There were fair water levels in the Drowes over the week. The fishery was quiet however with few rods in attendance. There were a number of grilse reported for the week however. Adrian McGrane recorded 3 grilse of 3 to 4lb caught on the fly on Wednesday and Darryl Kennedy accounted for 2 grilse caught [...]

The Drowes has been fairly quiet this week with few rods fishing. There was a few grilse caught over the week but overall there is little to report.   For info/bookings etc on the Drowes Fishery & Lough Melvin see http://www.drowessalmonfishery.com/ or Tel: 071 9841055 (8am to 12 noon).   LOUGH MELVIN – Monday 15th [...]

  The Drowes continued to fall this week due to the dry weather. The gauge at the Four Masters Bridge is reading just over 4 at the time of writing. The river was fairly quiet this week with only a limited number of rods in attendance. There was a few grilse reported caught over the [...]

The start of the week saw the river running at low levels with gauge at the Four Masters Bridge reading only 0.40 metres. There was wet blustery weather over the week and this ensured the river began to rise slowly and by Thursday the gauge was reading 0.46 metres. The river continued to rise and [...]

Conditions were difficult on the Drowes this week due to the prevalent conditions. The week brought bright conditions with blustery and, at times, strong East winds. The river also continued to fall giving low water conditions all week. The gauge at the Four Masters Bridge read 0.48 metres at the start of the week and [...]

The Drowes fished very well this week with some 30 salmon recorded thus far. Water levels were good over the whole week. The gauge at the Four Masters Bridge read 0.60 metres at the start of the week and the river fell gradually as the week progressed to read 0.56 metres by the end of [...]

Water levels were good on the Drowes on Monday with the gauge at the Four Masters Bridge reading 0.55 metres on Monday. With the prevalent rain showers, the river continued to rise over the week and was reading 0.62 metres by Thursday. This was the peak reading for the week and water levels then started [...]

Water levels on the Drowes continued to fall as the week progressed and by Friday the gauge at the Four Masters Bridge was reading only 0.45 metres. There was much needed heavy rain on Friday night however which meant the river rose on Saturday to a nice level of 0.55 metres though the water was [...]