Reports by Month for 2004

 

Sept. 1  36 fish to 9½lb. including 4 each on fly for 2 separate rods.
 Sept. 2  24 fish to 8 lb. including 3 first ever fish on fly for David Anchell. 
Sept. 3  15 fish to 12lb. including 7 on fly. One rod had 3 of 7, 8 & 10lb. on fly.  
Sept. 4  6 fish to 11lb. including 2 on fly. 
Sept. 6  4 fish to 8 lb. including 3 on fly. 
 Sept. 7  2 fish - a 15.4 lb. on shrimp & a 4.6 lb. on fly. 
Sept. 8  2 fish to 9 lb. - both on fly. 
 Sept. 9  1 fish 6.8 lb.  
 Sept.10 4 fish - best 13.2 lb taken on fly.
 Sept.11 5 fish to 8 lb. including 4 on fly. 
 Sept.12 13 fish to 7½ lb. 
 Sept.13 3 fish to 7 lb. in almost impossible conditions - wind & flood!
Sept.14 7 fish to 9.4 lb. in almost impossible conditions - wind & flood!
Sept.15 15 fish -3 grilse & 12 between 6 & 9 lb. - all very fresh!
Sept.16 30 fish - including a 14.6 lb first ever salmon for Jeremy Costeloe, who also took 3  more during the day! One taken on fly, rest on spinner.
Sept.17 20 fish to 12½lb. in very high coloured water.
Sept.18 36 fish to 10.2 lb. in rising quite clear water (rose 66cm in the afternoon!)
Sept.19 17 fish to 15.1 lb., including 13 from Beat 6 for 3 rods.
Sept.20 23 fish to 13 lb.
 Sept.21 21 fish including four first ever salmon for John Sumner (UK).
Sept.22 35 fish including a sealiced 16.4 pounder & four first ever salmon for Linda McNulty (USA).
Sept.23 28 fish including a sealiced 16 pounder.
Sept.24 10 fish including a sealiced 10 pounder.
Sept.25 43 fish to 15 pounds.
Sept.26 32 fish to 13.2 pounds.
Sept.27 18 fish to 13 pounds.
Sept.28 20 fish to 12 pounds.
Sept.29 44 fish to 18.9 pounds.  BEST DAY OF THE SEASON!
Sept.30   9 fish to 10 pounds in a rising flood to finish the season!

 

Aug. 1:  One sea-liced grilse on fly.
Aug. 4:  One grilse.
Aug. 5   Three grilse.
Aug. 6   One grilse.
Aug. 7   Four fish to 7 lb. including one very fresh fish from Beat 17 (26 miles upstream!)
Aug. 8   Two sea-liced fish to 5.1 lb. 
Aug.10  A first ever salmon 4.6 lb. for Soren Morup (Denmark)
Aug.11  9 fish (4 on fly) including a first ever salmon 6.3 lb. for Peter Kane (UK) on fly.
Aug.12   3 grilse on spinner in a dirty rising flood.
Aug.14  21 fish to 10.5lb. all taken on spinner.
Aug.15  18 fish to 9lb.
Aug.16  17 fish to 10lb.
 Aug.17  1 fish 8lb. in dirty water.
Aug.18  21 fish to 11.9lb. including 10 over 5 lb.
Aug.19  15 fish to 12 lb. including 9 over 5 lb.
Aug.20   31 mainly sea-liced fish to 9.5lb.  (13 over 5 lb.). 2 on fly - the rest on spinner.
Aug.21  32 to 18lb. (Biggest taken on fly on Beat 16).
Aug.22  17 to 12.6lb. 
Aug. 23/24 River in flood - no fishing!
Aug.25  22 fish to 10lb. (& a sea-liced 15+ pounder lost at the net!)
Aug.26  34 fish to 14¼lb. reported so far. 
 Aug.27  17 fish to 8.9lb.
Aug.28  42 fish to 12lb.     
Aug.29  14 fish to 10.7lb.
Aug.30  7 fish - best 11.5lb taken on fly.
Aug.31  20 fish to 8½lb.

 

 

JULY

 July 2004 Photo Gallery
 July  1: 5 grilse to 5.7 lb. (2 on fly)
July  2: 6 fish to 7.7 lb.
July  3: 3 fish to 7.7 lb.
July   4: 2 fish to 10.3 lb.
July   5: 3 grilse.
July   6: 9 fish, including 12.3, 13.4 & ~25 lb.  

