Rain improves sport in Connemara with good fishing reported at Ballynahinch

There has been a decent amount of rainfall in Connemara since the weekend, and several fisheries have experienced a welcome rise in water levels....

Steady grilse fishing reported from Ballynahinch

Ballynahinch Fishery The rate at which fish have been caught has slowed a little to one fish per day.  However, anglers who are persistent enough...

Grilse arrive at Ballynahinch and provide good sport

Brid O’Malley was in touch from Ballynahinch Castle to report that the summer grilse have arrived after the nice fresh rain last Friday. The...

First salmon of the year reported at Ballynahinch and at Costello and Fermoyle Fisheries

Kevin Crowley  from the IFI office in Galway reports on the first salmon from Ballynahinch and the Costello and Fermoyle Fisheries. Ballynahinch Castle The first salmon...

Best Year Since 1989 Recorded at Ballynahinch

Simon Ashe gives us a roundup of the 2013 season at Ballynahinch in Connemara: The months of August and September provided fishing success not seen...

A roundup from Ballynahinch for August

Simon Ashe gives us an update on how things are going at Ballynahinch Fishery: August has really turned out to be a memorable month at...

Recent floods see the fishing improve at Ballynahinch

Simon Ashe reports that the Ballynahinch Fishery is starting to fish again.  The recent floods have had the desired effect on the water and...

Ballynahinch reports large numbers of salmon through out the system

Simon Ashe reports that August is proving productive for salmon anglers at Ballynahinch... Nearly 60 salmon have been landed at Ballynahinch so far this August,...

Best week in 25 years for Ballynahinch with 17lber landed

Reporting from Ballynahinch for week ended 9th August Simon Ashe tells us that they had the best fishing week in 25 Years. 35 salmon have...

Rain lifts spirits, and salmon, at Ballynahinch

Fishery manager Simon Ashe reports on a big improvement in fishing at Ballynahinch following the rain. After a prolonged dry spell lasting most of...