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Drowes continues to fish very well for salmon

By
IFI Staff
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John Roy with his 10lb Salmon June 2012
John Roy with his 10lb Salmon June 2012

LINDSEY CLARKE REPORTS ON THE RIVER DROWES – Monday 18th  to Sunday 24th June 2012.

The Drowes continued to fish well this week with some 50 salmon being caught. Water levels remained good all week dropping from around 0.68 to 0.6 metres by Sunday. The fishery was well attended and this is reflected in the catch register. Given here is a selection of the catches. On Monday, Paul McCausland recorded 3 salmon weighing 4, 5 & 5lb caught on a spinner returning 2 of these. Seanie Carty logged 2 grilse weighing 5lb each caught on a spinner. On Wednesday, John Roy reported a 10lb salmon caught on a fly from the Crooked Hole. On Thursday, Mark Sandford registered a 6lb grilse caught on a fly from the Corry. Mervin Bell recorded a 5lb grilse caught on a fly from the Crooked Hole and Adrian McGrane accounted for 2 salmon caught on a fly.

On Saturday, Sean McCloskey logged 2 grilse weighing 5 & 6lb caught on a fly from the Mill Pool. Kieran Connors reported a 10lb salmon caught on a fly from Scot’s Corner. John Fox & Gerard Lopez Betencourt both registered a 4lb grilse caught and Eamon Little accounted for a 6lb grilse caught on a fly from the Washstones.

John Roy with his 10lb Salmon June 2012
John Roy with his 10lb Salmon June 2012

On Sunday, Jim Atkinson recorded grilse of 3½ & 5lb caught on a fly from Briney’s. Stuart Morgan logged a 4lb grilse caught on prawn from Lennox’s. Marty King reported 3 salmon weighing 8, 4½ & 5½lb caught on prawn from The Grazings & the Money Hole. Stephen Hoper registered a 5lb grilse caught on prawn from the Money Hole and John Walters Phil Fuller recorded 9 salmon caught between them on prawn (with 5 released) weighing from 4 to 8lb on prawn from The Island Pool & the Blackwater.

There is rain forecast for the coming week and with good run of grilse at present, prospects look very good for the coming week.

Compliments of: Lindsey Clarke IFI

Drowes Salmon Fishery

T: +353 (0) 71 98 41055
M: +353 (0) 87 8050806

http://www.drowessalmonfishery.com/

Tope numbers good, but size small says Hamish

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IFI Staff
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A tope session south of red bay was the order of the day for Hamish Currie on Predator II and they were not disappointed with numbers,  but size was smaller than expected as many specimen size tope have come from this ground over recent years.  So as Hamish says “Better small than none at all”.

They will continue hunting this piece of ground till either he or the Dutch lads decide what to hunt next. Whether its back to basics – spurs, congers and skate or maybe something else.  Time will tell !

Hamish Currie
Predator II
Red Bay Stormforce 9.1 Rib
Web: www.predatorireland.com Email: [email protected]
Telephone: 028 2177 1828   Boat: 07720440117

The Munster Blackwater turns to brownwater as the river rises fast

By
IFI Staff
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Blackwater flood at 7.30am on 28.06.12
Blackwater flood at 7.30am on 28.06.12

Wednesday June 27th: We have already recorded the Best June Total for the last seven years. 65 fish to 13lb. have been caught for a mere 94 rod days to yesterday which is remarkable. Of these, 12 were double figure fish & 34 were over 7lb., a far cry from the small grilse  that we always used to catch in June before the drift nets were banned.
There were 70 fish caught in 2005, but this total is set to be broken very soon.

There is already one fish of 9lb. reported this morning on fly from the upper river. It was taken on Curry’s Red on floating line as the water temp is. 14C this morning.

Thursday June 28th: Below is the Blackwater @  07.30 in the morning at Ballyduff Bridge. Better call it the Brownwater! Chocolate, full of debris & rising fast.

Blackwater flood at 7.30am on 28.06.12
Blackwater flood at 7.30am on 28.06.12

This is the scene most of you will be familiar with from my Fishing Report page, but we don’t see it like this very often in June!  1.70m and rising fast.

The river at Killavullen is rising at one foot per hour at 08.00. It’s already up 1.7 metres.

Ian & Glenda Powell
Blackwater Lodge & Salmon Fishery
Upper Ballyduff, Co. Waterford.
Tel: 00 353 58 60235     From UK: 0871 474 0135  (10p/min any time!)
Mobile: 00 353 87 235 21 20
E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.ireland-salmon-fishing.net

Over 500 salmon once again for the week on the River Moy

By
Markus Muller
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Dusk at the Clongee Fishery, visiting French angler Beatrice Valaize, proudly displays her catch, a fine 10lbs caught on a spinner.

