Spey casting course in Fortwilliam Estate on 7th and 8th July
Fortwilliam Estate on the Blackwater, Co Waterford will be holding a spey casting course on the 7 & 8 of July 2012. The course...
14.2lb salmon for Tim Harty on the Blackwater
Ian Powell on the Munster Blackwater reports:
On May 5th There was another good flood just fining off on the river. As expected the river...
Some salmon reported between floods on the Munster Blackwater
Fort William Estate Fishery
30/04 Water levels are certainly dropping back quickly now after the recent flood which brought it up over 1.5 meters. Today...
Munster Blackwater in flood, but salmon fishing to pick up
The latest news from Ian Powell of Blackwater Lodge is that the river at Ballyduff is high and dirty. Though the upper river is...
The Biggest Fish of the Season so far on April 14 on the Munster...
Jim Shanahan from Castletownroche was fishing an upper beat & phoned me to ask if he could switch to another upstream beat. I suggested...
Earliest ever grilse recorded at Upper Kilmurry
On April 9th Ken Stewart (Dublin) caught the first grilse of 2012 on fly on the Hut Pool on Upper Kilmurry. It's probably the...
8lb salmon on fly was first fish of season in Fort William Estate
First fish of the season at Fort William Estate goes to Mossy Brown, a nice fish of 8lbs on fly off the Ellis beat.
Over...
Floating line tactics working on the Blackwater
Conor Arnold contacted Ian Powell yesterday afternoon March 26th to ask if he could go trout fishing to Ballyhooly. Ian suggested he go instead to Kilmurry...
Springer taken on St Patricks Day at Ballyduff but Blackwater still quiet
Below is the fish which was taken at 3pm on March 17 (St. Patrick’s Day) by PJ Burns from Dublin. Weight 8.2lb.
He took it on...
Lovely water on the Munster Blackwater, but salmon slow to take
Blackwater Lodge
March 10: 13.00 a fine fresh fish ~10lb. lost on spinner after 5 minutes (reel problem). A few more fresh ones seen running...
