Fishery manager Osgur Grieve was back from holiday in the first half of August and had great news from the Erriff, where the rod catch so far this year is almost four times the total for last season already, with almost two months of the season left to go. The smolt run of 2016 had […]
Tag: Grilse
Great salmon and sea trout fishing reported from Costello & Fermoyle
Fishery manager Terry Gallagher reports that fishing has been very good on the Costello & Fermoyle system, with good water levels recently topped up by frequent rain allowing salmon and sea trout run straight through to the upper lakes. The main river and Glenicmurrin Lough have provided excellent fishing, with good numbers of sea trout […]
A great start to the month on the Munster Blackwater
All the news from the Munster Blackwater point to good fishing… 30 June: Esbern Joensen from the Faroe Islands had a cracking salmon estimated at 15lbs on the fly at the Ballyduff Bridge Salmon Fishery. The fish took a good 30mins to land and was safely released. 03 July: The Fortwilliam Fishery reports a […]
27 grilse from the Erriff at start of the month
Osgur Grieve has the angling report for the Erriff 28th June – 4th July: The past week produced 27 grilse for the fishery. John Phelan had a good evening on the 28th releasing two grilse of 3lbs. and 6.5lbs. from the falls on a Cascade. Jake Delaney kicked off the morning of the 29th nicely […]
Great sport in Galway as grilse make a strong appearance
Grilse have provided excellent sport in the last week of May, with 72 fish landed, and more as I (Kevin Crowley) looked out on the fishery half an hour ago and saw three anglers playing fish at the same time! Among the lucky anglers this week were John Anderson, with three grilse to 6lbs on […]