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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.

Visit to the redds

On 26 November 15 Members visited the upper reaches of the river to view the spawning taking place on the redds. Number were up as has been confirmed by this years redd count.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Studying the redds

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A slightly diseased fish on the redds

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Cam

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.

• A nice fresh fish goes back

  Here is a picture of a nice fish going back in on Sunday – this man had lost the 4 previous fish he hooked so he is pretty happy. River still cold and not many fish showing but they are there.

• One lucky Angler

  I could not get a picture of the 19lber caught recently but have  attached a photo of a nice 10lb  fish caught yesterday by Philip Maher from FishHunt in Clonmel . With the high water the fish seem to be running fast through  the lower beats and are now well spread around the river. The river is cold and most fish are being taken on intermediate lines and heavy flies.

• High water and big tides bring a few special fish

  The past week has seen consistent high water on the system with the stock now spread around the river.While some anglers, this one included, have spent full days on the river without even seeing a fish on what should be productive water, others have been luckier with fresh fish up to 19lbs reported. It would seem that there are a fair number of bigger fish being caught with one fishery which fishes well in high water having 3 sealiced fish in the low / mid teens in 2 days along with a number of smaller fresh fish. Their anglers have been meeting fish most days.

• Interesting things happening in the salmon world

  The Atlantic Salmon Federation has published an interesting item on surgically  implanting trackers into kelts on their way back to the sea on the Miramachi river building on the work  done here with Nore and Blackwater kelts.

  Much closer to home a repeat offender illegal netsman has been sent to jail for 4 months for poaching at a sitting of the court in Dundalk.

• Catches pick up with 4 fish to one rod.

  The recent heavy rain has brought a number of good sized fresh fish into the system the largest we have heard of was an 18lber landed by Tom Tynan at Clohamon although he was probably out done by wexford angler Anthony Doran who had 4 fish on Sunday including one estimated at 15 – 16lbs with 2 over 10lbs! Most succesful flies were deep fished tubes.

  The encouraging thing is that fish have been caught through out the system with a number landed at Kildavin including  Andy Kelly’s sealiced 10lber.  On the lower river catches were dissapointing especially at Enniscorthy bridge which has had very few fish as it seems that the fish that were holding back waiting for the flood.

  Fishing should be good when todays dirty 3 ft flood clears. Please ensure all fish caught are returned as quickly as possible! Rember single barbless hooks only!

   

Events and Notices

• Fisheries Awareness Week Events

  Fisheries Awareness Week runs from 12 to 19 May and  IFI’s Stephen Byrne is organising an introduction to fly fishing event for Transition Year students from Gorey Community School. The evnt is taking place at Clohamon on Thursday 17th and Stephen will be assisted by a number of SRT members.

  While not on the Slaney well worth noting is that Mark Corp, IFI angling advisor and Glenda Powell are running their annual ladies day introduction to flyfishing on 19 May at Rathcon.  This is in aid of Action Breast Cancer. Anyone interested should contact Mark Corp

• 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.