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On May 12, 5:38 pm, Derek Moody wrote:
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On May 10, 5:11 pm, Derek Moody wrote:
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I'm thinking of going to Ireland last week in May to do some fly or
Spinning
Fishing.
in the area and ask for the contact details for a tackle shop in that
area -
there are some strange temporary restrictions on some waters atm and
they'll
know what's open.
on your report about coming to ireland did u need read what i
said??????????not to cum across in a bad way but,think about

Not 'til after I'd replied to the OP.

this!!!............your three local rivers beside u have been closed
for sum stupid reason for salmon,and could be closed for up to three
years, and u cant fish and u have fished these rivers all your life
and suddenly the fishery board close,s them !!think about it????

..but I did warn him to to check for local closures - I left it in
(above).

would u want tourists coming to fish?? i dont think so.If there was a
dispute on a river or rivers near u and i was coming to fish
and i heard this i would stay away because we are all fishermen and we
sould all stand together.

He didn't mention rivers - or salmon. I assumed, because he asked on a
game
fishing ng, that he meant trout or salmon but he only specified
flyfishing
and spinning. During my last four fishing trips to Ireland I've always
carried salmon gear but only actually fished for salmon on four days out
of
those 40 odd (for one fish - my average would have been better if I
hadn't
let that fish persuade me the river was in better order than my eyes told
me
and so salmon fished on two more days of the trip.) As it happens I
think
I've only fished for trout about as often. The last few visits have
coincided with weather which meant the sea fishing (much of it with a fly
rod) was the better bet.

You -want- the tourists, especially in the far west. Maybe you don't
want
them fishing the disputed waters but there's no reason they shouldn't
fish
others and then register their displeasure on the Tourist Board
satisfaction
form they give out in the ferry boarding queues.

Over here we have a blanket restriction on the first half of the season -
you can fish but until June *all* salmon must be returned.

If, as a result, the fishing improves then maybe it will have been worth
it.
We'll have to wait and see. I think some of the powers that be are
beginning to realise that one rod caught salmon is worth a great deal
more
in tourist money than a boxful taken at sea is to the fish trade. It
rather
depends which vested interests shout louder and whether politicians can
be
persuaded there are votes in it. Tourists don't have a vote.

derek think about this and to all others who read this..........when
this is settled and hopefully it will be people are more than
welcome,derek there is no better advice than local advice!!....check
this out u will not find all u need to now on the fishery boards
website look to the local papers

tight lines shane

Cheerio,

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derek

thanks for the reply....and u are right what u are saying....

tight lines derek

shane
thanks for all the reply, I hope to go somewhere near Knock because I'll be
flying