High water levels on the lower fisheries have continued to hamper angling, in particular, on the Moy Fishery. Arnaud Van Der Hove, Belgium, was among the few to fish the Ridge Pool last week, he landed two grilse while spinning. Angling on the rest of the river has been excellent, with well over 500 salmon reported for the week once again. The Ballina Salmon Anglers water produced almost 50 salmon and at Mount Falcon, Philippe Kerbrat, France was among those to have success, accounting for three salmon during his stay.

Dusk at the Clongee Fishery, visiting French angler Beatrice Valaize, proudly displays her catch, a fine 10lbs caught on a spinner.

 

Knockmore, Attymass, Armstrong’s and Gannon’s all yielded good numbers of fish, as did the Foxford Fishery. At Armstrong’s, Pat Gorman, Co. Offaly landed a fine fish of 14lbs on the worm, while Emily Braun, Germany, also enjoyed her visit, taking three salmon also on worm. Geoff Wilies was among those to enjoy good fishing at Gannon’s, taking an 8lbs fish on spinner. At the Foxford Fishery, Mick Tooman, N.Ireland, caught one of the 22 salmon the fishery had for the week, weighing 11lbs and was caught on worm.

 

Rinanney also enjoyed great fishing, producing well over 60 salmon, as did the Foxford Salmon Anglers’ water. At Rinanney, Gilbert Le Coq, France had one of 10lbs while Ian Grimley, U.K. had one of 11.5lbs, also on worm. Further upstream, the Cloongee Fishery had 46 salmon, where Beatrice Valaize, France, had one of 10lbs while spinning, Stephen Brennan, Co. Dublin, caught one of 9lbs and Francis Higginbotham, N.Ireland, had one of 8lbs.

 

At the East Mayo waters’, 68 salmon were reported, many of those caught on the fly. Paul McGrath, Swinford, had one of 11lbs to fly while visiting angler Angelilli Frances, Switzerland, had one of 5lbs also on fly. The worm proved successful for other visiting anglers, with Christian Bardet, France, capturing two of 10lbs and 4lbs and Tod Helmlit, Austria, landing one of 7lbs. At the Ballintemple Fishery, Paddy McLoughlin, Dublin, landed one of 4.5lbs on the fly.

 

 

The good salmon fishing continues on Carrowmore Lake.

By
Markus Muller
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The lake has continued to fish well, with many anglers enjoying good sport on the water. Despite three days at the end of the week being unfishable due to high winds, many salmon were caught earlier in the week. Brian Hamrock and S.Kelly accounted for two salmon, while Jack Spratt, Co. Fermanagh, had four over two days. John Long and Martin Wood boated one fish each, as did Sean McQuaid and Peter Sexton. Vincent Rigney and John Campbell had two each, as did Eamon and Paul Gibney, Brian McAnerny, Paul Jeating and Russel Simmons. Once again the Green Peter has been a very successful fly, as has thee Black Dabbler and Clan Chief.

 

Lough Beltra fished well as high water leads more fresh grilse into the system

By
Markus Muller
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High water of late has improved angling on Lough Beltra. With more fresh grilse entering the system, the prospects are good for the coming days. Malcolm Killian had one salmon of 10lbs and two grilse of 4lbs and 5lbs. Declan Dooley released one of 8lbs, Mark Hemlor had one of 7lbs while Conor Deffley had two of 5lbs each. David Nevin, Newport also boated two salmon of 7lbs and 8lbs, and also caught three sea trout up to 2lbs which were released inline with local bye-laws. On the Newport River, David Eddis had a grilse of 3lbs taken on a Jaffa while Michael Wymes also had a fish of 3.5lbs.

 

What a difference a few hours makes to the fishing on Beara

By
IFI Staff
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Paul Harris, Dromagowlane House, Beara Peninsula tells us yesterday June 26th:
“Wish the weather would settle down. The wind is in a different direction every day, in fact several directions in one day sometimes and this is never good for fishing.
Despite this Clive & Liam have had huss to double figures plus good wrasse and pollack, but the ray are still being elusive with not the numbers we would expect at this time of year being caught.”

…..and later in the day….

“Normal service resumed as Mark and Jason got among the rays yesterday with 8 nice thornies. Gav and Paul headed out to Allihies and had a great days sport with huss over ten pounds and pollack to five pounds landed but bigger fish lost.

I tried out a shallow mark at Castletownbere and first cast the rod was literally pilled off the tripod as what turned out to be a dinner plate sized ray grabbed my sandeel bait and headed west. Only had time for one more cast before I had to pack up and pick up a pair of anglers facing a long walk home due to their ‘mates’ refusal to collect them up as they were to busy catching!”

