With very little rainfall to speak of between Monday 17th to Sunday 23rd April, the Drowes continued to run at low levels once again. The gauge at the Four Masters Bridge only read 0.45m all week. Despite the low water conditions, there was a fair catch of salmon over the week. Funnily enough all the salmon were recorded over the week with none at the weekend.
On Monday, Carl Hegarty logged a 7¼lb salmon caught on prawn from the Otter Hole. John Baxter reported a 7lb salmon caught on a fly from the Blackwater and Joe Broderick caught and released a 12lb salmon caught on shrimp from the Sea Pools.
On Tuesday, Columba Fitzpatrick recorded a 9lb salmon caught on worm from the Island Pool and Brian McClintock accounted for a 9lb salmon caught on a Flying ‘C’ lure from Red Roof.
On Thursday, Paul McCausland recorded an 8lb salmon caught and released on a spinner from Red Roof and William Rainey accounted for an 8lb salmon caught on worm from the Sea Pool.
There was a further salmon caught on Friday and we await details of the same.
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River Drowes
The Drowes Fishery is one of Ireland’s premier spring salmon and grilse fisheries. The river is some 5 miles in length, with over 70 named pools, flowing from Lough Melvin at Lareen Bay and entering the sea at Tullaghan, just outside Bundoran. The Drowes has a wide variety of water suitable for all fishing methods, including several miles of good fly water and deeper slower moving pools suitable for spinning and bait fishing.
For information and bookings on the Drowes Fishery & Lough Melvin see http://www.drowessalmonfishery.com
Tel: 071 9841055 (8am to 12 noon).
Mob: +353 (0) 87 8050806
