Rough on Melvin, no salmon but a couple of good trout

Monday 17th  February to Sunday 1st March 2020 (2 weeks).  There was little to report about on Melvin again. With the storms still hitting us...

Few anglers on the Drowes but fresh fish about

Monday 17th  February to Sunday 1st March 2020 (2 weeks) The Drowes ran at very high levels all week due to the constant storms and...
#CPRsavesfish

Drowes gets first Catch and Release salmon of the year #CPRsavesfish

Nash Mc Daid from Ballybofey landed the first salmon at the “point of the meadow” on the Drowes River at 2:45 yesterday. The salmon,...
River Drowes

Opening day report from the Drowes

Shane Gallagher reports from the Drowes Fishery Office... 01 January: A smaller than usual number of anglers gathered on the banks of the river this...

A quiet couple of weeks on the Drowes

Monday 9th  to Sunday 22nd September 2019 (2 weeks).   The Drowes had good water levels over the fortnight with the river slowly dropping. On the...

Drowes flooded over weekend, few fishing

Monday 26th August  to Sunday 1st September 2019. The Drowes had fairly good water levels over the first 5 days of the week. On Monday,...

Good water on the Drowes but fishing quiet

Monday 19th  to Sunday 25th August 2019. Water levels were good on the Drowes all week. On Monday the gauge read 0.60m and the river...

Good water on the Drowes not many fishing

Monday 12th July  to Sunday 18th August 2019. Water levels were good on the Drowes all week. On Monday the gauge read 0.55m and the...

Melvin a blow out as strong winds dominate

Monday 12th July  to Sunday 18th August 2019.  Melvin was quiet again this week. There was no salmon angling effort to talk of. The trout...

Good water on the Drowes, a dozen salmon reported

Monday 5th July  to Sunday 11th August 2019. Water levels were fairly good on the Drowes over the week. On Monday the gauge read 0.45m...