Firstly I would like to take this opportunity to wish all our customers both existing and potential and all readers of this site a Happy New Year.

Sorry for not updating you all in a while but once I get stuck in hatchery mode by late November it’s very hard to get time to sit down at a computer. Today is actually the first day since early December that I have not been chasing my tail. It would be fair to say that we have had quite a wet few months since the closing of the fishing. I know some of you have been suffering drought conditions but it has been the opposite here. more

When I lifted the rainfall thsi morning at 9.00 we had 106.6mm for the 24 hour period. I think this is a record, but I will check it out to make sure. I will say that I have seen higher floods at least on three occasions but luckily the water was very low before the flood.  more

Click on this link to view the Delphi Fishery Newsletter for 2011 [opens a pdf document]. For your enjoyment, here is the Delphi Fishery Newsletter for 2011. During late November, early December we will be emailing out personal copies along with the usual booking form and price list for the coming 2012 season.

I don’t know whether this means we have nearly reached 500 or we have nearly reached the end of the fishing season!! It must be that time of year I’m waffling; better get down to the facts. Saturday 24th it was Doolough that produced the goods with Donal Roche hooking 4 salmon on a Claret Bumble and landing 2. They weighed in at 4lbs and 6lbs respectively. more

Salmon have definately become more active in the last week with some very good catches. Last Saturday we had one fish, landed by Lennart Konvalin on a Cone headed Francis. The fish was taken from Duffers Run of all places and weighed in at 4lbs. more

Since I last updated the blog on Monday we have had 12 fish. Sea trout were relatively quiet this week with condtions being extreme which definately did not help. Monday and Tuesday we landed no salmon, which was due in part to the extreme weather. more

The last three days remind me more of what September’s used to be like, wet and extremely windy. We have had almost 5” of rain since my last blog and 6 salmon. more