Great week on the Erriff, anglers land 56 salmon

Osgur Grieve reports on the fishing on the Erriff for the period august 6th – 12th. We have had another great week here on the Erriff with a total of 56 salmon recorded for the period.

Some of the catches included Donal Chambers’s brace of salmon on Thursday 7th weighing 5lbs and 7lbs from Beat 6 using a shrimp fly and he went on to release a 3rd from the Gauge pool on Beat 9 using a Black shrimp. Albert Caffrey also had 3 salmon for the day releasing a 4lbs. grilse in the middle garden pool on a shrimp fly and 2 more on Beat 6 weighing 7lbs. and 5lbs. on an Ally’s shrimp and a Bann special. Friday 8th saw the return of regular visitors from Germany Martin and Wolfgang Sesselmann. Martin was into action before lunch on Friday releasing a 3.5lbs. grilse in the Coronation pool on Beat 8, also that day Glen Harmon returned a fine 10.5lbs. salmon from the Willow pool on Beat 6 using a Stinchar stoat. On Saturday 9th Neil Spellacy fished with Willy Parlan and John Maloney and were in contact with eleven salmon, landing and releasing 4 of them which weighed 6lbs., 4lbs., 6lbs. and 3lbs. These fish came from Joyce’s sands, Boat pool, Broken bridge pool on Beat 5 and Coronation pool on Beat 8. Fly’s included Arabell shrimp, Red Francis and Red ally’s shrimp. Paddy Donegan released a fine 8lbs. salmon from the Tawnyard potholes on Beat 3 using a Posh tosh and another 4lbs. grilse from the School house run also on Beat 3.

On Tuesday 12th Tom Hodgkin (Wales) released a 3lbs. grilse from the Glencally pool on Beat 5 using a Stoat’s tail. David Tucker released 3 grilse of 3lbs., 4.5lbs. and 5.5lbs. from the Coronation pool on Beat 8 and King’s pool on Beat 4 all on a Cascade. Martin Witort had another memorable day releasing 3 grilse of 4.5lbs., 2.25lbs. and 2lbs. on Beat 6 from the Colonel’s run and Altamot’s Dam using a shrimp fly.
A special mention of the regular fishing party of Albert Caffrey, Paddy Donegan, Mick Vincent and Paddy Donegan who finished up their weeks fishing on the 9th with a total of 26 salmon landed and released, well done lads and to all our anglers!.
There was a large variation in fly’s that seemed to be working this past week but the majority of salmon landed were on some sort of Shrimp pattern. Water levels were exceptionally good for the period fluctuating between 1.3m and 1.6m for the most part.

Andrew Stephens before releasing his 8lbs. salmon from Tawnyard potholes 14.09.17 #CPRsavesfish.
Andrew Stephens before releasing his 8lbs. salmon from Tawnyard potholes 14.09.17 #CPRsavesfish.

 

For the period 13th – 19th September we have had 20 salmon caught and released for the period. Wednesday 13th proved to be the highlight with 14 salmon caught and released for the day. Tom Spillane (USA) fished the morning session and released a fine 7lbs salmon from the Upper sally pool on Beat 7 using a Cascade. Jimmy Gannon and David Hutchinson fished with us for the day and released 5 grilse ranging in weight from 1.5lbs. – 3.5lbs from Beats 8 and 3. on a variety of flies such as Claret bumble, Hairy mary and Screebe badger. Regular visitor Martin Witort continued his successful season releasing 3 grilse for the day. 2 of which weighed 2lbs. and 6.5lbs.and came from Doyle’s and the Willow pool on Beat 6 and the other was 3.75lbs. from the Quarry pool on Beat 2. All 3 grilse came to a shrimp fly. Rene Koenigs, Kai Puscher and Domesch Weber (Germany) fished with us and released 2 grilse of 4lbs. each and a sea-trout of 2lbs. from Black banks, Altamot’s dam and Nee’s run all on Beat 6. Andrew Stephens fished with his Dad Roger and had a very impressive catch of 2 grilse from the Coronation Pool on the same cast!!! Andrew was fishing with 2 flys and managed to land both fish with the help of his Dad on the landing net. The grilse weighed 5lbs. and 6lbs. respectively. He also released a 7lbs. wild salmon from Beat 5 on a Red and gold shrimp pattern later that day.

Andrew Stephens with one of his double hook up from the Coronation pool.
Andrew Stephens with one of his double hook up from the Coronation pool.

 

On Thursday 14th it was David Tucker’s turn when he released a 3lbs wild grilse from the Cottage pool on Beat 4. using a Cascade. Kevin Cronin fished a half day with us and was rewarded with a fine 6.5lbs. wild grilse from the Coronation Pool on Beat 8 and was using a Red and yellow tube fly. Later that day Peter Unsworth was fishing the Falls pool on Beat 9 and released a 5.5lbs wild grilse using a Thunder & lightning. Rene Koenigs (Germany) returned and released a 2.5lbs. grilse from the Meadow pool on Beat 4. Andrew Stephens released a fine 8lbs coloured salmon from the Tawnyard potholes on Beat 3 using an Ally’s shrimp. On Saturday 16th visiting angler Jim Haughey released a 7.5lbs wild salmon in the Gauge pool on a Bann special. At the time of writing we have just had a rise in water levels now reading 1.46m on the gauge and running clear which should stir the fish up once more.

To book fishing, contact Osgur at +353 (0)95 – 42382 or email erriff.fishery@fisheriesireland.ie.

 

Good water, fair numbers of salmon of Drowes

Water levels were good for the week Monday 11th  to Sunday 17th September 2017 on the Drowes and are just below 8 at present. There are still are fair numbers of salmon being reported being caught by all methods with a few fresh fish still featuring in returns as a late run enters the river.

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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: +353 (0)71 9841055 (8am to 12 noon).
Mob: +353 (0)87 – 8050 806.

 

Floods provide some salmon and a few sea trout on the Owenea

Monday 11th  to Sunday 17th September was very wet with big floods every day except for Saturday and Sunday which still gave small floods. The gauge average for the week was extremely high reading 0.35 metres! The fishery was strangely quiet however with only 10 visiting rods fishing for the week. There were a number of salmon reported, both fresh and coloured and towards the weekend a late run of sea trout appeared.

On Monday, Tommy Corr recorded a lb grilse caught on a spinner from beat 9 and Davy Sullivan accounted for a 5lb grilse caught on a spinner from beat 8. On Tuesday, Davy logged a 6lb grilse caught and released on a spinner from beat 7 and Michael McCrory recorded 2 grilse weighing 3 & 6lb caught and released on a fly from beat 5.

On Wednesday, Davy Sullivan recorded an 8lb salmon caught on a spinner from beat 8 & Dietrich Bohnhorst accounted for a 3lb grilse caught on a fly from beat 2. On Friday, Alan Watson reported a 6lb grilse caught and released on a fly from beat 4. On Saturday, Alan Watts registered a 2lb grilse caught on a fly from beat 4. On Sunday, Alan Watson reported 12 sea trout to 1lb caught on fly from the bottom of beat 9.

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For info/bookings etc on the Owenea Fishery –
Tel: 074 9551141. (9am to 1pm April to May & 7am to 1pm June to Sept).
For beat maps and more visit http://www.fishinginireland.info/salmon/north/owenea.htm

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