Newsletter February 18, 2011
Rain, rain, rain.......................................


The first four days of the season was the river in perfect condition - especially for the fly.
The proof was in the first fish being caught on the 3rd. - one of the earliest on fly for many years.
Since then we have had one flood after another, and the river hasn't even come down into good spinning order.
Prospects
The longer term forecast has a bit more rain for tomorrow (Friday) & Sunday, and then it looks as if we will have
a more dry settled period up until the end of the month.
With so much high water, at least when the river does start to drop, it clears quite quickly with the clarity
coming quite good even at high water levels.
The high water should help the spring run to come in, especially as we have a full moon on the 18th.
and spring tides peaking at Youghal from Saturday to Monday.
This could mean an interesting last week of February, and I wouldn't be surprised to see a fish or two
coming off our upper beats between Ballyhooly and Mallow once the water subsides.
 

Daily updating of the Fishing Report page continues so click here to go direct to the page.
Lodge Opening
We have a couple of larger parties booked into the Lodge guesthouse so have the following early season B&B options:
March 25 - 27 inclusive.   5 rooms available.
  June   2 -  5 inclusive.    7 rooms available.

 


This was Glenda demonstrating at the very successful Ireland Angling Expo 2011 at the National Show Centre, Swords, Dublin on February 12 & 13.

Where to meet Us
Glenda will be demonstrating & giving free tuition & we will have a stand at the following Irish fairs this year.

       Ballywalter Game & Country Living Fair:      Ballywalter Estate, Co. Down   April 30 & May 1.      www.ballywaltergamefair.com
 
                           Loughs Agency Angling Fair:       Newtownstewart, Co. Tyrone   April 30 & May 1.

Irish Game Fair & Country Lifestyle Festival:      Shanes Castle, Co. Antrim       June 25 & 26.            www.irishgamefair.com

                                 Irish Game & Country Fair:      Birr Castle, Co. Offaly               August 27 & 28.        www.irishgameandcountryfair.com

                                                           Irish Fly Fair:      Galway                                    November (Date to be confirmed).

New Look Lounge
The renovations to the Lounge in the Lodge are scheduled to be completed by mid-March.

Social Networking
FaceBook
See my page here (click)  and the Lodge page here (click).
Do please visit the Lodge page & click on the Like Button.

Twitter
This season, I'm Tweeting a lot more to keep people informed of what's happening on the river.
Please visit our Twitter Page and follow our Tweets

Bookings for 2011
Don't delay to book your place for 2011 and take advantage of our reduced prices for both accommodation and fishing
Our new 2011 Price List is now available on the website (click link).


Fishing Syndicate
There are still places available for the coming season for either the full season or just the first 4 months.
This provides an enticing opportunity for those who are able to fish the Blackwater more often,
so if you're interested contact me soon to reserve your place.  More details on this can be found on this link - Syndication