Blackwater Lodge w/e 29/06/08

Blackwater Lodge w/e 29/06/08
Blackwater Lodge Newsletter - June 30, 2008

A timely Flood hits the Blackwater
On June 27, a good flood hit the Blackwater which took the river height up from 0.47m to 1.65m. Today - (June 30) - it has now dropped back to 0.46m and is fining off well.
As expected, the fishing picked up considerably once the flood subsided. Yesterday - Sunday, June 29 - a total of 6 fish were caught. Calum Barclay's 3 rod party on Lower Kilmurry saw a lot of fish running during the day. They hooked 4 fish and landed 3 weighing 13.1, 6½ & 3½lb. Pictures are in the June Gallery. All were sparkling silver fish with sea-lice. John Kirkpatrick from Co. Down caught his first ever salmon - a slightly coloured 12 pounder on spinner from Ballincurrig (Beat12) which he sportingly returned alive.
Glenda Powell took a sea-liced grilse on spinner on Kents, and Pakie Carroll had a 7 pounder on Carrig - both returned alive.
Prospects
Today the river is coming into even better order and we are expecting to see fish taken on fly.
The weather will continue broken for the week which will keep the level topped up.
Looks as if the fish are now starting to run in good numbers with both grilse and larger fish being taken, so the prospects of sport in the next weeks should be excellent.
Keep up to date with all the latest news on our Fishing Report page (password required).
Availability
Reasonable for accommodation & fishing at the Lodge in the next couple of weeks.
Beat Access at Kents
For those who know the river, we now have vehicle access right down to the river at Kents (Beat 4) with a fenced off parking area for several cars right next to the hut.
March 2009 Trip to Argentina for Seatrout (Rio Gallegos) & Rainbows (Jurassic Lake)
Hosted by Glenda & Ian Powell
We still have a few places left for this trip of a lifetime.
See http://www.ireland-salmon-fishing.net/Argentina/Argentina.htm for details

Best Regards & Tight Lines!
Ian Powell
Blackwater Lodge & Salmon Fishery
(Voted Best Fly Fishing Guesthouse/Hotel 2006 by the readers of the UK magazine Today's Flyfisher!)
Upper Ballyduff
Co. Waterford
Tel: 058 60235       Web: http://www.ireland-salmon-fishing.net
                 Contact Ian                                              Contact Glenda
Email:     info@ireland-salmon-fishing.net           glenda@ireland-salmon-fishing.net
Skype:                      bwlodge                                                bwlodgeglenda
Mobile:                 087 235 21 20                                               087 235 12 60

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