July   7: 3 grilse.
July   8: 6 grilse, including 3 first ever salmon.
July   9: 1 nine pounder.
July 10: Beat 14 reported 2 grilse taken, 2 lost & a large (14-15 pounder) lost as well to one rod. One other grilse taken & a number of fish lost.
July 11: Six grilse taken.
July 12: 10 fish to 10 lb.
July 13: 2 fish to 6.5 lb.
July 14: 5 grilse to 5.5 lb. (3 on fly)
July 15:  1 grilse on fly
July 16:  1 grilse.
July 17:  2 grilse & a 12½ pounder.
July 18:  2 grilse - 1 on fly
July 19:  A grilse & a 11 pounder (both on fly).
July 20:  A grilse & a sea-liced 7 pounder on fly.
July 21: A grilse on fly.
July 22: 5 fish to 6 lb. - all on fly, including 3 to one rod from Beat 12.
July 25: A grilse on fly.
July 26: A grilse on fly.
July 28: One grilse on spinner.
July 29: One 6.5 pounder on spinner.

 

 

JUNE

 June 2004 Photo Gallery
 June 1: A 7.6 lb. on fly from Beat 17.
June 2: A grilse on worms from Beat 11.
June 3: A 6.5 lb. on worms on Beat 15 & a 10.6 lb. on prawn from Beat 7.
June 7: A fresh 11.4 lb. on fly from Beat 5.

June 8: A fresh 7 lb. on fly from Beat 5.
June 10: A grilse on fly from Beat 5.
June 12: A 10.6 lb. on fly from Beat 3.
June 14. Best Fish of the Season!  A 14 lb. first ever salmon for Donovan Smyth on  shrimp from Beat 12.
June 18: A sea-liced grilse on fly from Beat 5.
June 19: Another sea-liced grilse on fly from Beat 5 (& a salmon lost at the net).
June 20: A sea-liced grilse & a 10.6 lb for Dominic Evans (UK) on shrimp from Beat 7.
June 21: A fresh 5.2 lb. grilse on shrimp from Beat 7.
June 24: A grilse on worms from Beat 12 (a first salmon for Claude Penning-Luxembourg)
June 25: 3 grilse on spinner from Beats 7, 8 & 12, including a first ever salmon for Patrick Karlsson from Sweden).
June 27: One rod took 3 fish in 1½ hrs. - 4.7, 11.3 & 13.9 lb. - all sea-liced on Beat 6,     where another grilse was also taken.
June 28: 10 fish in total. 4 fish (1 first ever) to 9.1 lb. from Beat 5 plus a huge fish lost (20lb.+) - all on spinner. 5 fish to 9.1 lb from Beat 12 - 2 on worms & 3 on spinner.
A sea-liced 23 pounder was taken on association water on the upper river today (verified).
 June 29: 12 fish in total. Best 11.4 lb. on fly for Tom Atkins (UK).
 June 30: 5 fish to 9.7 lb.
Best Day of the Season so far for the second day running!
There is a mighty run of big fish coming into the river.


MAY

 May 2004 Photo Gallery

 May  1: A 7.3 lb. from Beat 18 on spinner.
May 6: A very fresh 8.7 lb. on worms from Beat 14.
May 9: A 6.3 pounder on worms from Beat 17.
May 10: A sea-liced 9 pounder from Beat 17 on prawn.
May 12: 6 fish taken to only 5 rods, including an 11.2 lb on prawn from Beat 16. 4 fish taken on fly to 10 lb.
May 15: A first ever salmon for Reinhard Smeilus (Germany) 6.1 lb. on spinnner Beat 11.
May 16: A 7 lb. from Beat 17 on spinner.
May 18: Two from Beat 17 - a 8 lb. on fly & a 6 lb. on worm.
May 19: An 8.5 lb. with longtail sealice on SH fly rod for Glenda Powell & another on fly  from Beat 14.
May 20: A 10.8 lb. (on fly) & a 7.5 lb (spinner) from Beat 11 plus a grilse from Beat 2.
May 21: Three to 10 lb. from Beat 4
May 22: A 7.7 lb on prawn from Beat 12.
May 26: 12.1 lb from Beat 4 (Season Best Fish) & a 7 lb. from Beat 7 -both on fly .
May 29: A 7.9 lb. from Beat 12.

