Galway salmon still running in the heat

Water levels have been perfect all week, with catches reflecting the great run of fish until the warm weather took hold. The heatwave has...

Excellent summer salmon fishing in Galway

Water levels remained were perfect all week, with the weir operating at one gate open since last Thursday. The run of grilse has been...

Excellent run of salmon at Galway, 123 fish caught last week

Water levels remained slightly on the high side, with 2 gates inexplicably being kept open all week, in spite of dry conditions and falling...

Lucie bags her first fish at Galway as grilse run ramps up

The broken weather last week resulted in water levels increasing, with an extra sluice gate open on the weir. Runs of grilse were excellent...

Perfect conditions and good grilse run make for good fishing in Galway

The lower water levels, couple with an excellent run of grilse, produced a great week for anglers in Galway. There were 31 fish landed,...

Good numbers of grilse in Galway

A further welcome drop in water levels saw another sluice gate closed on Monday this week, and conditions are now perfect for fly anglers,...

Best week of season so far in Galway

The welcome drop in water levels, and the arrival of grilse in good numbers, has seen the best week of the season so far...

Galway Fishery starts to produce as floods recede

After 3 weeks of heavy water, the OPW finally closed 10 sluice gates on the weir, and with 4 gates open the river came...

Water levels suit the fly at Galway Weir, salmon to 13.5lb landed

Kevin Crowley reports on the salmon angling at the The Galway Salmon Weir Fishery... Water levels have been at one gate for the last week,...
Michael Leonard with his 21lbs specimen salmon taken at the Galway Fishery on March 28th, 2012

Michael lands a specimen off Galway Weir

The long dry spell means that water levels have finally dropped in Galway, with 2 sluice gates open on the weir. Even this is...