Huge fish lost on Doolough · 10 April 2008
Jonathan Smalley from the Isle of Man lost a very big, fresh-run salmon on Doolough yesterday. The fish took a trolled spoon near the sluice and jumped twice before breaking off when the line got caught around the rod tip. Ghillie Tom Callinan estimated its weight at “at least 16 pounds”, while Hugh Brennan, who was also in the boat, said “it was the biggest fish I have seen in 20 years at Delphi”.
The incident interrupted an otherwise quiet spell at Delphi where river levels are now low and the weather is cold and mostly calm.
— Peter Mantle
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