 

 

APRIL

 April 2004 Photo Gallery

 April  1: Second salmon of 7.2 lb.on fly for Michael Bleyhl (Germany) - Beat 17 (Ballygarrett).
April  3: A 10 pounder from Beat 12 on spinner for Mick Cassin (Dublin) as water rises.
April  7: A sea-liced 5.7 pounder from Beat 11 (Ballyhooly) as the water clears from last flood.
April  9: A very fresh 10.1 pounder for Huw Evans (Wales) from the Island Stream on Beat 7 (Lower Kilmurry).  This is the Best on Fly so far for 2004.
April 10: A 7.2 lb. fish from Beat 17 for Doc O'Riordan (Dungarvan)
April 11: Four fish to 9 lb. from Beat 7,8 12 & 14.
April 13: A 7.2 fresh fish on worms for Glenda Powell from Beat 7.
April 14: A 10.3 lb sea-liced first fish for Marcus Bale (Wales) on spinner from Beat 8.
April 16: A fresh 7.8 lb. fish for Peter Woodley (UK) on worms from Beat 14.
April 17: A 10.6 lb. (sea-liced) from Beat 14 on spinner & a 9.9 lb on fly from Beat 11.
April 18: A 7.9 lb. (sea-liced) from Beat 14 on spinner.
April 22: A 5.7 lb. from Beat 17 on spinner & a double figure fish lost on Beat 13.
April 25: Four fish to 10.6 lb from Beats 8, 11, 15 & 17. Two lost (one on fly at net).
April 26: One fish from Beat 17.
April 27: A sea-liced 10.7 pounder from Beat 7 for Ian Powell on spun prawn.


March

March 2004 Photo Gallery

 March 4: The first on fly for Richie Hayes (Dungarvan) - 7.2 lb. from Beat 5 (Kents).
               A 6 pounder for Edi Luethi (Switzerland) from Beat 7 (Lower Kilmurry) on spinner.
The river was flooded & few rods were out for the next couple of weeks.
March 21: A 9.7 pounder on spinner for Paul Clarke (Dublin) from Beat 13 (Blackstone).
March 24: A 10.8 pounder on spinner for Derek Dowd (local) again from Beat 13.
March 25: An 8.3 lb. fish on spinner for Julian Howard (Germany) again from Beat 13.
March 28: Best of the Season so far! A 10.9 lb. fish for Gavin Wishart (N. Ireland) on worms  from the Island Stream on Beat 7 (Lower Kilmurry). Also a 10.1 pounder for Willie Kett (Dungarvan) on spinner from the Button Flat on Beat 17 (Carrig).
March 31: A first ever salmon for Michael Bleyhl (Germany) on fly from Beat 14 (Wood Stream).
Month's Total:  8 salmon averaging 9.1 lb.

 

February

February 2004 Photo Gallery
The river was in perfect condition in terms of height & clarity 2 days before the Opening Day & spring salmon were already moving into the river. Unfortunately the rain came, and we were fishing a rising flood on the Opening Day. The river was out of order for the first 10 days. The river came into order in the middle of the second week.
Feb. 11    5 springers to 10 lb. taken on spinner from Beat 2 right up to Beat 17.
Feb. 12    1 springer taken on Beat 6.
Feb. 13    5 fish to 10 lb. including a first ever salmon of 7.8 lb on spinner from Beat 8 for Derrick Johnson (UK).
During the rest of the month, the river dropped steadily with superb clarity – visibility being 7-8 feet. The very cold weather (night temperatures dropping to -4°C) brought the water temperature down to below 40°F - 4°C, which slowed up the running fish & made them more difficult to take as they were less enthusiastic to move to take a spinner or fly. During the last week of February, three lovely sea-liced fish to 9.5 lb. were taken, and one party had half a dozen offers on the fly, hooking two & losing both.
As the month ended, the river was at summer level, but fish were still moving through.  The improvement in the spring run has continued, with the impression being that it has even surpassed the run of 2003. 
February total: 14 springers 10 lb. (averaging 8.2 lb.) compared to the average for the last 5 years of only 2.