Salmon fishing reports

Salmon fishing reports

Nice conditions but main spring run yet to appear in Galway

Better conditions prevailed this week on the Galway Fishery, with 2 sluice gates open. Runs of spring fish have been slow, with the main...
Nigel Rush with the first salmon of the season from the Kylemore Abbey Fishery, April 2014

Slightly overdue but very welcome – Nigel lands the first fish at Kylemore

Fishery manager Nigel Rish has just been in touch to announce the capture of the first salmon at Kylemore this year – by none...

Salmon season starting to pick up on the Laune

Billy Downes of the Laune Salmon and Trout Anglers Association reports on the recent catches on the Laune and prospects for the coming days… Beautiful...

Warmer temperatures and high tides expected to bring in the sea trout on Owenmore

Frank Maunsell reports on the conditions and prospects on the Owenmore Fishery in co. Kerry… On Sunday, 27 April,  the river rose about a foot and will maintain...

Brother-in-laws enjoy the fishing at Delphi

David McEvoy reports from Delphi this week: With conditions far from ideal for salmon fishing, we have managed to land two fish in the last...
melvin salmon

Melvin reports its first fly caught salmon of the season

Lindsey Clake reports that with the warming weather, Melvin fished fairly well last week for trout with hatches of fly increasing. There were also...

A few salmon and grilse from the Drowes as levels fall

Lindsey Clarke reports on the fishing on the Drowes last week... Spring seemed to arrive with a vengeance this week bringing dry and bright sunny...
Currane salmon

First grilse of the season landed on Lough Currane

Fishing on Lough Currane was a difficult affair over the Easter Bank Holiday weekend with no fish caught on Holy Thursday or Good Friday...
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Lower beats of the Slaney produce a few salmon as levels drop

Brian Stevens, Slaney River Trust, reports on the last week's fishing on the Slaney... As the river level dropped very slowly through out the week the lower...

Lough Gill reports its first salmon of the season

During the week, Sligo angler, Ollie Conlon, landed a nice spring salmon of 11.5 lbs. on a Flying-C on the Garavogue River, while the...