Paul Harris
Dromagowlane House B&B
Phone: (027) 60330

E-Mail: mailto:[email protected]

Web: http://www.facebook.com/bearaseafishing.com

Last weeks floods brings fresh fish into the Slaney

By
IFI Staff
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June 25th, 2012 Last weeks big floods may have led to the cancellation of the casting class but it also brought some fresh fish into the river. Based on very limited reporting Saturday and Sunday saw at least 3 fresh salmon all over 10lbs landed.  On Saturday 2 salmon and a large bag of seatrout to one rod on streamer flies were reported in the Kildavin Area   and another salmon was landed near Clohamon on Sunday despite the guage being at flood levels.

Once the level drops I expect that we will find that the seatrout have been well ditributed through out  the system.

Compliments of:

Slaney River Trust

http://www.slaneyrivertrust.ie/

The Hook Bass Fishing Festival

By
IFI Staff
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Hook light house
Hook light house

Jim Hendricks tells us:

Saturday 23rd June

Having been invited, I attended a meeting this morning in Fethard, Co Wexford as part of a working group involved in creating a Bass Angling Festival on the Hook Peninsula. Many aspects for the proposed development of the Festival were discussed.

I emphasised my usual cautionary approach to ‘development’ of the fishery, and having built a small business that utilises the reasons why many people want to come to Wexford and to fish bass, I expressed and re-emphasised that many bass anglers simply like the environment, peace and a sense of isolation combined with a chance of exploration and the challenge of the fishing.

Those same people contribute to local economies throughout the season on a day by day basis in many Wexford coastal communities without using my services or having to experience it through the medium of a Festival.

Anglers use the peninsula and the facilities provided there all of the time, they do so on the basis that it is simply what it is and it already provides what they need. Indeed many are not necessarily bass anglers. Not everyone is aware of this.

This doesn’t mean I am opposed to the Festival, I think its an opportunity for the Festival committee to demonstrate and to add and include other bass fishing related activities, some evening presentations, local history workshops, tours of the Peninsula to provide a sense of the magic, the spirit of the place. An inclusive experience for people.

Hook light house
Hook light house

 

I personally feel we have many local people who could make considerable and interesting contributions to the Festival – Billy Colfer (historian), Jim Hurley (naturalist), Kevin Dundon (chef), among many others too, promoted responsibly through Irish angling press it could be a real opportunity to showcase local expertise, talent and environment.

As a Wexford person who has invested ten years of my life in bass fishing in the area and many places in close proximity , how much I can contribute I’m not entirely sure as its the busiest time of year for me – I do know that the dates the Festival is on I will be just finished working with two returning Dutch visitors!

Friday October 26th – Sunday October 28th

Tuesday 26th June:

Fishing remains extremely difficult in ideal conditions, some fish about but generally very patchy. Weather windows, exact timings and presentations with ‘focused’ fishing in otherwise productive locations leading to some results.

Jim Hendrick

Phone: 00353(0)53 9123351
Mobile: 00353(0)86 3444557
[email protected]
www.bassfishing.ie/
www.probassfisher.com/

Excellent beginners course on Clonanav's lakes with good catches of trout

By
IFI Staff
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.... and another
.... and another

Andrew Ryan, APGAI Clonanav Fly Fishing reports:
Last saturday we had an excellent beginners course on our lakes. The group had a fantastic day and we were really lucky with the weather. All participants managed to catch fish and really improved their casting and techniques. The course began with an introduction to fly fishing with details on rods, reels, lines etc, then we moved to our ponds and went on to overhead and roll casts.

The gang
The gang

After a hearty lunch in Melodys Pub we further improved casting with false casting, shooting line, and roll cast pick up.  The weather did turn a bit wet in the afternoon but the fishing held up with trout rising to dry flies!
Getting started
Getting started

 
Starting out well
Starting out well

 
Doing well
Doing well

 
.... and another
.... and another

 
......and another !!
......and another !!

 

FREE Fly Fishing Expo – Invite

Clonanav Fly Fishing would like to invite you to our FREE Fly Fishing Expo on the 13 & 14 July. With demos from great casters and anglers from Ireland and the UK, casting tips and advice, fly tying demos, great discount on tackle and your chance to win a Guideline Rod this event is not to be missed!
The demos are taking place at Clonanavs NEW 1400 ft2 store and casting ponds which are located on the R671 close to the village of Ballymacarbry Co Waterford  The shop is well know for stocking leading brands including, Hardy, Greys, Guideline, Rio, Simms, Sage, , Simms Orvis and many more will be increasing the range of tackle on offer in a state of the art surroundings.

read more on http://www.fly fishing ireland expo
Andrew Ryan
Clonanav Fly Fishing
Tel (052) 6136765
http://www.facebook.com/Clonanav

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