Welcome

The Slaney

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Slaney flows from Lugnaquilla Mountain west and then 73 miles south through Baltinglass, Rathvilly, Tullow, Bunclody, Enniscorthy and finally Wexford discharging into a 12 mile long narrow estuary.

The river supports a wide range of wildlife and was until the early 1960s one of the most important spring salmon fisheries in Ireland.

Click here for a more detailed description of the catchment area.

Carnew Scouts Kick Sampling Expedition

On 6 October a group of Carnew Scouts, carried out a Kick Sampling
project at 6 locations on the river. While the sampling, which was arranged
with the support of the SRT, identified indications of good water quality in a number of locations, water quality appeared poor in Tullow which was probably related to a sewrage overflow.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You can see an initial report on the trip here. A detailed
report on the results is expected in December.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Cam

River Cam Live

The live river cam shows the condition and depth of the water downstream from Bunclody. The pictures are updated every 5 minutes. The River Cam page has snapshots going back to midday the previous Sunday.

News

See more articles on our 'News & Info' page.

  • Slaney Anglers provide almost 300 seatrout scale samples

    A recent Angler up date on the Celtic Seatrout Program shows that Slaney anglers have provided almost 300 samples to program. These samples are currently being analysed  in Cork. The program will be looking for further samples in 2012.

  • Input from the Scientists

    The AST held a  symposium in London on 13 December focussed primarily on the poor survival at sea issue. Irish and Norwegian scientists were to the fore in the presentations and the some of papers can be seen here.

    Anglers often feel the scientist are anti hatchery as an article of faith – recent Canadian research argues that even one generation of hatchery fish can change the genetic make up of fish in the river!

  • Slaney Seatrout in Trout and Salmon Magazine

    This months Trout and Salmon magazine has an article on seatrout fishing on the Clohamon beat in late July 2011. The Kill devil spider does its job.

  • Fly Only Above Enniscorthy Old Bridge

    The new bye law for 2012 has introduced  a ban on the use of prawn, shrimp and worm below Enniscorthy old bridge and fishing above the bridge will be fly only when the fishing opens on 17 March. The entire river will be catch and release for salmon and seatrout over 40 cms. It appears that the national bag limit of 3 seatrout under 40 cms a day applies

  • Slaney to Open for Catch and Release on 17 March 2012

    The Slaney River Trust is delighted to report that, following representations to the minister the river will be open for catch and release from 17 March 2012 rather than the 12 May as originally proposed in the Draft regulations. The details of the Bye Law and regulations for all rivers are on the IFI site.

Events and Notices

  • Proposed Trip to the Redds on 26 November

    We are planning a trip to visit the spawning redds on Saturday 26 November weather permitting. Stephen Byrne of IFI  has kindly agreed to host the trip. This is always an interesting day out  and typically we would hope to see both evidence of spawning and catch sight on a few fish actually on the redds.

    The plan ,subject to demand,  is to meet in the Car Park at the civic offices in Tullow at 10am.

    If you are interested in going please email webmaster@slaneyrivertrust.ie with your interest and mobile number so that I can let you know in the event of cancellation due to water conditions or if plans change for any other reason.

  • AGM Date set for Friday 24 June

    The AGMs of the Slaney River Trust and the Slaney Rodfishers Association will be held at Redmonds in Bunclody on Friday 24th June starting at 7.45 pm. Notices of the AGM have been sent to members are available on the links above. Members are encouraged to attend if possible.

  • Rescheduled Slaney River Trust Seminar was held on 5 March 2011

    The Slaney River Trust Seminar was successfully held on 5 March with an attendance about 80 people. A report on the seminar will be included in the annual news letter. There is a brief summary of the proceedings on the events page.