Salmon Fishing on Ireland's Cork Blackwater river

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Best Fish of the Season on September 15 - ~25lb.
Second Best Fish of the Season on September 18 - 19.1lb.


                                    Best Day of the Season on August 23 - 25 fish to 12.2lb.
Second Best Day of the Season on August   9 - 17 fish to 11.9lb.
Third Best Day of the Season on August   7 - 16 fish to 13.1lb.

Third Best Ever Month of May and Best since 1996 - 53 fish caught.
More than double the number of fish caught for June (51) compared to June last year (21) !

2009 Recent Catches Not so many pictures as many fish are now released alive!
Best on fly June 19 ~16lb.	Best Weighed of Season Sept. 15 19.1lb	Sept. 5 First!	Sept. 8 Firsts!	Sept. 8 11.8lb	Sept. 12 10.8lb.	Sept. 13 12.8lb.	Sept. 14 First on fly!	Sept. 14 14.9lb.	For more info like this, see our Fishing Report page
Click on photos to go to 2008 Gallery pages for larger images

Salmon caught flyfishing on Blackwater Lodge Salmon Fishery

Ireland's Premier
Salmon Fishing Lodge

Stay in a specialised fishing lodge dedicated to salmon angling.

Fish for wild Atlantic Salmon
in the heart of the
South of Ireland
on exclusive private beats
on the world-renowned
Cork Blackwater,
Ireland's most prolific
salmon river.

Blackwater Lodge overlooking the river Blackwater in magnificent countryside

Located in beautiful country!
Looking upstream through Blackwater Lodge Salmon Fishery Beat No: 2 - Ballinlovane towards the Lodge

Your one-stop shop for
Irish salmon fishing.

Everything in the one centre
- Guesthouse & self-catering accommodation, tackle shop, smokery, guides,
superb beat information

And above all -
16 beats (14 miles/22km)
of private, exclusive & uncrowded fishing rights
on the most prolific
sections of the river!

Glenda & a very happy Nikki Thompson from Scotland on Blackwater Lodge Salmon Fishery Beat 1 - Ballygally

Glenda (L) & Nikki Thompson Sept. '08

2008 Season's Total Catch - 1,025 (of which 527 were released alive)
This is the second best total recorded in the last 10 years.
Report on the 2008 Season (click here to view)

All-time Records beaten in 2008

Catch for One Day:
September 13th. - 55 Salmon & Grilse to 12lb. taken for 41 rods.
(of which 26 were released alive).
This beat the previous record of 52 held since August 15, 1992.
One 6 rod novice party all caught their first salmon during the day.
(guided by Glenda.)

August Catch:
422 - which beat the previous record of 377 established in 1992.

First Salmon:
61 first ever salmon caught, beating the previous record of 52 in 1998.
The number of first salmon as a %age of the rod days was also the
highest ever recorded at 3.25, beating the previous record of 2.9 in 1992

Other Interesting facts in 2008

Third Best ever September catch:
420 - (of which 227 were released alive)

Second Highest Catch per Rod Day for Season
0.53 - which was only beaten by 0.89 in 1992

Biggest Fish of the Season:
September 11th. Taken on spinner on Lower Kilmurry - 15.8lb.

Purple Patch!
301 caught in the 13 days from Aug. 15-27 for 237 rod days.

Huge Number of First Ever Salmon Caught!
No less than 62 anglers caught their first ever salmon with us in 2008.

Fly-Fishing.
Superb water for fly fishing. Learn flycasting with our instructors - from beginner to advanced spey casting.
Fly-only anglers don't share beats with spin/bait anglers.
No beat over-crowding. Normal limit: Two fly anglers per beat.

Spin / Bait fishing.
Superb water for spinning or bait fishing.
Shrimp & worm also allowed.
Tuition in all methods of fishing available.
Normal limit: Four anglers per beat.

Glenda Powell - APGAI-Ireland Salmon & Trout. Emerald World Masters Ladies Salmon Fly Distance Champion
Click image for Tuition Page

Salmon Fly-casting Tuition
With Glenda Powell (APGAI-Ireland: both Single & Double hand).
Emerald World Masters Ladies Salmon Distance Champion.

Glenda is the Lodge proprietress & resident instructor.
She is one of the highest qualified female salmon instructors
in the world, & teaches all levels from beginner to the
most advanced forms of spey-casting.

Glenda is a Loop Instructor.
Click here to visit her page on the Loop site.

"Just wanted to say thank you very much for a hugely enjoyable day yesterday. Everything about it was run so professionally and to such a high standard
that I couldn't recommend it highly enough. And, Glenda, my thanks to you for decoding what seemed to me to be a complicated and mystical process
into something that I have understanding and confidence in. I can't wait now to get back out onto the river to start catching fish!"
Daire Whelan - February, 2008

The Lodge offers gillie/guide service and has its own tackle shop and smokery.
It has its own guesthouse and self-catering accommodation and also arranges cottage accommodation in the surrounding area.

Articles	A poem for Daddy : A poem by Glenda for her father who died August 22, 2009
	Highs & Lows of Life, Work & Salmon Fishing : Glenda Powell
	Recession, Death and Salmon Fishing : Glenda Powell
	End of Season so.... What am I doing now? : Glenda Powell
	A Fishing Dream : Daire Whelan - Irish Sunday Tribune
	Salmon fishing tuition with Glenda Powell : Marc Delacoste - Salmo Magazine (France)
	A Woman with a Mission : Ian Powell
	Earthly Utopia : A poem by Glenda Powell

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This organisation has now become Salmon Watch Ireland (SWIRL). I am proud to be a member
of the Board of this organisation, which succeeded in bringing an end to Irish drift netting.
More news on it's future role in salmon conservation to come!