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Look and Learn: 3 knots for salmon anglers with Noel Fitzmaurice

The Munster Blackwater opens today and Noel Fitzmaurice from the Blackwater Fishery has some great advice knots you're likely to need. For those of us...
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Look and learn: Choosing a salmon fly for the Blackwater with Noel Fitzmaurice

The Munster Blackwater opens in a few short days. For those lucky enough to live within 5km of this iconic salmon river here's something...

Looking Back – Irish Spring Salmon

Another look back through our angling heritage and this time it is to River Slaney and the Munster Blackwater we go to see how...
18lb blackwater salmon

Excellent salmon fishing on the Munster Blackwater as the season closes

Salmon fishing was reported as very good throughout the system with Trout fishing exceptional good as the season wound down. Fish were taking once...

Plenty of salmon including some bigger fish in the Munster Blackwater

Fishing remains good on the Munster Blackwater with some excellent sized fish in the system. The Fortwilliam fishery has thrown up a few salmon on...

Quiet on the Bandon, rain should improve fishing

Week-Ending Sunday 13th September 2020 Last week was quiet again on the Bandon with little angling effort as the water levels dropped off. There were...
25lb salmon from Ballyhooley Castle fishery on the Munster Blackwater

Huge salmon reported at Ballyhooley Castle on the Blackwater

Ryan O'Hagan enjoyed a great week's fishing with friends Mark Chidgey, Kieron and Noel Clancy in Ballyhooley Castle. There were a lot of fish...

The best salmon fishing advice ever received

Noel Fitzmaurice of Blackwater Salmon Fishery passes on some wisdom he received from two wise old angling sages when he was but a young...
Salmon about to be released #CPRsavesfish

Salmon reported from Longueville Fishery

Dan O'Neill reports on the salmon fishing at Longueville House on the River Blackwater... With plenty of reports of salmon along the Blackwater Longueville Fishery...
Peace and quiet on the Blackwater.

Upper reaches of Blackwater fish best as salmon keep travelling

Fishing continues very good on the Munster Blackwater, for salmon and trout. Salmon fishing is still reported good in the upper reaches as far...