Enda Scahill's Page

It only took 6 weeks and about 200 hours of fishing but the Clare River finally gave up a grilse. 5lb on the trusty garden olive. River quiet high and brown, not suitable for fly just yet. Wet and windy rain which we have now won't help the cause.

Annoying, frustrating, irritating, agitating, confusing and confounding. Where are the fish? A bit run went up in the very low water at the end of June but hardly a fish to be found since. A good day on the water is urgently needed or I may have to take up needle work

Fished two sections of the Clare this morning between 6am and 2pm. River has dropped a lot again after the rain during the week. No sign of any salmon. Big rise of fish at 7am but all small fish. Eventually landed a 3lb trout in bright sunshine at around 1.30pm. With a settled weather forecast the next week I can't see a run of fish happening for a while.

Fished the weir in Galway from 1.30-8.30pm on Monday June 8th. Caught a 5lb grilse on the shrimp at around 3.30pm. Did one run down the weir on fly but no touches. A friend, Peter Gaffey caught his first salmon, a 6lb grilse also on shrimp. Not a whole pile of salmon to be seen around, main grilse run just starting.

God help me but BRING ON THE RAIN!!

Caught my first ever springer on the Clare River on 8th May 09. I was unlucky on monday evening hooking a springer in his gill and pulling it completely out when I struck. Went back out today despite the foul weather and strong breeze. The river hadn't risen a whole lot but had browned up a good bit. I had caught and returned a 1lb trout from a good salmon hole on Tuesday so I figured I'd start off there thinking that if the trout was nibbling then the water was clear enough to fish. Literally m… Continue