 2025308
- 2025318
- 2025335
- 2025322
The 5 reserve numbers are:
- 2025221
- 2025223
- 2025228
- 2025255
- 2025271
The Brown Tags will be issued by post.
The fourth and final Roughty Brown Tag Lottery for 2025 will open for entries at the fisheriesireland.ie website from Monday July 14th, until midnight on Sunday August 3rd, with the draw taking place on Wednesday August 6th.
